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Wordle 883 5/6
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🌎 Nov 19, 2023 🌍
🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 7.78
⬜🟧🟧🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
🟥🟥🟥🟩 = 12
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Puzzle #161
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟨🟪🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦

🐶 Animal #111 🪰
I figured it out in 4 guesses!
🟥🟨🟩🟩
🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 7.7
https://metazooa.com
#metazooa

🪴 Plant #50 🍃
I figured it out in 8 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 7.2
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Wordle 883 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

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Wordle 883 4/6*

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Feeling a little sharper today. Or maybe just luckier.

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Puzzle #162
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Wordle 884 4/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🐝 Animal #112 🐛
I figured it out in 6 guesses!
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 7.6
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#metazooa

🌿 Plant #51 🍃
I figured it out in 9 guesses!
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩
🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 7.4
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#metaflora

🌎 Nov 20, 2023 🌍
🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 7.64
🟧🟨🟥🟩 = 4
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Wordle 884 3/6

⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

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Ok, I'm pretty happy with this. You would think with that many letters on first guess it would be easy, but I wanted to get it in two, so I didn't guess till I was sure.

Wordle 885 2/6

🟩🟨🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Well done, Al!

Wordle 885 3/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨
⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜
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Wordle 885 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Way to go, Alatar! :toast:
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Good one, Al!

Wordle 885 3/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟨🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

#waffle669 0/5

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🔥 streak: 25
🥈 #wafflesilverteam
wafflegame.net

#waffleroyale195 0/5

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜

wafflegame.net/royale

Two waffles for me today with no stars... but I got them on the last try.

🦎 Animal #113 🦈
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟩
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@Scholardle 689 6/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
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One of todays so called "Connections" is the stupidest I've seen yet. I only got it because they were the only four left
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Wordle 886 5/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨
🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Connections
Puzzle #164
🟨🟨🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Wordle 886 4/6
🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🦥 Animal #115 🦨
I figured it out in 11 guesses!
🟥🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟩
🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 7.8
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🌎 Nov 22, 2023 🌍
🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 7.69
⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
🟩 = 9
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Wordle 888 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨
🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 889 4/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Wordle 890 6/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Wordle 890 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My favorite part of this game is trying to figure out V's guesses.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

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:rofl:
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Connections
Puzzle #168
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨

Wordle 890 5/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I wonder about V's guesses, too.
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I wonder about his guesses, too!
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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I assume there was
Hidden text.
folio
But what else?
Hidden text.
polis?
Colic?
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

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