Wordle 981 Feb 25 ***Spoiler Thread***

[mnhtnbb]

Wordle 981 3/6

🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜trial
⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜white
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩smith

NY Times average 3.7 and Wordlebot in 4.

[MissMillie]

1. 4

Wordle 981 4/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ADIEU
🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ STING
🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 SHIRT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH

[2naSalit]

2. 5

Wordle 981 5/6

⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ADIEU
⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ NOISY
🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ SLICK
🟩🟨🟩⬛🟨 SHIST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH

I was writing that off as a proper noun! Grr!

Connections
Puzzle #259
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

[KarenS]

3. 5

Wordle 981 5/6

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜trail
🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜stick
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨swift
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜spite
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩smith

Connections
Puzzle #259
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟦🟩
🟪🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟦🟦🟩

Clearly, the coffee has not kicked in

[nuxvomica]

4. 3

Wordle 981 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ BREAK
🟨⬜🟩🟨🟨 HOIST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH


Connections
Puzzle #259
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦


Flashback for February 24, 2024

28 points
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Play here:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/23/upshot/flashback.html

[Buckeye_Democrat]

5. 3.

Wordle 981 3/6

🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ SLATE
🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩 MOUTH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH

[unweird]

6. 4/6*

Wordle 981 4/6*

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ plaid
🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ trial
🟨⬛🟩🟨🟨 moist
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 smith

[ananda]

7. 3

Wordle 981 3/6

⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ GUISE
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 SPILT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH

[Arkansas Granny]

8. 4

Wordle 981 4/6

⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ Raise
🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ Stick
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 Spilt
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Smith

Connections
Puzzle #259
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟪🟪🟦

[snpsmom]

9. 4

Wordle 981 4/6

🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜saute
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩south
🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩sixth
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩smith

[underpants]

10. 5. Whew, that was a walk in the woods

Wordle 981 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜guard
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜onion
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜piece
🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜stiff
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Smith

[Nittersing]

11. 4

Wordle 981 4/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ADIEU
🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ STORY
🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 SHIFT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH

[Fla Dem]

12. Wordle 4 / Hurdle (am) 3, (pm) 4 / Dordle 5 & 6 /

Last edited Sun Feb 25, 2024, 01:55 PM - Edit history (1)

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Wordle 981 4/6
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ Raise
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 Count
🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ Still
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Smith

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Word Hurdle 1539 3/6
🤍🤍💛💛💛💛 Raised
💙💙💛💙🤍💙 Desire
💙💙💙💙💙💙 Devise

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Word Hurdle 1540 4/6
🤍🤍🤍🤍💙💙 Raised
🤍🤍💛🤍🤍🤍 County
🤍💙🤍🤍💙💙 Pulled
💙💙💙💙💙💙 Judged

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Daily Dordle 0762 5&6/7
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ Raise
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ Count
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 Mushy
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 Lemur
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 Femur
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Syrup

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Connections
Puzzle #259
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟪🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
Still have no idea what the final group represents even with
the game labeling them.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Ohiya]

13. 3

Wordle 981 3/6

⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ RAISE
🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ SKIMP
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH

[Chipper Chat]

14. I like to have fun with wierdle

Wordle 981 5/6

🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜SHAKY
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩SLUSH
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜PRIDE
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨COMET
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩black*****

[From The Ashes]

15. 4/6

Wordle 981 4/6*

⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 EARTH
⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 CLOTH
⬛🟨⬛🟩🟩 WIDTH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH

[SKKY]

16. 3/6. After yesterday's debacle, time to start another streak...

Wordle 981 3/6*
When The Smiths broke up, do you think Morrissey thought about launching his solo career as just "Smith"?

🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 SALET
🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ STING
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH

[Liberal In Texas]

17. -3-

Wordle 981 3/6

🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ TRIAL
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ SPITE (Only one possible solution, says the Wordle bot, but would they do something that could be so common a proper name?)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH (Well, that's what it was...)

[hay rick]

18. 3

Wordle 981 3/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ AISLE
🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 SHIRT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH

[Luciferous]

19. 5 😬

Wordle 981 5/6

⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ADIEU
🟨⬛🟩⬛🟨 TOILS
🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛ STINK
🟩🟨🟩⬛🟨 SHIRT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH

[Marthe48]

20. Got it in 3

Wordle 981 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ AURIC
🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ SLIME
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH

I saw this link on Facebook yesterday, checked Google today. About analyzing a half billion solutions and popular vs. best starter words:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/17/upshot/wordle-bot-year-in-review.html

[MN2theMax]

21. 3/6

Wordle 981 3/6

⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ARISE
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ SLING
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH

[Gidney N Cloyd]

22. 4/6 Under the spreading chestnut tree...

Wordle 981 4/6

⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ARISE
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ POUTY
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ BLITZ ...the villiage iDiOt stands. D'oh!
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMITH

[Different Drummer]

23. 3.

Wordle 981 3/6*

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜SCORE
🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜SLAIN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩SMITH

Connections
Puzzle #259
🟪🟪🟪🟩
🟩🟪🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

[megapuzzler]

24. 4/6

back to my usual average

Wordle 981 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 pious
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ leary
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 swift
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 smith

connections was fairly easy though

Connections
Puzzle #259
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

[AllyCat]

25. 4

Wordle 981 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ sixty (why? I had a feeling it was smith…why did I guess this? )
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Smith

Connections
Puzzle #259
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

[happybird]

26. 5/6

I had all the letters but one by the 2nd turn, had those in the correct spots by the 4th turn but couldn’t get that damn M! I stared at it forever, saying, “there is simply no letter that makes a word for this!”
Then, “Oh, duh!”

[Casandia]

27. 5

Wordle 981 5/6

🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ stain
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 swift
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ suite
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ spits
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 smith

[soldierant]

28. 3

HEART
CLOTH
SMITH

[miyazaki]

29. 3

Wordle 981 3/6*

🟧⬜⬜🟦⬜ SNAIL
🟧⬜🟧🟧⬜ SUITE
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SMITH

Connections
Puzzle #259
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪