CRASH 🎷🎈💥🪇 Left Handers Day 👈
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#1881 THU 08/13/2026
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102 responses to “#1881 THU 08/13/2026”
🎺 in honor of left hander’s day i purposely focused my attention on the left side of the grid…no, no wait…i umm, i tied my right hand behind my back for today’s word…yeah, yeah that’s it…that’s what i did. 🫣🤥😑
🤔 hmmm, yeah well, what really happened was…an afternoon squall upstream yesterday made some interestin’ greens pop up in the sand on the left bank of the creek today. went diggin’ around them by hand (mostly my left), huntin’ for gnus and found four. next move was a toss up between ash, ony, oup and ump. 🤷♂️
well, we ain’t seen an ehh for a spell so i threw all caution to the wind (gentle breeze anyway), took out a sand wedge and went right at the pin💥 dint see her go in but looked in the cup and thar’ she be, snug as a bug in a rug! woohoo! 🦅
Wordle 1,881 2/6*
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ creek
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 crash
Congrats.
✋🏻 I offer thee a silent clap
Is that like one hand clapping? LOL
yep… cuz he played the game only with his left hand
Wordle 1,881 3/6
🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ROUST
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ DRESS
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
Three things to avoid!
Scoredle 3/6*
14,855
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ FELON (2,618)
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 VIRUS (41)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
That’s hi-larious.
I’m picturing Carson as The Amazing Karnak doing this bit:
Karnak (envelope to his head) – ‘Felon, Virus, Crash.’
Ed – ‘Felon, Virus, Crash’
Karnak – ‘You are correct yak-breath. … Felon, Virus, Crash. … (tears open envelope, blows in end, takes out paper and reads) … What are three things to avoid at the Slauson Cutoff?’
Ed – Hiyooooo!
(Sorry for riffing your bit. Not so sorry about continuing to live in the past. 😁)
Don’t be sorry…that’s a great riff! But holy cow, that reference is going way back to the year Johnny starting hosting the Tonight Show. I watched it a lot, but I was too young to have seen this: https://www.quotes.net/movies/the_tonight_show_starring_johnny_carson_107873
Well-written Mike! You nailed the dialogue.
Thanks!
I wasn’t around for the first appearances of Carnac or Art Fern. But they were both oft recurring characters and Carson was on for nearly 30 years.
Carnac the Great was one of my faves even though I was too young to understand most of the references. It was such a very funny concept I ended up using this gag in some of my future skits.
Art Fern was before I was born 😜 so I watched some last night after seeing your post—the one where his mustache keeps falling off and he cannot continue the skit 🥸 and the one where he instructs to go to the slauson cuttoff, get out of your car and cut off your slauson 🤣🍆 Boomer humor …
Some of your ‘future skits’?
Hmmm, I’m intrigued.
🤔 skit a marinky dinky dink
skit a marinky do
…make that two 🏴☠️😎
@kralc —is that Jimmy Durante?
Wordle 1,881 2/6*
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ adieu
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩crash
Lucky guess!
Or “Wordle ESP!” Congrats! Welcome to the After Party bb!
Excellent!
🦅 woot and welcome!!! ✨✨✨
I can’t believe I just did that. I typed in COBRA, again, while I was clearly thinking CRASH. Had to do a double take when it came up the same as before. WTH?! 😳 Embarrassment abounds! 🤦🏻♀️
Wordle 1,881 3/6*
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 COBRA 27
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 COBRA 27 (yep, still 27)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
WordleBot
Skill 28/99 You don’t say?!
Luck 90/99
I’m counting that as a 2!
Congrats!
Thanks, JD.
100% (See what I did there?)
😁
Me, too 🦅 🦅 🦅 and again 3 is the new 2 but only for you. 😉
This mistake is the B-E-S-T, BEST of all the R-E-S-T, REST!
I agree, it’s a 2, a very fun 2! (For the rest of us, anyway.)
I can see this happening to anyone in our over-focused group/players.
I don’t know you, but the ‘double take’ is a visual in my mind. Haha.
I predict, this Wordle play today- you will always remember, talk, and laugh about.
That’s the good stuff.
Don’t you just HATE it when people say “it cold have been worse!”
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 COBRA
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 COBRA
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 COBRA
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 COBRA
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 COBRA
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
or *could (which would make a little more sense)
too bad there’s not an edit button that would last only for 1 minute
Wordle 1,881 2/6*
🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛ SAUCE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
Games played: 1396
Current streak: 369
All-time average: 3.72
Last 100 days: 3.34
Best month: 3.03 (Jan 2026)
Congrats! Welcome to the After Party Rob!
Congrats!
🦅 AwesomeSAUCE 🙄✨
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ TIMID
🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ HARPY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
Congratulations!
Wordle 3/6*
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ STEAL 31 left
🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ARSON 6 left
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
Skill 75
Luck 58
Always happy with a 3!
Wordle 1,881 3/6
🟦⬛⬛🟦⬛
⬛⬛🟦⬛🟦
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
STEAL left 28 possible, only 7 unused. I chose PYRIC as a filter. It left CRASS (used) and CRASH.
🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ AROSE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
Waiting for A Rose CRASHed again
Nice!
🦅✨🌟 Awesomesauce!
With sour cream
yes and latkes too
Wordle 1,881 2/6
🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ RAISE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
A gift to a left hander on Left Hander’s Day.
RAISE leaves only CRASH.
If this pattern reoccurs, then I know its a REPEAT or ADD.
I really think those ADDs are going to happen any day now.
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A pickup truck returning 2 lions to the safari from the zoo.
Nice JD, and your grid art take also!
And wanted to say thanks for the tips a couple days ago. I jotted down some notes from them!
You’re welcome.
🦅🌟 excellent! 🦁🦁
Wordle 1,881 5/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ adieu
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ toast
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ flask
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 clash
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 crash
Should have been more observant l was not a letter would have gotten it in 4 o well next time
Badges for 2 and Beat the Bot…
Wordle 1,881 2/6
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ SAUCE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
I used crash as my start word yesterday, but I was greedy for vowels so went back to sauce, whose turn is coming up soon…the NU words are going fast…
Fantastic!
I think SAUCE is a better start word than CRASH. IMHO.
Bummer that Crash was the word you used yesterday! Solving it in one guess is so elusive! But 2 is great!
I put a clue in my solve chat – it had your 🏝 (disguised with a couple of similar ones) glad you used it again for the solve in 2
😊
🦅✨🌟 UR a super🌟
Wordle 1,881 3/6*
⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ TREAD
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ PRAWN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
[Mr. Limpet]
Happy for a 3.
I’m just not seeing Barney Fife there.
It’s not Barney Fife. … It’s Mr. Limpet. 😁
He’s right there, swimming next to the U-boat.
Wordle 1,881 3/6
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 Saner
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 Optic
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Crash
Wordle 1,881 2/6
🟨🟩⬛🟩⬛ AROSE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
Lots of 2’s today!
Amazing! ✨🦅
Nice!
Wordle 1,881 4/6*
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 LURES 56 wl
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 SATYR 4 wl
🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ARSON 3 wl
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
WordleBot
Skill 82/99
Luck 58/99
🙏
sUmmer of U-words from Professor Mike – aUg. 13; LURES sponsored by Jay
Solved in four without any PU words!
I’m inventing new badges for myself as an outlier who competes only with herself 🙂
Good ☀️/🌃 to all!
Love that. That should be a badge over “sea of greens”.
So agree with JD—🏅🏆
Using a plural S? Just because?
There’s a whole community out there making up themes to play. Everyone uses the same starting word. I’ve seen a lot of this mentioned on the NYT wordle comments section each day. This is the link if you are interested. 👀
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NqSsVwALfLLGksB1jNgVPWkcUt-tsjDPvBDeqXRtbBI/edit?gid=189142666#gid=189142666
If they can organize like this, I wish they’d agree to fail together if it’s a repeat. I can dream
Wordle 1,881 2/6
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ SHONE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
Lots of 2s today! Hooray for the FF filter 🎉🥳
🦅✨ yay!!!
Yes.. lots of 2s (the new 3).
Awesome!
Wordle(Bot) 1881 2/6
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ steal (31)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 crash
Zero list blocks.
Wordle ESP.
🦅✨✨✨ Yay!!!!!! 😄
Way to go Chief!
🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛SLATE….2 nu og words quasi (🤖14) and …
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩CRASH… c statistically superior to q
Crash: my jr hs nickname due to a stop sign, a curve, & an icy MN road. ❄️🛑🚙
✨✨If yesterday, 3 was the new 2, then today 2 is the new 3✨✨
🦅 —> 🐥
Oddly, 🤖 chose CURBS as 2nd word regardless of the “Use knowledge of past solutions” toggle position. The 🤖 is decidedly a liar 🤥 “If you use a list of prior answers when solving, the bot’s analysis can reflect that.” No it can’t and no it doesn’t.
Yikes on the nickname! But nice 2!
Way to go!
That Bot is broken! It needs to be in the shop for repairs! LOL.
This I know and yet I continue to complain. What a pain in the 🍑 I am. I’ll do better. 😜😜
Wordle 1,881 3/6
🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛SLATE
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛BOSSY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩CRASH
Wordle 1,881 2/6
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ STEAL 31
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
My first official Beat The Bot badge today (even though I had beaten it times past)
🦅✨
🤖🥊 Beat the bot badge is only recently introduced and is not retroactive. So in this sense, among many others, sort of meaningless. But, it’s always nice to beat the 🤖 anyways! 🤖🥊 (I have many rants against the 🤖 as I long for a more useful analysis.)
I wondered about the badges. Thought I had just not been paying attention. And knew I’d beaten the bot many more times than credited.
Wordle 1,881 2/6
🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜SLATE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩CRASH
First 2 this month. I’m fine with 3s but every now and then a 2 is a woohoo!
Woot woot! 🦅✨✨ 🤖🥊
Way to go!
woohoo for 2!
Wordle 1,881 3/6*
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ STEAL
⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ GASSY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
Here’s to creative lefthanders! 🫲
I was surprised GASSY and CRASH were NU. It’s a good day!
Wordle 1,881 2/6*
🟨🟩⬛🟩⬛ arose, think like Judy
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🦅✨✨✨ yay! You arose 🥀 to the occasion.
Very wise! Nice result!
Wordle 1,881 3/6
🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 ASTER
🟨🟨🟩🟨⬛ SHARK
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRASH
Surprised shark was nu, more surprising it wasn’t the answer. Then Surprised crash was nu…🙀
I would have had the same response Telee!
Wordle 1,881 2/6
🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜arose
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩crash
So glad it wasn’t a PU solution today!
🦅✨✨ Excellent!
me too, it worked for us, today anyway.
Nice!
More likely, we’ll get an ADD soon.
I’m hoping HAIKU or BOGUS show up.
Good words to consider for adds, JD!
Me too! I played the same words.
Wordle 1,881 4/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ DAILY 238
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ADOBE 82
🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ START 2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
That was one of my favorite start words. Off the list now.
A juggler practicing.
Thanks to a word used yesterday that my 👀 alighted on whilst scrolling
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ SADLY (I didn’t win the lottery….) 😄
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I consider my solve in 2 a win tho’
🏝🏜🛣🏕🏝
Wow!
Well done!
🦅✨✨ Woot woot!!! … an S word or a Y ending=very good bet!
Also, SADLY hasn’t been played yet.
A real good one to start with.
What can we pair that word with if it matches no letters?
How about IRONE(ADD)?
CRONE(#756), NICER(#1066), ORCIN(ADD)
RECON(ADD – 54% WB) – note the % placement.. LOL.
Yay! Try playing the lottery today!
I like to play those numbers I get on the fortune cookie from the local Chinese restaurant. LOL.
Nice solve in 2 with only 2 yellow letters in first guess.