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Ohiya

Ohiya's Journal
Ohiya's Journal
October 20, 2023

Misoneism - new word for today

This was in today's NYT crossword. I never heard this word before and found it interesting for some reason.


misoneism /mĭs″ə-nē′ĭz″əm/

noun

Hatred or fear of change or innovation.
Hatred of innovation.
The hatred or distrust of new things or ideas.

Now, back to the puzzle.

July 30, 2023

Wordle 771 - July 30 SPOILERS

Wordle 771 4/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 CRATE
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 TASTE
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATHE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BATHE

January 13, 2023

WORDLE 573 (***SPOILER THREAD***)

Wordle 573 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ STARE
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ MANIA
🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ NOMAD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HUMAN

January 8, 2023

WORDLE 568 (***SPOILER THREAD***)

Wordle 568 3/6

⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 STARE
🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ ACERB, MRS O, (the English major), said "That's not a word!"
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OPERA

Well, that took a little while!

January 4, 2023

WORDLE 564 (***SPOILER THREAD***)

Wordle 564 3/6

⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 TASER
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ BLINK
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LAYER

December 12, 2022

WORDLE 541 4/6 (***SPOILER THREAD***)

Wordle 541 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ GOURD
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ STALE
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 VILLA
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 APPLY

November 30, 2022

WORDLE 529 (***SPOILER THREAD***)

Wordle 529 3/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ METAL
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 POUTS
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STUDY

November 9, 2022

WORDLE 508 (***SPOILER THREAD***)

Wordle 508 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 glean
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ saint
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 rainy

Taking a small break from reading election news.

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