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Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:45 pm
by Daehawk
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 1:22 am
by AWS260
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:01 am
by gbasden
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 10:41 am
by disarm
I'm currently 3/3 for getting it in five guesses... haven't been able to figure one out in less yet...
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 10:51 am
by Isgrimnur
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 11:43 am
by LordMortis
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 12:08 pm
by El Guapo
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 1:37 pm
by coopasonic
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 1:57 pm
by stessier
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 8:03 am
by AWS260
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 8:46 am
by LordMortis
What do you mean yoink is not a word?
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 8:48 am
by LordMortis
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 9:21 am
by stessier
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 9:34 am
by LordMortis
Heh, my opening move was
on one of the first two days I tried. It seemed like on of those jeopardy common letters plays. I changed my tune and tried vowels but then discovered I just don't know that many five letter words with all vowels. So now I just put in the first five letter word that comes to mind.
Today I guess it was
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 9:39 am
by stessier
LordMortis wrote: βFri Jan 07, 2022 9:34 am
I just don't know that many five letter words with all vowels.
Don't know if it will take it, but try
Not sure how long the puzzles will last - at some point we'll figure out an algorithm that is most efficient for most words.
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 10:30 am
by Kraken
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 11:41 am
by Isgrimnur
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 11:46 am
by Isgrimnur
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 1:47 pm
by TheMix
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 2:04 pm
by gilraen
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 2:10 pm
by LordMortis
Wow. That could have sucked, depending on what your first four Nopes were in your first guess.
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 2:40 pm
by naednek
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 3:06 pm
by stessier
I think we could make a game out of guessing other people's guesses. Was your third word
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 3:14 pm
by naednek
stessier wrote: βFri Jan 07, 2022 3:06 pm
I think we could make a game out of guessing other people's guesses. Was your third word
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 3:18 pm
by LordMortis
naednek wrote: βFri Jan 07, 2022 3:14 pm
stessier wrote: βFri Jan 07, 2022 3:06 pm
I think we could make a game out of guessing other people's guesses. Was your third word
???
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 3:27 pm
by Isgrimnur
LM is correct
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 3:40 pm
by naednek
LordMortis wrote: βFri Jan 07, 2022 3:18 pm
naednek wrote: βFri Jan 07, 2022 3:14 pm
stessier wrote: βFri Jan 07, 2022 3:06 pm
I think we could make a game out of guessing other people's guesses. Was your third word
???
you're right. Sorry, been on a call dealing with site being down and was going off memory. It was one of my guesses though
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 11:54 pm
by Ralph-Wiggum
Wordle is fun but is pretty easy. Wish there was a version that was six or seven letters.
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 1:19 am
by AWS260
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 6:02 am
by LordMortis
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:10 am
by stessier
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:54 am
by Unagi
OMG you guys are going to make me look into this thing, arenβt you.
Ugh. I havenβt the time.
Can someone give me the brief runedown?
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:55 am
by Unagi
I figured Iβd keep that typo/pun in place
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:10 am
by disarm
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:12 am
by disarm
Personal question time...
What's your typical starting word?
I'm guessing a lot of us have a word that we think gets us off to a good start. I randomly settled into using 'PEARL'...two vowels and a few other common letters.
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:38 am
by naednek
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:15 pm
by Chraolic
disarm wrote: βSat Jan 08, 2022 11:12 am
Personal question time...
What's your typical starting word?
I'm guessing a lot of us have a word that we think gets us off to a good start. I randomly settled into using 'PEARL'...two vowels and a few other common letters.
Mine is YEAST, according to the same logic. Has worked out OK so far.
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:47 pm
by Isgrimnur
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 1:27 pm
by stessier
Unagi wrote: βSat Jan 08, 2022 10:54 am
OMG you guys are going to make me look into this thing, arenβt you.
Ugh. I havenβt the time.
Can someone give me the brief runedown?
Each day you get a new puzzle. You have 6 guesses to get a 5 letter word. On each guess, you will be told if a letter is not in the word (gray box), in the word but you don't have it in the right spot (yellow box) or in the word and you have it in the right spot (green box). That's it. A fun 10 minute break in the day.
Re: Friday Timewaster
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 2:33 pm
by Isgrimnur