12:01 am
mich_pdx
oh, it's a tiny one!
12:02 am
justafreep
dlip is NOT in the grid!
12:02 am
justafreep
uhhh... right two columns grey!
12:04 am
mich_pdx
mine too, freep
12:07 am
cybernan
hello everyone - hate these little ones
12:07 am
jessmom
re6 x 2, ti6 x 2
12:09 am
justafreep
pi6 x 2
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
dcseain
thank you, lickety
12:18 am
marksdolly
fantastic! so glad to have you back!
12:18 am
NonoNanette
thanks Lickety
12:18 am
jessmom
pi6 x 3 and FWs
12:18 am
licketySplitAUS
:) Lightening fast too - 8 seconds to generate todays with my new rig
12:18 am
Gillie
ty lickety
12:18 am
marksdolly
whoohoo!!!
12:18 am
marksdolly
you're the best!
12:19 am
ursh
ty lickety - we missed you
12:19 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety! And glad you're up and running and have a new rig!
12:19 am
jessmom
that's awesome Lickety, thanks!
12:19 am
SueMagee
It’s good to see you, lickety. You’ve been missed.
12:20 am
licketySplitAUS
Thank you! There were delays with shipment of the parts - everythings slowed down here for the last few weeks due to - you know what.
12:21 am
grannyrose
welcome back lickety. so pleased to see you again.
12:21 am
NANCY
THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU AND BEING SO MUCH HELP TO US ALL. WE SURE MISSED YOU.
12:22 am
marksdolly
done here too!
12:22 am
cybernan
thanks lickety -- so sorry for all your computer woes. It's good to see you back -- we all missed you.
12:24 am
justafreep
fw here, too
12:25 am
harpjane
thank you so much, lickety!
12:30 am
JoyOh
Heeeeellllloooooo Lickety!
12:34 am
cybernan
*!*~*!* goodnight everyone - stay safe :)
12:37 am
clg47
Thanks Lickety, it is great to have a fast new rig. You were missed a
12:37 am
clg47
Thanks Lickety, it is great to have a fast new rig. You were missed a
2:36 am
Bugsaw
Thanks Lickety!
2:53 am
zoozzoom
Typical. Lickety is back and i did not need the list lol. Good to have you back though, Lickety! May I also say thank you to, Gillie and all the others who helped compile lists for us all to use whilst, Lickety got his computer sorted out. Very much appreciated. â¤ï¸â¤ï¸
2:54 am
zoozzoom
Happy babbling everyone!
4:56 am
aslindy
hello all
5:17 am
aslindy
well, that was quick. have fun all!
6:28 am
jmcnrick
hmm looks like this may not take long
6:28 am
jmcnrick
whoo hoo une
7:11 am
grannyg
We missed you lickety. Glad you're bacj.
7:44 am
Shirlockc
welcome back Lickety!
7:55 am
Habes
Is anyone here playing Wordle?
7:55 am
MollyL
Yeah, a lot of people here play. And discuss it every day.
7:56 am
BzznBea
Lots of people.
7:56 am
Shirlockc
today would be my 8th wordle day
7:56 am
Shirlockc
best i did was in 2
7:57 am
BzznBea
Wow, shirl. That's good. What is your start word?
7:57 am
mael
I love wordle
7:57 am
Shirlockc
TEARS <-- start word, proxy was hard!
7:57 am
BzznBea
Yes, that was a hard one.
7:58 am
mael
I change up my start word every day
7:58 am
Shirlockc
so far, been able to continue the streak, so fingers crossed!
7:58 am
mael
I have so go to "exclusion words" to get rid of a bunch of vowels at a go
7:58 am
BzznBea
I use ADIEU.
7:59 am
Shirlockc
speaking of which, i'm going to go do it now lol
8:00 am
Habes
I'm sort of new to it but yesterday I started with "about" and got "robot" on my second guess. I just try to use a few vowels in my start word. There is a version of the game where you can play more than one word per day.
8:03 am
BzznBea
Molly, are you getting bad weather?
8:06 am
Shirlockc
oops got my stats wrong,12th time i played and best i did was in 3 -- which happened 4 times <-- humble brag
8:06 am
Shirlockc
i don't think i want to play more than once a day
8:06 am
mael
I've never done it in less than 3
8:06 am
MollyL
No, the storms they originally called for here this weekend are tracking south of us now. Just ridiculously cold.
8:06 am
Shirlockc
wordle that is, would spend waaaaaaay too much time on it
8:07 am
MollyL
People brag their gets on Wordle here ALL the time.
8:07 am
Shirlockc
i did today's wordle just now in 3 lol
8:12 am
mael
if ti6 is a word, pietin ought to be too. Wonder why some things take a hyphen and some don't, english is weird!
8:12 am
jmcnrick
so you never got the snow either Molls?
8:13 am
BzznBea
Isn't pie tin two words?
8:13 am
mael
no, it is, obviously
8:13 am
jmcnrick
took the words out of my mouth bzzn
8:14 am
Sophie512
mael, I see your point
8:14 am
mael
but it's weird that some words end up as two words and some don't
8:15 am
Shirlockc
i wonder which dictionary wordle uses
8:15 am
jmcnrick
Shirl the first time I played Wordle I got it in two. :P nothing humble about my brag. . . hahaha. . .but I never did it again
8:15 am
jmcnrick
and I have not made it a couple of times
8:16 am
Shirlockc
i remember you saying it jmc, that was the first time i heard about this game
8:17 am
jmcnrick
it took me a couple of days to understand the instructions were not letter hints. . . I can be obtuse sometimes
8:17 am
mael
I lost once and it was my second time playing, because I wasn't clear on the fact that you could reuse a letter!
8:17 am
jmcnrick
you should email them. . .they have that possibility on the settings page
8:17 am
mael
now I know haha
8:18 am
Shirlockc
the reuse a letter is very tricky
8:20 am
BzznBea
I don't like reuse a letter.
8:21 am
BzznBea
The google says it uses an English dictionary of five letter words. Well, duh!
8:21 am
jmcnrick
not being able to reuse a letter would severely restrict the number of words
8:22 am
jmcnrick
apparent in spite of being British they use American English
8:23 am
BzznBea
I was just reading the word list only contains 200 words. Surely there are more words than that.
8:24 am
jmcnrick
where did you read that?
8:25 am
jmcnrick
perhaps it means the game has only used 200 words so far as it seems to be a newish game
8:25 am
Shirlockc
so i can only play this for under a year?
8:25 am
Shirlockc
i feel withdrawal symptoms starting ...
8:25 am
jmcnrick
reddit is not always completely right. . .it is only as good as the people writing it just like Wikipedia
8:27 am
BzznBea
They were talking about finding the word list in the coding and making a copy.
8:30 am
mael
I've read there's a finite number of words, the creator narrowed it down to 2500
8:30 am
jmcnrick
They may find that the word list is changed periodically. I sent Powerlanguage.co.uk an email asking about the dictionary and the number of words
8:31 am
jmcnrick
I could live with 2500
8:31 am
mael
we've done about 200 so there ought to be 2300 left
8:31 am
jmcnrick
I would forget them after a couple of years
8:33 am
jmcnrick
I have only played a week at best. How do you figure 200 words?
8:34 am
MollyL
All we got yesterday was rain, Bea.
8:35 am
BzznBea
We got rain until just about dark then a light dusting of snow. Not sure what the weather says.
8:35 am
jmcnrick
it is a beautiful day today but freezing cold
8:35 am
MollyL
It is some genius math thing involving the possibility of five-letter words with a 26 letter alphabet.
8:36 am
MollyL
Hurshy can probably recite it in a flash
8:37 am
jmcnrick
interesting Molls but it still would need a dictionary to verify they are all words. Although I will say they often don't accept all normal words
8:38 am
mael
I say about 200 because it tells you what wordle you are "on", 216 today
8:38 am
Habes
I wasn’t aware you were all playing Wordle. I generally turn off the chat while I’m trying to find Babble words. Anyway, I’m glad you’re enjoying it.
8:38 am
mael
I'd forgotten the actual one
8:38 am
BzznBea
Looks like we are to get heavy mixed precip until tomorrow.
8:39 am
jmcnrick
oh I see mael. never noticed that. I know that the word on my computer is different from the word on my smart phone app
8:42 am
mael
is it? I don't have an app, I just play on my phone through the website
8:42 am
Sophie512
HE 5 and 6 please? Down to 5, but the internet here is so sketchy this tiny puzzle has taken way too long
8:43 am
jmcnrick
Habes people here also play the NYTime Spelling Bee
8:43 am
mael
the he5 sounds like a way to hit a soccer ball
8:43 am
windingwake
The he5 is electric. Don’t have the six
8:43 am
mael
he6 is a butt
8:44 am
jmcnrick
ty mael and wind
8:44 am
Sophie512
got the electric....
8:44 am
mael
oh, other he5, right. he5/22 is a unit of measure
8:44 am
mael
(I had more trouble with the he5/14)
8:45 am
jmcnrick
I thought about he5/22 but decided it was a proper name. . . hahaha
8:45 am
godthaab
FINISHED!! VERY EXCELLENT!!!
8:45 am
mael
FW! last word was a th6
8:46 am
jmcnrick
whoo hoo gadthaab
8:46 am
jmcnrick
whoo hoo mael
8:47 am
Sophie512
my other 3 are all TI
8:48 am
MollyL
And she's so! excited! about! it!
8:48 am
jmcnrick
some of us don't see the FW everyday.
8:49 am
mael
I'm always happy when people are excited :)
8:49 am
Sophie512
but I'm still stuck, even with all of those great clues....maybe I need a short break..... visiting Charleston grands this week while parents are on a vaca.... internet here is awful! 3rd grader' computer is ok, we're virtual because of predicted weather.... had to send kindergartener down the street to other grandparents for decent internet
8:49 am
jmcnrick
when I get FW I leave them up on the computer for a while, enjoying them
8:50 am
jmcnrick
wow hope the weather doesn't make things too hard for you sophie.
8:50 am
mael
I have my Kindergartener next to me playing with an ipad at the moment, he refuses to do virtual school and he's in quarantine for covid. It's brutal
8:54 am
Sophie512
JM I leave my FW up, too.....down to 3
8:59 am
BzznBea
mlf would be sad to know that MeatLoaf died.
8:59 am
Sophie512
break..... Diet Coke and peanuts
9:00 am
jmcnrick
enjoy your break sophie
9:00 am
Sophie512
Holy Cow! Just got the last T..... now back to those last 2 H words (takes another swig of Diet Coke)
9:01 am
jmcnrick
haha wtg sophie
9:13 am
Sophie512
ok, I give up Need a big, fat clue for the HE 6 21 please
9:14 am
jmcnrick
sorry I don't have it but will look with you
9:15 am
dcseain
oh, just monkeyed it.
9:15 am
BzznBea
It's another word for butt
9:17 am
jmcnrick
i realize now it was clued earlier but I thought it was referring to the he5/14 word! haha
9:17 am
jmcnrick
hi dc, staying warm?
9:17 am
dcseain
i was surprised by the "feels like 4" so so far, so good.
9:18 am
dcseain
the he5.14 is a jewish school.
9:18 am
jmcnrick
haha it was clued as a way to hit a soccer ball. . .
9:18 am
Sophie512
oh my goodness, thanks so much how appropriate that it's my last word today....JM, can I help you with any
9:18 am
dcseain
that would totally get you there
9:19 am
Sophie512
thanks, already had it because of the soccer clue
9:19 am
jmcnrick
whoo hoo sophie
9:20 am
jmcnrick
oh I am content just puttering along thanks sophie I will be at my desk mostly until 7 so in no rush
9:20 am
Sophie512
JM just let me know I'll be enjoying my FW for a few minutes
9:25 am
Sophie512
Have a great day!
9:25 am
jmcnrick
you too sophie
9:29 am
bichon
he 5/14, pls
9:30 am
jmcnrick
sounds like a soccer ball play
9:38 am
bichon
ty jmc, but I don't know any soccer ball plays
9:38 am
bichon
nm, got it, ty
9:48 am
hurshy
is the 7 a T word?
9:49 am
hurshy
ooh, no, it isn't, got it
9:49 am
hurshy
now just to find whatever the T words actually are
9:50 am
jmcnrick
I am sure you will
9:50 am
hurshy
they are two 6s
9:55 am
hokie carla
geez, I just woke up and heard Meatloaf and Louie Anderson died.
9:56 am
hurshy
Louie too? oh man. i only had heard about meatloaf
9:57 am
hokie carla
apparently Louie had some kind of lymphoma
9:57 am
hokie carla
did you watch Baskets? he was so amazing in that. great show.
9:57 am
hurshy
no, never heard of it
9:57 am
BzznBea
It's a sad world we live in.
9:58 am
hokie carla
top row gray!
9:58 am
jmcnrick
"It's a Wonderful World"
9:58 am
hokie carla
baskets is a comedy with Zach Galifinakis playing twins, and Louie Anderson plays their mother.
9:59 am
jmcnrick
wrong Louie but it is what came to mind
9:59 am
hokie carla
ah, now I get it
9:59 am
hokie carla
so I wonder who the 3rd will be
9:59 am
hokie carla
and I had no idea Meatloaf was 74
10:00 am
JaxH66
Does anyone have the stats for the lone t in the 4th column please?
10:00 am
jmcnrick
there is some one every day
10:00 am
hokie carla
last 2 col gray!
10:01 am
BzznBea
CArla, how far away are you from Pittsboro?
10:01 am
hokie carla
I thought it was eastern NC?
10:01 am
JaxH66
Thanks, thought I'd tried that already
10:02 am
jmcnrick
wtg hokie! haha
10:02 am
hokie carla
oh, I see it's south of the triangle. google maps says almost 2 hours away.
10:03 am
hokie carla
or west and south of the tri I guess
10:03 am
BzznBea
yes, i see now.
10:05 am
hokie carla
you are north of raleigh?
10:06 am
Meatball421
Am I the only one who thinks this is a miserable little turd of a puzzle?
10:06 am
hokie carla
well, it was going well for me, meatball, but now I can't finish the R. moving on!
10:07 am
hokie carla
I saw a phantom, and it petrified me
10:09 am
jmcnrick
whoo hoo hursh!
10:10 am
jmcnrick
some blew through it in minutes. . . others not so much meatball
10:10 am
hokie carla
I'm sure I'll manage to drag it out all day.
10:17 am
hokie carla
well, stuck with 9 left, 5 are T's. BBL.
10:17 am
periwinkle
hi all . 11 left here
10:20 am
periwinkle
stuck
10:21 am
periwinkle
will keep looking would like to do this without lickety
10:21 am
periwinkle
but so grateful that he is back
10:21 am
jmcnrick
hi peri
10:21 am
periwinkle
hi jmc
10:22 am
jmcnrick
do you do jigidy puzzles peri?
10:23 am
jmcnrick
there was a periwinkle there and I wondered if it were you. . . now I know. . . :D
10:23 am
72 Temple Owl
zooz- you here?
10:23 am
periwinkle
another periwinkle?
10:24 am
jmcnrick
clearly a copycat peri
10:24 am
periwinkle
zooz finished earlier
10:24 am
periwinkle
clearly :)
10:24 am
periwinkle
8 left
10:24 am
jmcnrick
hi TO zooz did it without the list
10:25 am
jmcnrick
go peri go!
10:25 am
periwinkle
I am trying but stuck
10:25 am
periwinkle
of the 8 I am missing, 3 of them are 6's.
10:27 am
jmcnrick
want the starting letters or not yet?
10:28 am
periwinkle
no I will check the chog again. thanks
10:30 am
periwinkle
help with he6 pls
10:36 am
hokie carla
down to 4 after my wordle and spelling bee break. but 75% 6s.
10:37 am
dcseain
how is regi4 not in the dictionary!
10:38 am
penquis
i wondered also....hello all....
10:38 am
hokie carla
enable's arbitrary rules on what you can and can't do over
10:38 am
hokie carla
hey pen
10:38 am
jmcnrick
hi penq
10:39 am
penquis
hi jm, carla, dc....
10:39 am
hokie carla
just took a complete stab and got a 6
10:40 am
penquis
i am down to 4....one four and three sixes...
10:40 am
hokie carla
I have 1 5 and 2 6's left
10:41 am
penquis
R P TT...
10:41 am
hokie carla
TT G
10:41 am
hokie carla
I think your P is the one I just randomly guessed
10:42 am
hokie carla
and my last R was a weird 6
10:42 am
penquis
do you want me to guess on your missing five?
10:42 am
hokie carla
is it the G?
10:42 am
hokie carla
of course it is since you don't have any 5s left
10:42 am
penquis
ge 5/16 is one...
10:42 am
penquis
take that back...thought you were missing a five....
10:43 am
hokie carla
no, you're right, that was it. now 2 T6 left.
10:43 am
hokie carla
not a word I'm familiar with
10:43 am
penquis
you probably have the Ts that I have...
10:43 am
hokie carla
do you want the stats on your R and P?
10:43 am
penquis
i guessed on the ge 5...
10:45 am
hokie carla
actually, you need a 4 so that kinda throws a wrinkle in my guesses. was going to guess RE6/21 and Pi6/21
10:45 am
hokie carla
your 4 might be the Ti that I almost missed and usually do
10:45 am
penquis
i have one re 6/21....and one pi 6/21....
10:46 am
hokie carla
ok, so you're missing R4 probably and there is another pi6/21
10:46 am
penquis
i have three ti 4 words...
10:47 am
hokie carla
and then we're missing the same 2 T6 prob
10:47 am
penquis
probably....means my four is either an R or a P.....
10:47 am
hokie carla
ok, then you are missing ti4
10:47 am
hokie carla
because I have 4
10:49 am
penquis
you were right....found my last four...ti....
10:50 am
penquis
i must have one of your missing T 6 words...
10:51 am
penquis
well it's either smaller or a word you can add an ending vowel to...
10:51 am
penquis
should have just given you stats....sorry....
10:51 am
hokie carla
I have the smaller one so will look
10:52 am
hokie carla
got the other thanks.
10:52 am
penquis
yw....just R P T here....all sixes...
10:52 am
hokie carla
ah, found the last
10:53 am
hokie carla
a compound I literally always miss
10:53 am
hokie carla
LMK if you want the stats
10:53 am
penquis
yes, guess i do....
10:54 am
hokie carla
ti6/21
10:54 am
hokie carla
re6/18 I think is your R
10:55 am
penquis
duh....that ti was the one....always miss that one, too...ty....
10:55 am
hokie carla
it's like I'm blind to it existing
10:57 am
hokie carla
wonder why alee isn't allowed in the bee?
10:57 am
penquis
that was my RE....thought I already had that.... ty....
10:57 am
penquis
i am done....the last...pi 6 was easy once I focused on it....
10:58 am
hokie carla
yep. woot woot!
10:58 am
penquis
thanks for your help...
10:58 am
hokie carla
thank you!
10:59 am
penquis
was the bee hard today?....gonna attack it after lunch....
10:59 am
hokie carla
I'm still a little short of genius
11:00 am
penquis
a return trip will probably do it for you....
11:00 am
penquis
heading out...need to fix lunch....bye all...
11:01 am
hokie carla
hopefully. adios. and peace out to the lurkers.
11:07 am
wvteach
one last word - think it is a PI 6 from the chat - have PI 6/21 and PI 6/27
11:08 am
jmcnrick
the is a second pi 6/21
11:09 am
Biltong
Anyone have a clue for the ne7, please?
11:10 am
jmcnrick
trying to think of one that is not a spoon feed
11:10 am
jmcnrick
ne7 a borrower nor. . .
11:10 am
jmcnrick
sorry best I could do
11:11 am
Biltong
Good clue jm! Got it, thank you
11:11 am
72 Temple Owl
hi je
11:12 am
jmcnrick
yw biltong
11:25 am
welki
hi jm (owl and i are listening to wxpn live at noon)
11:26 am
jmcnrick
oh okay enjoy welki
11:26 am
welki
she's now got me hooked on 'the infamous stringbusters'
11:27 am
jmcnrick
I listened to them briefly the other day when she mentioned them. If I listened to music much they would be in my rotation
11:49 am
periwinkle
help with either pi6/21 pls
11:50 am
periwinkle
I have a pi6/21 that comes after pi4/5 a type of tree
11:51 am
periwinkle
I have ti6/18 meaning smaller. help with other ti6 please
11:51 am
periwinkle
hi all
11:51 am
Sophie512
compound word
11:52 am
Sophie512
stay in bottom left corner
11:52 am
periwinkle
looking Sophie
11:53 am
periwinkle
not seeing it
11:53 am
MollyL
Peri it holds down men's neckwear
11:54 am
periwinkle
so it does. ty Molly and Sophie
11:54 am
periwinkle
4 left
11:54 am
periwinkle
it is freckin freezing here. actually below freezing
11:54 am
Sophie512
the other PI is a gem or mineral
11:54 am
periwinkle
help with my missing pi6 pls
11:55 am
cybernan
pi 6/21: 1. like a certain tree 2. ends in not day
11:55 am
periwinkle
ty Sophie got it. ty nan
11:55 am
periwinkle
missing 2 R words and 1 t word. 4 and 5 letters
11:56 am
Sophie512
the first 2 RE words?
11:56 am
periwinkle
not using list
11:56 am
periwinkle
just need one r and one t word
11:57 am
Sophie512
https://metzger.media/games/wordle-arc\nhive/?day=7#
11:57 am
periwinkle
have all the r words just missing one 5 letter T word
11:57 am
Sophie512
jungle animal
11:58 am
periwinkle
I have 2 th5 words
11:58 am
periwinkle
have that Sophie
11:58 am
cybernan
te 5/10 - variation of the sea bird
11:59 am
Sophie512
yes Nan got it first
11:59 am
periwinkle
sheesh, that was the one. thanks nan
11:59 am
periwinkle
happy babbling
11:59 am
Sophie512
the link I pasted is archives for Wordle
12:00 pm
cybernan
yw -- just stopped in to change my icon back to normal - hagd everyone
12:08 pm
deanoz
wordle archive link that works
https://metzger.media/games/word\nle-archive/?random=play
12:21 pm
72 Temple Owl
can you play on line?
12:36 pm
hokie carla
this chat adds \n garbage on links, best to just make it a tinyurl or tell people to remove the \n and following
12:38 pm
ch1212
I just typed in the link as far as using the https:// then metzger.media -- that brought me right to the wordle archive link.
12:50 pm
72 Temple Owl
what is this game?
12:51 pm
Shirlockc
are we talking wordle?
1:10 pm
MollyL
It seems like that is the chat topic of the day
1:12 pm
MollyL
Here is a tiny url for the one posted at 12:08
https://tinyurl.com/mrfm8rz2
1:57 pm
JaxH66
Was hoping to finish without listing but the last 7 words have got the better of me. Will look a bit longer before I list
2:19 pm
windingwake
I wonder if your last 7 are the same as my last 7
2:50 pm
lbuxx
I'm down to 7 too... lol
2:51 pm
lbuxx
2 ge5's, he5, he6, ne7, th5, th6
2:51 pm
lbuxx
anyone have clues for those last two ge5's? or the ne7?
2:57 pm
Bugsaw
ne is an extension of an E word
2:58 pm
Bugsaw
one GE word is a plural of the one you probably have
2:58 pm
Bugsaw
good luch ibuxx
3:00 pm
Habes
Wordle. If you go to DuckDuckGo.com, and put in Wordle, the first result that comes up in Play Online. That's the game you can play more than once daily if anyone cares.
3:02 pm
Habes
Wordlegame.org
3:13 pm
lbuxx
ah bugsaw.. can't believe I didn't see that NE.. thanks!
3:40 pm
72 Temple Owl
yay!
3:47 pm
hurshy
well there's also wordleunlimited.com
3:47 pm
hurshy
so many options for the wordle-obsessed
3:48 pm
hurshy
i think it's an acceptable addition to my list of daily games but i don't think it's SO amazing that i want to play it all the time. 5 mins is probably my limit.
5:43 pm
MollyL
This group is definitely obsessed with Wordle and Spelling Bee,
9:05 pm
grannyrose
this group is obsessed with words. FULL STOP lol
10:26 pm
rururocks
actually all kinds of obsessions around this place :D
10:36 pm
dcseain
incidental firewords :)
10:37 pm
harpjane
found an eagle!
10:40 pm
dcseain
yay eagles!
10:50 pm
harpjane
more birds
10:55 pm
harpjane
ooh a big kitty
11:22 pm
harpjane
what is Spelling Bee btw
11:23 pm
harpjane
4 to go
11:29 pm
westford
finally getting around to changing my icon
11:29 pm
westford
yay harp