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π§ Happy Mud Day & Waffle Iron Day!
CRUDE π·π₯³ Record 2’s: Glenda Bingo. Big Al Brunt. Jeb Sis Sauce. Dianna Crane. Mike Tread. Fran Crash. Charles Steal.
Grid Art: Teelee’s flower. ADK’s butterflies. Mike’s orangutan. JD’s Yorkie.
Wordle Haiku: Paul’s oration. Stoic Elaine.
And: JD’s list stats. Kim’s Scottish Fold, Bally.
Wordle 1,836 2/6
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬ STEAL 405 Remain Luck 15
π©π©π©π©π© CRUDE 0 Remain Luck 99
Anyone who saw my post from yesterday would have expected this result. Just repeated the same first 2 words and lucked out this time⦠month of U eagle!
Awesome!
ACRONYM words. Per yesterday’s conversation
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FUBAR is on the 10657 Playable list.
I am not sure it will be an ADD.
LASER (1038)
RADAR is on the 2315 list and unplayed.
SCUBA is on the 2315 list and unplayed.
SNAFU was an ADD on 4/9/23
Others??
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CODEC (on the playable list)
MODEM (1200)
SONAR (unplayed)
TASER (on the playable list)
ZIPPO (on the playable list)
I looked up ACRONYM and there is a difference between an ACRONYM and an INITIALISM.
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acronym
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noun
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acΒ·βroΒ·βnym Λa-krΙ-Λnim How to pronounce acronym (audio)
: a word (such as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term
also : an abbreviation (such as FBI) formed from initial letters : initialism
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initialism
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noun
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iniΒ·βtialΒ·βism i-Λni-shΙ-Λli-zΙm How to pronounce initialism (audio)
: an abbreviation formed from initial letters
Iβve known that for ages, JD, and it always gives me a cringey feeling when people use that term wrong, as well as the word βperuseβ that people donβt seem to understand
Same! In fact, I just had this argument in a trivia game thread. These days, acronym seems to be used to describe any abbreviation that is in all caps. BIG pet peeve of mine. π€¦π»ββοΈ
due to its common-use as an acronym of the original meaning…. frustrating
my pet peeve is folk – especially newsreaders (who should know better – or actually, their script writers should) who use double synonyms (for want of a more accurate term) such as return back, progress forward…
and wouldn’t you know it – no more examples spring to mind π€
this make NIMBY an initialism – yes ?
Yes! Good example!
In regards to double synonyms, I hear a term used in the fantasy football community in the US (so this is American Football) βpositive regressionβ. They should just use βprogressionβ as the opposite of βregressionβ. This makes me cringe.
Your mention of fantasy football’s use of ‘positive regression’ got me curious. Why *would* they say that?
It looks like ‘regression analysis’ is a statistical term that is mathematically independent from the standard meaning of progression/regression.
I don’t know statistics. And it was breaking my brain just to read the wikipedia page. But basically if the prediction line is upward it’s positive, downward it’s negative. But mapping the statistical points that determine that prediction line, or the map itself, is referred to as regression. Or something like that. Thus, positive regression and negative regression.
Hopefully that helps you enjoy enjoy the fantasy football analysis more with less cringing. π
Some analyst wrote an article with βpositive regressionβ in the title.
Since then, almost all the analysts use this expression.
Why canβt they just say βprogressionβ and βregressionβ? Itβs a lot simpler and more correct. IMHO.
Financial analysts sometimes use the term βmean reversionβ. That one, I believe is correct.
FF analysts are new to numbers analysis, and I think this is why this happens.
Thanks JD!
WORDS with 3 of the same letter!
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Per yesterday’s conversation about words with 3 E’s.
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There are 5 total (per my formula, but it should’ve counted only 4).
EERIE (1773)
EMCEE (1835)
LEVEE (playable) – This would be an ADD.
MELEE (unplayed)
TEPEE (unplayed)
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OTHER LETTERS???
B (1) – BOBBY (unplayed)
D (1) – DADDY (unplayed)
F (1) – FLUFF (382)
M (4) – MAMMA (unplayed), MAMMY (unplayed), MOMMY (add), MUMMY (491)
N (2) – NANNY (714), NINNY (unplayed)
P (2) – POPPY (1475), PUPPY (unplayed)
R (2) – ERROR (71), RARER (unplayed)
S (2) – SASSY (878), SISSY(2)
T (1) – TATTY (unplayed)
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Beware of the relatives coming out!
I fear RARER, the most. I have PTSD from Quordle on that word.
Almost forgot. EMEER is on the playable list.
Since we discussed this word at length the other day.
Sheesh – I will watch your play 2moro with interest π
I think you helped me a bit. Sshhh. Donβt tell anyone. LOL.
Did you play todayβs before you made this comment on yesterdayβs post.
I feel like I just walked out of the phone booth with Bill and Ted.
LOL.
He he … confusing, huh,
Because I’m a day ahead, I respond from the next day.
When I wake up, I read folks emails on my phone ….
I start on AfterParty (previous date) and follow how folk did, words they used, high-flyers n low-lyers, grid-art etc…. before I do my new current-day Wordle solve, which I then post while most folk on here are π΄
Then I respond to the emails received, and threads, from 1 & sometimes 2 days earlier
(I had solved the triple letter word b4 I left you that message)
is this as clear as mud ???
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Wordle 1,836 3/6
π¨β¬β¬β¬π© ROATE
β¬π¨π¨β¬π© PURSE
π©π©π©π©π© CRUDE
ROATE leaves 7 words.
PURSE is my standard guess for this pattern, because PUREE is still available.
SPREE would also work, because SCREE is still unplayed also.
The only words that would leave me a 50-50 are CRUDE and URINE.
I had a feeling that a 3rd C in a row might appear. So, I went with CRUDE.
BTW, C is now a Tier 3 letter. Used to rank 10th. Itβs now 12th and only one occurrence above P.
101 Cβs. 100 Pβs. left after this puzzle.
Is this a current events word? I donβt think the Strait of Hormuz is really open yet.
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Small dog (A Yorkie?) keeps watch on the front porch
Wordle 1,836 3/6*
β¬β¬β¬β¬π© STILE
β¬π©β¬β¬π© PROVE
π©π©π©π©π© CRUDE
WordleBot
Skill 91/99
Luck 54/99
NYT AVG. 3.5
Starting with only the last letter, I used PROVE to get more letters. Getting the R made the difference.
It began with conversation with Bally, my beautiful old rescued Scottish Fold cat. I asked her, βWhich word should I start my Wordle with this morning?β She stared at me with those soulful round eyes as if to say, βStop being so boring. Do something with your life.β Message received. Brand new start word it is!
I skipped my Starts List and went straight to my 2315 Unused List where I scrolled until I found something new and inspired. FEMUR was the bone I picked and what a lovely surprise it was.
Thanks to Bally, I pocketed my 11th Wordle in 2 for June.
Wordle 1,836 2/6*
β¬π¨β¬π¨π¨ FEMUR 32
π©π©π©π©π© CRUDE
WordleBot
Skill 87/99
Luck 90/99
You probably would have gotten the same result with COBRA.
Scottish Fold Cat likely more telepathic than a cobra, but I’m just guessing.
zounds! eleven is a pretty amazing achievement! nice one one! π
Wordle 1,836 3/6
β¬β¬β¬π¨π¨ Saner
π¨π¨β¬β¬β¬ Deity
π©π©π©π©π© Crude
π€― uhhh wow, did someone say it’s been busy down here at the creek lately? “yo kralc, three more letters for you this mornin’”
π€ ol’ pete and re-pete came driftin’ right around the bend yet again.
with all the banter lately about a possible quick repeat, the u train or my own recent random prediction that ‘craze’ would make a re-appearance soon, this was a noodler fo’ schizzle.
craze v crude…crude v craze???
π€π€π²π² π€·ββοΈ full on coin toss
in the end, i had to go with the possibility of being clairvoyant…i was willing to give up the deuce to see if that held up. if i had gone with crude and it ended up being craze…uhhwee ouch!
ahh well, β³οΈ never up never in. i’ll take a tap in for π¦ and live to play another day. π΄ββ οΈ arrr, carry on, me hearties!
Wordle 1,836 3/6*
π©π©π¨β¬β¬ creek
π©π©β¬β¬π© craze
π©π©π©π©π© crude
I am happy to get my 102nd 2 out of 1436 tries…
Wordle 1,836 2/6
π©π©β¬β¬β¬ CRASH
π©π©π©π©π©
Congratulations on 102!
Wordle 1,836 3/6
β¬β¬π¦β¬β¬
π¦β¬π§β¬π¦
π§π§π§π§π§
STEAL, ROUND left two options: it was either CRUDE or PRUDE (how poetic), and one was used pretty recently.
Wordle 1,836 2/6*
β¬π©π¨β¬π¨ TREAD
π©π©π©π©π© CRUDE
[Orangutan Hand]
aka
[Right Turn, Clyde]
Thatβs an old movie reference; so, of course, I got it.
Wordle 1,836 4/6
β¬π¨β¬π¨β¬ Learn
β¬β¬β¬β¬π¨ Stoic
π©π©π¨β¬β¬ Creek
π©π©π©π©π© Crude
Learn and Stoic led to 4 words not on the PUL: Creek, Creep, CrΓ¨me, Crude. CrΓ¨me was appealing; It made me think of CrΓ¨me BrΓ»lΓ©e, but only Creek would rule in/out the other 3, which left Crude. Then I took Raise for another test drive around the track. I tried Raise, Clout, which led to Crude or Curve. Curve is on the PUL so It would be a 3! π
Well played.
Thatβs exactly how I would have played it.
Congrats to all who got todayβs Wordle in 2! πππ
Wordle 1,836 4/6
β¬π¨β¬π¨π¨ adieu
π¨π¨π¨β¬β¬ duels
β¬π¨π¨β¬π© budge
π©π©π©π©π© crude
Lot of yellow today
Wordle 1,836 2/6
π©π©β¬β¬π© CRANE
π©π©π©π©π© (CRIME, CRUDE, CRONE) CRUDE was βleast offensiveβ π π€·ββοΈ
Well Done!
WordleBot 1836 2/6
β¬β¬π©π¨π© sauce 3 wl
π©π©π©π©π© crude
Sis starter pays off again!
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Way to go Chief!
Is this 3 in a row?
Not in a row, but four 2s in last 7 games. Very unusual for me.
β¬β¬β¬β¬π© SLATE (506)
β¬π©β¬β¬β¬ GROIN (18)
π©π©β¬β¬π© CREME (2)
π©π©π©π©π© CRUDE
Repeating words before all original words being used once is starting to be a theme. π€·ββοΈ
How many word lists for WORDLE are there besides the original?
CRUDE was a new word. But yes, the pattern of using repeats is about 1 every 10 days. I update the “odds” of repeat at the top of the list and maintain a “stats” list link to help show the pattern.
There is an FAQ about why NYT had to start repeating words under Support menu.
There were 2315 words on the original answer list created by Josh Wardle.
There are 526 left on that list.
41 words have been added to that list and been played.
3 more ADDs in the 30 day queue.
There have been 16 REPEATs including CIGAR on 2/2/26.
There are 10657 words which are not on the 2315 list that are playable. Those include all 41 added words and the 3 more words that are coming.
There is an ADD about 1 every 13 days.
There is a REPEAT about 1 every 10 days.
Wordle 1,836 3/6*
β¬β¬π¨β¬β¬ STEAL
π¨β¬β¬π¨β¬ RIPEN
π©π©π©π©π© CRUDE
Havenβt had a 3 in a while so itβs a good day! I used the same 2 as yesterday.
Wordle 1,836 3/6*
β¬π©β¬β¬π© orate
π¨π©β¬β¬π© urine looking for vowel for 3rd letter
π©π©π©π©π© crude
Wordle Haiku:
orate
urine
crude
Hah!
my Japan knees are not that good. Hah! Hah!
A trip to the urologist may be in order.
LOL
Wordle 1,836 3/6
π¨β¬β¬β¬β¬ DAILY
β¬β¬π©π¨π¨ GOURD
π©π©π©π©π© CRUDE
Wordle 1,836 3/6*
β¬π¨β¬π¨π¨ TUNER 16 wl
β¬β¬π¨π¨π© SPRUE 3 wl
π©π©π©π©π© CRUDE
WordleBot
Skill 82/99
Luck 61/99
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sUmmer of U-words from Professor Mike – jUne 29; TUNER sponsored by Anon
I used SPRUE for letter placement and testing the P, which I felt was a pretty common part of several U words. Not a WordleBot fave, REBUS was recommended because it had a B as in words like EXURB and another word (REBUY?) This happened in the setting where WB has access to previously used words. When I checked later, the word and comment had been changed to: Good guess, REUSE more efficient. So WB has midgame do-overs, who knew?
With or without maximum efficiency, glad to solve in three!
Butterflies outside my window.
Good βοΈ/π to all!
Wordle 1,836 3/6
β¬β¬β¬π¨π¨
β¬π©β¬π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
ASTER
PRIDE
CRUDE
the pride month giving in to the month of U
A little stool to sit on and enjoy the π»
β¬οΈπ©π©β¬οΈβ¬οΈ BRUNT
π©π©π©π©π© CRUDE
Reminder that 2s are worse than 6s.
So close yet 1βs are so elusive!
6’s mean more play and more Grid Art!
(I’m a 3 fan, but I won’t look a 2 in the mouth.)
I was with you when you said 3s are better than 2s.
But the only positives I see about 6s are:
– They mean that the puzzle actually had to be solved.
– They can elicit more tension and relief.
– They’re not 7s.
I’ll gladly keep my 2 count 5.29 times higher than my 6s though.
Great!
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Delighted !!
fastest I’ve ever solved (after opting to just use yesterdays 2nd word instead of brainstorming) then I see 2 solves already posted – ESP?
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬ BINGO
π©π©π©π©π© added to my nu list yesterday – deleted today π
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=’d my 5 Twos from last September…..
Love it!
Wow! And a Green Flash, too!
hmmm, lookin’ pretty GRAY out here today. π€ maybe i’ll just make it all GREEN.β‘οΈπ―
π amazing!
Yay!
πall your responses π
Wordle 1,836 4/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬π©SLAVE
β¬π©β¬β¬π©WRITE
π¨π©β¬β¬π©DRONE
π©π©π©π©π©CRUDE
Wordle 1,836 3/6
β¬β¬β¬β¬π¨ SONAR
π¨β¬β¬β¬π© RIFLE
π©π©π©π©π© CRUDE
Could be some 1s and 2s today, I saw a couple of you used this as 2nd option yesterday.
Nice solve – and yes, I fluked it for a 2, as its a word I’ve just started using
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