POSIT 🎈🎊🤩🎶 Happy Oyster Day! 🦪 PEARL #1252 11/22/24
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#1873 WED 08/05/2026
Spoilers OK here. For today’s puzzle, post your comments, replies, wins, rants, or any observation. Feel free to paste in your green + yellow box solution share, Scoredle, or WordleBot results.
120 responses to “#1873 WED 08/05/2026”
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Testing New.
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…and now with a new post. testing 1,2,3
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appears to be working. 👍
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Testing 5 minute New indicator adjustment.
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Good. After posting a new comment, your “New” comments are not cleared. 5 minutes has to pass.
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testing 1,2,3
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Seems like all bets are off with the repeat odds and patterns!
First yesterdays answers wasn’t the oldest and now another repeat!😖
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Forgot to post this yesterday. Got lucky with my start.
Wordle 1,873 2/6*
⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ WISPY 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSITWordleBot
Skill 99/99
Luck 99/99-
Your 2 is exactly my puzzle without RAISE.
Nicely done.
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Wordle 1,873 2/6
⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 ROUST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSIT😎 Yay!
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Woot! 🦅
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Nice!
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3 is good, the Bot took 4
Wordle 1,873 3/6🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ SAUCE
⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ BISON. 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSIT -
⬛️🟨🟩⬛️⬛️ RISKY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSIT-
Woohoo – (I know – a pesky, unskilled solve, but with all my 3, 4, 5s – I’d take it…..)
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You messed up again! LOL.
I want to see if there is anyone out there who plays “Wordle Chicken”.
This would be intentionally solving the puzzle in 6 guesses without losing (using different words every round).
I think this would be pretty hard to do! (especially in Hard mode).
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Well done! 🦅
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There’s gonna be an ADD or a REPEAT pretty soon. More likely an ADD.
Odds on REPEATs are 11.4% (1 every 9 days). It’s been 6 days since the last REPEAT (FLUME).
Odds on an ADD are 31.4% (1 every 3 days). It’s been 11 days since the last ADD (ALOHA).
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Yes, I was anticipating that with my 3 choices on Tuesday……
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Since, the collective ODD’s of ADD’s and REPEATs added together is still 43%, the ODD’s of it not happening are %57 which is still better than even.
I would still play the game like that isn’t going to happen on a given day.
Rule out the common unplayed words. Then, when there are none left, guess the ADD or first year REPEAT. It’s more likely to be an ADD.
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Ah, I do like using non-list words JD (more interesting to me) TB it seems favours the repeat …..
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I hope it doesn’t ruin my goal for August, but it’ll be fun to see what uncommon word is next.
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If you stick with your current strategy of favoring the more common letters, you should be fine.
I am prepared to take the occasional 4.
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You called it! We were due for a quicker repeat.
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Wordle 1,873 2/6*
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ EARTH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSITdamn ! POSIT was one of my useful go-to words if I only found the T from my starter word. Really helped me out yesterday too. Now I may have to find another one.
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Nice 2 at least. Welcome to the After Party PWG!
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Now you need a new “go to” word!
Congrats!
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Yay! 🦅 and, welcome!
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Not particularly happy with this one.
Wordle 1,873 4/6*
🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ STILE
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩 FIRST
🟨⬛🟨⬛🟩 SKINT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSITWordleBot
Skill 60/99
Luck 80/99
NYT AVG. 3.2But a win’s a win!
I thought FIRST was worth a shot as a low-numbered reused answer. It did place the T and rule out a couple of letters.
Wordlebot said SKINT was technically eligible and that I had a great vocabulary, but that it was unlikely to be the solution.
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Wordle 1,873 4/6*
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ STEAL
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 TRYST (pu #398)
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 VISIT (pu #1801)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSITI knew it wasn’t Visit but couldn’t think of any other words. Turns out that’s because there were only 2 words remaining after Tryst.
I wonder when STEAL will make an appearance!
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Murphy’s Law dictates that the very day you don’t guess STEAL, that will be the answer. LOL.
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Wordle 1,873 3/6
🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ SCION
⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ KIOSK
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSITWell, decided to get out of my comfort zone and take a long shot on #2 of not only a repeat but a double K to boot! Lucky to recover in three! Usually requires a filter for #3 to get in 4 or 5!
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I like the bet!
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well, giddyup! 🏇”i o t” rides again! two days in a row!
🤔 did reckon that vomit, however distasteful this early in the day, would be a fitting choice given how many of y’all played it yesterday. 😉
🎲🎲 decided that joist was the more logical play only to be surprised that posit was the answer.
🧐 is that really a word you would use in a sentence? methinks it is one that is still looking for a comfortable home.
…let’s opine on that one. 🤓Wordle 1,873 4/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ creek
🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 ingot
⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 joist
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 posit-
I’d expect to hear “posit” if I’m listening to a lecture that I don’t understand.
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From MW
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posit – verb
pos·it ˈpä-zət
posited ˈpä-zə-təd ˈpäz-təd ; positing ˈpä-zə-tiŋ ˈpäz-tiŋSimple Definition
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1 : to dispose or set firmly : fix
2 : to assume or affirm the existence of : postulate
3 : to propose as an explanation : suggest -
Snap ! – apart from our start word….
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Wordle 1,873 3/6
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ BATIK 😊
🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ OPTIC 👍🏼
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSIT 😒BATIK was a good starter, OPTIC repeated the T but practically dePOSITed this unsatisfying but NU solution right in front of me.
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Interesting path to the solution, but it worked!
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Wordle 1,873 4/6*
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ TREAD
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 CLOUT
⬛🟩🟨🟨🟩 JOIST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSIT[Ingénu, Fuzz E. Grubb, after a hard day’s work of posing for publicity stills for the long awaited film ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, is carried home by his manager.]
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Love your take on grid art. Some times I don’t get it but they always make me smile…you’re very creative!
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Me too 😄
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Thanks to you both! Glad you’re enjoying them.
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⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ CRANE ushe 1st word
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSIT ushe 2nd letter finder wordimagine my surprise. Not your everyday word is it
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🤯 ⚡️total darkness to full light, very nice!
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Definitely not an everyday word. There are many on the list though.
Nicely done!
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Wow! Incredible 2.
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That is cool 🫘
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Wordle 1,873 3/6
🟦🟦⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟦🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧STEAL left 29 possible, but 24 were used. Among BURST, GUSTO, JOIST, POSIT, TORUS, I tried the first, which was a perfect filter.
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Wordle Bot states 40 remaining after STEAL.
I’m still baffled about where you get your information since you mentioned only 24-
I meant 29, since you said 24 used
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Wordle 1,873 3/6
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ RAISE
⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ WISPY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSITAnother P word! Except that I guessed the wrong one.
What a difference matching 2 letters in the wrong position vs 1 makes.
I in the wrong position left 38 words. I and S in the wrong position leaves 7 words.
From there SILKY, SIXTY and WISPY are reasonable filters giving me a 3 in all but 2 cases.
POSIT wouldn’t have worked for eliminating S words ending in Y above.
WISPY left only POSIT.
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Another Musketeer’s Hat with generous plume.-
All for one and one for all! ⚔️
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Wordle 1,873 3/6
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 CLOUT
⬛🟩🟨🟨🟩 JOIST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSIT-
We matched! … Uh, minus my start word. 😁
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Wordle 1,873 4/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ adieu
🟨🟩🟨🟩⬜ topic
🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ potin
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 posit -
Wordle 1,873 3/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ Saner
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 Thump
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Posit -
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ SLATE (5 NU words left)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSIT (the perfect filter word wins the day)WHUT??? It took the 🤖 FOUR guesses. 🤦🏻♂️
Awww! Today was my favorite scenario! When ≤12 NU words remain after guess 1, I map them in a 5-column grid to analyze letter frequencies and find the ultimate filter word=so.much.fun. Luckily, POSIT was the one word to eliminate them all. 💪🦅 If it’s >12 I just use a word from my best 2nd choices grid=not as fun.
NU=never used
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Great 2! NU rhymes with NEW.
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🤦🏻♂️ OMG your wright Jeb… Eye dint think o’dat. (I’ve been kralc-ified)
Whenever I use NU I say the letters in my head N-U and then I get a chuckle every time because I think of Tobias from Arrested Development and his “never nude” 🤓
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*JOIST would would also eliminate, but I liked the P better than the J.
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⚡️🎯 nice won in two,
usin’ da gnu…🤷♂️
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Well done, Christine!
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Congrats!
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Christine, Can you share your source with us for a list of words for Wordle that have not yet been used? I think most of us are using the excellent FF filter to see which words have already been used and on which dates, but I haven’t seen a list of words that haven’t been used.
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Hi Elaine! I do not have or use a list of NU words. I start with the OG list of 2,315 words that the NYT gave us way back in the beginning of time. I used to rely on my notes to filter out used words until I discovered FF a few weeks ago!
I’m sure there’s a list somewhere out there, though.
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Thanks Christine! Have a great day!
Elaine
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Trying again to reply to Christine! 😃
Hi Christine,
Can you share your source with us for a list of words for Wordle that have not yet been used? I think most of us are using the excellent FF filter to see which words have already been used and on which dates, but I haven’t seen a list of words that haven’t been used. Thanks!-
If Christine can’t do it, I can provide it with some effort.
My list is currently sorted into return patterns for RAISE or ROATE.
She may have an alphabetical version though. So, I’ll wait to see what she says.
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Well played !
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Nicely done!
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Well executed. You followed your process.
I find on the days that I change my process, it costs me.
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Thanks JD. I posit that in the somewhat near future, we’ll all have to change our processes. I think there’s a big change a comin’…
I don’t see how TB can go on like this throwing in a few ADDs here and there and repeating the past. It’s just unprofessional and sloppy.
Do you agree or am I just making up shit?
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What is happening is that she is trying to extend the current list, because there are fewer than 500 words left on a word list that was originally 2315 words.
I think she is weighing how difficult the game is.
If didn’t introduce REPEATs or ADDs, then this game will eventually get too easy for those of us who know they don’t repeat.
So, as the original word list decreases, she will gradually increase the number of ADD’s and REPEATs to increase the possible pool of answers.
I don’t think it will be a revolutionary change, but more of a gradual one.
If the number of REPEATs or ADDs reach close to a %50 rate, I’ll probably change my personal answer pool to include one or the other.
My method would stay the same.
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Thanks JD! Yeah… I know the why. I just can’t see how her method is going to play out as is … but I repeat myself, which is, alas, boring. 🤓
Hey, I so agree—I’m keeping my method the same for now. The odds are with us.
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WordleBot 1,873 3/6
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ STEAL 40
⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 JOIST 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSIT -
Wordle 1,873 3/6
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛SLATE
⬛🟩🟨🟨🟩JOIST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩POSIT-
We both chose JOIST @ 2. Do our names give us a J bias? 🧐
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Jeb, lol wellllllllll maybe
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My name doesn’t give me a J bias. LOL.
Good news though. J isn’t the last place letter anymore.
It passed X and Q, because more of those words were played.
The bad news is that it’s still firmly in the last tier of 4. (Z, J, X, Q).
JD
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Wordle 1,873 4/6
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜slate
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩burst
⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩wisht
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩posit?-
🧐 wait, wut???
wisht??? 🤯
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From MW
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wisht – adjectivedialectal, British
: dismal, eerie—————
I love these new words especially ones I can use in WWF / Scrabble. It means I can hook the word “WISH” with a “T” and make a word perpendicularly. This assumes that it’s in the SOWPODs or WWF word list.-
I looked this up in the WWF dictionary and it wasn’t there.
There was WISHE and WISHY but no WISHT.
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WWF?
– World Wildlife Fund?
– World Wrestling Federation?
– What Would Frank …Oh, I figured it out. I’m not a quick mind. These acronyms take me longer to read than the words alone.
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Words With Friends (Scrabble’s evil cousin)
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* ‘Initialisms’ … For those uncomfortable with colloquialism. 😁
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More like for the lazy people (which includes me).
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I believe it is an Irish term. My mom used it a lot. Meaning: be quiet, stop talking.
Tana French uses the word, in the same context, in her books. Or at least in her recent trilogy which are set in Ireland.I was going for the placement of S and T. And it didn’t shimmer!
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whisht & whist (card game) are also listed as words meaning hush, be quiet …
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My father tried to teach us to play Bridge by teaching us Whist first, but that didn’t go anywhere.
We ended up learning neither game.
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Wordle 1,873 3/6
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ STEAL 40
⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 ROUST 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POSITWordleBot
Skill 99/99
Luck 74/99First guess left 40, 2nd guess only 1.
Wordle Bot reports 43.5% of players got it in 3, which is much higher than most days. I expect a lot of 🐦🐥🪿🐦⬛ today on this chat-
Is that tweeters, cluckers, honkies and crowers? Ha!
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⚡️🎯😎
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Wordle 1,873 3/6*
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ arose
🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ scion
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 posit not your everyday speak!-
🤔👍 posit-ively agree with that sentiment!
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Wordle 1,873 3/6
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ aster
🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨 stoop
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 posit
My first 3 of August!-
And it wont be the last.
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I posit that there are more threes to come and maybe even some twos.
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Wordle 1,873 3/6
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜arose
⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜bison
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩posit -
right theory – wrong execution
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ FILMY (2 letters from yesterday’s solution)
🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 INGOT (3 letters from yesterday’s solution)
⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 JOIST (same 3 … was keen on this word for the solve)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 finally (somewhat of a TB word methinks)avagr8day folks 😊
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Wordle 1,873 3/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ CRASH 203
🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ SUITE 2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩I wasn’t sure if it was a real word but tried it anyway. Beat the Bot.
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I did not intend the above to be a reply to Glenda.
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It’s ok. Glenda has long coattails.
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Interesting strategy. What does TB mean?
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Tracy Bennett is the official daily puzzle editor for Wordle at The New York Times
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🤓 “ptb” is my go to acronym.
doubles as “powers that be”
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Love the double entendre acronym!
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kralcy I like that and wuz wondering wut ptb meant
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POSIT is a Josh Wardle word since it is on the 2315 list.
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I think i may have asked this b4 ?
Is there a list of TB adds – or is it ADD/SOLVE on the day…
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Did you want
the ADD’s that have already been played?
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The ADD’s that have a high probability of being played in the future?
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Just wondering if there’s a list (like the 2315) that she has added words to in-advance-of-play.
Or is it only ADD/SOLVE on the day
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I too would like a list of TB adds so far (not a spoiler nor peaking under the hood since they are already used, right?)
I am nervous to do a google search for this because I don’t want to accidentally get a list of adds from someone peaking under the hood.
I started tracking and then forgot. This is all I have so far:
mooch
oomph
muggy
colic
opine
Gizmo
Pious
Guano
Snafu
Balsa
Kazoo
Laser
beaut
mommy
primp
uvula
squid
indie
spate
suede
taupe
atria
nervy
loris
tizzy
gofer
kefir
knell
matte
gloam
gunky
pshaw
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TB adds about 28-34 words that are slotted for the next 28-34 days.
You don’t want that list! Those are the answers.
Every couple of days, she selects a couple more.
Did you mean that one?
It’s baked into the Wordle code.
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Ah, all the solves (nu, pu, nl) No – JD, I wouldn’t want that thanks…..
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I only want the adds we’ve already used—not the ones that are peaking under the hood for the future. That would be boring.
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☀️ ewe as well!
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Nice one
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