WIMPY 💥🎷🥳 Edison’s Phonograph 1877 & IBM PC 1981
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#1880 WED 08/12/2026
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.
97 responses to “#1880 WED 08/12/2026”
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woof, that was a slog…down here at the dry and dusty creek bed i had just one corner of an ingot stickin’ up to work with.
did a boatload a diggin’ to narrow this one down. bet my money on the bobtail nag, a gnu ride named “daily”…i tell ya she had a chance, a real good chance…well shoot, mildred…we were so close. 😉🤷♂️
…what that horse did reveal was my old pal wimpy, for whom i would gladly pay tuesday for a hamburger today. 😎
Wordle 1,880 4/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ creek
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ingot
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 daily
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 wimpy-
Wonderful commentary! Even surpassing your usual entertaining standard.
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I told you not to bet the grocery money on that old nag, Harold! 🐴
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“…and that is why i never do two shows, can’t do it babe…”
michael keaton in beetlejuice
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Wordle 1,880 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Salet
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ Orcin
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WimpyMy second guess got it down to: Biddy, Hippy, Piggy, and Wimpy. Wimpy would rule in/out the other 3. Also, according to FF, there are 62 previous answers that start with W, so I was happy I went with Wimpy.
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Nicely done.
I think we have to praise 3’s today, because I didn’t notice anyone who got a 2 today.
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🐥 too true JD … and this one was an especially nice three
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I owe my first two letters to JD, as he has been advising us of the P I pattern. Unfortunately, the path I took after that was all on me. 🤦🏻♀️
Wordle 1,880 4/6*
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ PLIER 23
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ OPTIC 7
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 WISPY 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIMPYThanks, Tracy, for implanting this worm-ear in my head on loop…
wimpy. wimpy. wimpy.
HEFTY! HEFTY! HEFTY!💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
HEFTY, not wimpy, bag with the drawstrings pulled and ready to be tied.
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Gee thanks. Now, it’s in my head too! LOL.
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You should know that PLIER is one of those low Weighted Bottle words.
It has a score of %2.37.
I noted it in all my lists; so, I don’t play it as a guess for the answer.
It’s fine as a filter though.
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You’re welcome! 😆
Hmmm. PLIER is on the 2315 list. I didn’t realize that the 2315 words had possibility percentages attached to them. Especially since the ER isn’t because of a comparative adjective.
P.S. I know this will probably sound petty, and for that I apologize, but I beg you to please start putting the “%” after the number rather than before. My proofreader’s mind goes a little crazy every time I see that error and I can’t fix it! 🤪😉
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My bad. I mess that up a lot. I’ll do better.
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I appreciate you, JD!
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It seems like a trend I’ve seen over the last several years, putting the symbol in the opposite place. Like 50$. So why not %50? Maybe it’s a thing now. 🤷♀️
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Yeah, I’ve noticed that too with the younger generations. But I think that is more attributed to not learning it or remembering it from school, and also the fact that so many of them started texting before learning this stuff and it just stuck in their minds that way. None of the rules or style guides have changed.
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Wonderful grid interpretation!!!
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Thanks!
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Wordle 1,880 4/6*
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ STILE
⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 CRIMP
🟨🟩⬛🟨🟩 PIGMY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIMPYWordleBot
Skill 55/99
Luck 69/99
NYT AVG. 4.2Wordlebot’s comment on PIGMY is odd: “There was only one possible solution left — and this wasn’t it. PIGMY is a valid guess and you have a great vocabulary, but I don’t consider it a likely solution.”
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I think this is because PYGMY is the primary variant of that word.
PIGMY isn’t listed on the Weighted Bottles list.
PYGMY is an unplayed 2315 word. It’s Weighted Bottle score is %58.
That makes PYGMY a certain play. (Maybe soon if these P’s keep up).
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pygmy – noun
pyg·my ˈpig-mē
variants or less commonly pigmy**
plural – pygmies also pigmiesSimple Definition
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1 often Pygmy : any of a race of dwarfs described by ancient Greek authors2 Pygmy : any of a small people of equatorial Africa ranging under five feet (1.5 meters) in height
3a (1): an unusually small person
(2): an insignificant or unimpressive person
an intellectual pygmy
b: something very small of its kind
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Ah, thanks. I should have realized that.
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Wordle 1,880 4/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ STEAL
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 CORNY
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ZIPPY (thx to JD list)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIMPYWordleBot
Skill 88/99
Luck 37/99IP is not done with us yet!!
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Jeb- I meant to post this as a standalone comment. Many, many hours ago!
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I am happy with 4 after 2 blank lines…I tied the Bot…
Wordle 1,880 4/6⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ CRASH
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ BOUND
🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 IMPLY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIMPYThere was only 1 word left after imply, so pigmy wasn’t a choice…
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Wordle 1,880 5/6*
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ TREAD
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ POUCH
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ZIPPY
🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 WISPY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIMPY[Sunset on Toketee Falls]
I really wanted it to be ZIPPY. The gap between the first and second Z words was 793 days. If this was the 3rd Z word it would have been 774 days.
I’m kind of surprised by the solution word. It’s only pejoritive as far as ca figure. … I guess we’ve had Diary of a Wimpy Kid in relatively recent pop culture.
Weirdly, this morning, I had just happened upon a Popeye/Wimpy ‘gladly pay you Tuesday’ meme I had made earlier this year.
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Wordle 1,880 3/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ RAISE
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 HOTLY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIMPYIf only I had started with PRICY. LOL.
Not only is the PI word back with a vengeance , the Y is back too.
Also, no repeated letters. This factors into my decision making process too.
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RAISE leaves 37 words. Still the worst leave for RAISE.Last time I had this pattern, I played LINTY. I since computed that the burner word of HOTLY is much better. It plays most of the tier 2 letters OLTYN except N.
Still, HOTLY left me with 5 words.
BIDDY(38), KINKY(58), NINNY(55), PIGGY(58), WIMPY(58).
WORD(Weighted Bottle Score)
Of course, I think it’s a PI word, but which one?
PIGGY or WIMPY.
I don’t have a G in the puzzle at this point; so, I don’t really want to go with PIGGY. Plus, the recent trend is NOT double letters.
Therefore WIMPY is the guess.
Risky though.
I almost opted to play PINKY(#625)
If it was NINNY, I would have gotten it in 6, because KINKY would have been next.
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The sun rises over the WIMPY FENCE I put up in yesterday’s puzzle.
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I like the sequential grid interpretation.
Maybe tomorrow the sun will have set giving you an 🦅-
I should have said’an 🦅 again’
You would have to knock the fence down to get a hole in one.
Do we have a list yet of par, 🐥🦅 and ⛳️?
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👏✨👏✨
🐥 is the new 🦅 (at least for today)
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Wordle 1,880 5/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟧
🟦⬛⬛🟦🟧
⬛⬛🟧🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧STEAL, CRONY, PYGMY left JUMPY (used), DUMPY, WIMPY. Luck was not with me.
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🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 MANGY
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 DIMLY
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 JIMMY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIMPYReally wanted it to be Jimmy
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Once again, 1 off of perfect.
Best guesses (per wordgamesbot) after that pattern for MANGY:
1. DORMY ≤ 2.619 guesses left
2. **DUMPY ≤ 2.619
3. RUMLY ≤ 2.667
4. TOMMY ≤ 2.667
5. **DIMLY ≤ 2.667Dumpy and Dimly are on the solve list while the other words are valid guesses.
Guessing a terminal Y despite what I said yesterday.. it was just the first word I thought of today.
Then it was a coin flip between Jimmy and Wimpy.
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Wordle 1,880 5/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ adieu
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ tonic
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 silly
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 finny
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 wimpy -
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛SLATE….🤖315 wl
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩CRONY…. 8NU + 🤖’s 27 PU & ADDs
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩DUMPY…. only perfect filter of the 8NU
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩WIMPY…. only NU word left after filter
Grid art V1 Stairway to heaven (didn’t lose)
🔥Grid art v2 Stairway to hell (3.0 Aug goal diminishing. 323324433344, need 2 more 🦅s to neutralize ⛳️s)
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Wordle(Bot) 1880 4/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 scalp (136)
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 porky (11)
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 hippy (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 wimpy -
Wordle 1,880 5/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ SLATE
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩CRONY
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩DUMPY
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩GIMPY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩WIMPYTempted to believe NIMBY had become a real word
(Thanks Jeb for putting a bandaid on my ouchy yesterday)
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You went for the ADD w/Gimpy, eh? We are due for an ADD I’ve been hearing.
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Considering the circumstances, GIMPY is a really good guess.
High probability of an ADD (%32 chance). P, I, Y are in the word, and it can rule out a bunch of letters (and therefore words.)
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Now I’ve got a gimpy pygmy 🩼🧌 on my mind … what will it be next…
trolls are short, right?
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🤔 … wait, wut???
gimpy pygmies?
short trolls?
long strolls?cymbal syntax?
irony of earwax?hefty hefty, fit to be tied?
daily da bobtail nag, ready to ride?🎧 do i hear the rumblings of another awesome tale emerging???
🪭🔥fannin’ the flames…one can only hope. 🤞😎
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hilarious!
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kralc you’ve summed it up there wonderfully … you are an inspiration and no doubt 🤩 + 🏴☠️ will spark a 🔥 again …. 🤔 🙇🏻♀️💭⏳
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Wordle 1,880 4/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ STEAL
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 CORNY
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ZIPPY (thx to JD list)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIMPYWordleBot
Skill 88/99
Luck 37/99IP is not done with us yet!!
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Wordle 1,880 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Saner
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 Dimly
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WimpyAfter Dimly, the other possible words were Jimmy, Jimpy, or Gimpy.
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Well played!
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Wordle 1,880 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜slate
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜minor (placement of i,o,r)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩wimpy (JD’s Y prediction – very helpful. P too!)-
Maybe I should change my 2nd word from CRONY to MINOR per JD when I get nada on SLATE. This worked out well for you, Judy.
There are 315 words left after a nada SLATE but I don’t know which are NU, PU, or possible ADDs.
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How about IRONY(433)?
The 2 tiers are ERASI and OLTYN.
SLATE played everything but RI and OYN
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I like IRONY a lot… but, ur right, I do need to get some twos real bad.
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I didn’t check MINOR to see it was played already or not.
Regarding SLATE, the anagram STEAL has not been played if you want to try for ONE. I think it’s green score is not as good though.
Here’s a challenge!
Come up with a 2 word start that doesn’t share letters, but are also unplayed 2315 words. Preference for Tier 1,2,3 letters.
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MINOR is unplayed 2315 word. You guys probably already knew that!
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I can see that IRONY would be a good filter. I don’t generally use filters. My lists are based, specifically, on SLATE. For example, if I have a Green TE and Yellow SA, I have a list for just that circumstance; caste, paste. I have lists for every configuration. I’m sure I’m missing quite a few possibilities.Some have several word choices. Others one or two. That’s why I have to stick with SLATE. My lists keep growing bc of FF-AP, JD’s ADDs, and going thru the original list like Glenda did. (I think that’s where I got the idea)
How do you know there are 315 words after ALL GRAY for us? I don’t have access to that info. I do have a huge list for All GRAY scenario. Maybe 60 words or so.
My scores are all 3s and 4s this month too. I have no 2s.Boohoo-
I do not know, but rather report what the Wordle Bot stated after the fact.
Sometimes I have gone through brainstormed a dozen possibles, then eliminated some pu and only considered playing 3 of them, only to find out there were 15 possible, and maybe a new unused that I failed to brainstorm.
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Judy L my fellow slater. ✨ I also keep a chart of the best 2nd word choices in each scenario, except nada where I go 3 deep. Sounds like you’ve gone 3 deep on every combination—your chart must be huge. I also mostly keep track of NU, PU, & the 🤖adds I’ve picked up from the nearly useless 🤖 analyses.
I also feel like I’ve gone to long w/SLATE to change my starting word. JD did it and RAISE is the better starting word, but he has so much more data & statistics than we all have obvi. He did throw out a challenge to me to just try it for one day! 🐓🐓🐓 But I set an August goal and change is so hard.
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Glad it worked today!
The question is how long this PI (and sometimes Y) trend lasts.
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Wordle 1,880 3/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ AROSE
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ CUPID
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIMPYWas between Wimpy and Piggy for 3rd guess.
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Well done!!
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Nice!
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Wordle 1,880 6/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ERUCT 422 wl
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 NOISY 20 wl
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 DILLY 7 wl
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 PIGGY 3 wl
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩ZIPPY 1 wl
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIMPYWordleBot
Skill 88/99
Luck 21/99
🙏
sUmmer of U-words from Professor Mike – aUg. 12; ERUCT sponsored by Lola RPHEW!
Good ☀️/🌃 to all!-
ERUCT huh… I’ve learned a new word, yet again…
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Good ☀️/ 🌃 to you.
It is tomorrow’s morning here 8.15
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Wordle 1,880 5/6*
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ arose
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 unity
🟨🟨🟨⬛🟩 imply
🟨🟩⬛🟨🟩 pigmy
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 wimpycrap between black and green
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Crap or earwax.
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I see a dog that ran up to a fence and is looking up at a squirrel in the neighbor’s tree.
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I do prefer this interpretation.
So imaginative!
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Wordle 1,880 5/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Aster
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ fluid
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ chick
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ bingo
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 wimpyAha, p and I, just you wait, soon you’ll be gone like August.
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wow, I wonder if all black is possible in the first 3 words, could have put flood at 2, then what? maybe even look for 4 all black?
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ASTER
FLUNK
… uh …
HOOCHBad play has to creep in pretty quickly to purposefully avoid hitting a word with no repeating letters.
MAMMA, on the other hand, you could probably miss on for four guesses without looking ridiculous if you were playing a consonant strategy.
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Wordle 1,880 4/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ STEAL 315
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 CRONY 35
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 PUDGY 3
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WIMPYJust a bit of bad luck today (31 per the bot)
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You have done better than many here today.
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Thanks Meg. You are kind. I don’t beat myself up over 4’s (pars), but rather just pointing out the “31” luck rating from the bot was quite low
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Wordle 1,880 4/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜arose
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩unity
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩dimly
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩wimpy-
I have to say this seems like the fifth time or more (haven’t checked though) that you and I have had the exact same game. I always start with AROSE and usually follow with UNITY.
Probably not the best starting words to solve in 2 or 3, but gives all the vowels right away. Also, based on the most recent letter count of unused words, I believe this covers 9 of the top 10.
I don’t post often, but regularly read the After Party.
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UNITY is a good word, but have you guys considered playing LINTY after AROSE.
That would nail all 10 letters.
L(122) ranks 8th.
U(100) ranks 11th.
Your green score would be slightly better as well.
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Since UNITY(#1832) is not a first year REPEAT, it’s unlikely to be the answer (in the short term) anyway.LINTY is an unlikely ADD. So, that’s not going to be the answer either.
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I used to start with “arise” followed by “youth” or “young”, but “arose” and “unity” give me better results. I’ve only been tracking my results for 26 games (since I started posting here) and have 5 in 2 guesses, 12 in 3, 6 in 4, 3 in 6 (I think 2 of those were pure carelessness and one was a pu).
What source are you using for the unused words?
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Wordle 1,880 3/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 PANSY 20
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 BUMPY 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🐥 beat the Bot.
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well done down under
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Well done!
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Arrrgh! blew my #2 by going with a random start word
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ THONG
🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 IMPLY (had totally intended to begin with this JD)
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well done down under
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Nice recovery!
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IMPLY only left 1 word … wowzers….
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IMPLY worked out better than SPILT would have.
Nice solve in 3 anyway.
We might not see any 2’s today, but, then again, we haven’t heard from Kim yet.
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*** NEW NEWS ABOUT NEW COMMENTS *** 🙄
The code that flags New Comments with yellow buttons and yellow backgrounds has been updated. Prior if you posted a comment, it would wipe out all of the highlights. There is now a 15 minute grace period that stops that from happening.
The After Party view “new” counter also had to be updated, and it had a bug that stared clearing all the New flags in past games. That seems to be working right now.
Let me know!
PARTY #775 ON!
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Thanks
Would it be possible to have a clear button for the yellow news at the bottom of the day’s threads?-
Good idea. There is a small one at the top which I plan to make bigger and more obvious.
This is not obvious but there is a 15 minute “Grace period” before your New indicators are auto-cleared. This allows for you to work the list and make comments.
Also coming is the “next / previous” to let you jump through New only. A lot cooking!
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I really like the next/previous idea
I have been appreciating the clear button but didn’t enjoy having to go back to the top to use it
Thanks so much for making this after party so fun to navigate. I guess you enjoy fine tuning it too!
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Remember there’s a Go Back to Top at the bottom, but watch for a mini yellow menu coming in every yellow NEW highlight comment:
Next / Previous / First / Last / Options
Clicking on Options will jump to the top where you can see:
Next clear: HH:MM / +15 min / Clear Now
By default the clear is set to 15 minutes after you return to the list. (Up from 5 minutes at kralc’s request.) Gives you time to work through the list and then will clear for you.
You can add +15 minutes to the clear time. Or you can Clear Now.
Thanks for testing and giving feedback!
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The mini menus look wonderful!
I must confess that I have never noticed the grey Back to Daily List and Back to top buttons. Maybe if they were say blue my unobservant brain might have seen them.
I definitely need at least 15 minutes as I often spend considerable time looking up the meaning of words as the After Party expands my vocabulary. Also the time it takes for me to compose comments like this.
Thanks so much for making the After Party experience easier.
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I wish the Go Back To Top button was accessible everywhere, because I’m often in the middle of the blog.
I use the email responses from the previous day to jump into yesterday’s After Party and then I scroll to the top or bottom to find that Daily list button.
So, if I could jump back to the top (or bottom) instantly, it would be a big time saver.
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Thank you! 👏
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I can add that to a comment sub-menu where you see reply right now. Maybe a TOP and BOTTOM.
With all this great feedback, NYC is going to want to buy this site!
NEVER!
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Don’t sell!
A crowded party would not be as much fun.
It would take all day to mingle in the crowd.
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Thanks Jeb!
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Thanks for the update and for making us enjoy FF experience even more, Jeb.
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👏👏👏👏
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I like the Clear button.
But I wouldn’t make it too big, maybe just more visible. I’ve already accidentally activated it once while scrolling down.
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Good point. Probably need to add a “Confirm Clear” step.
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