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Regarding yesterday's 'Dumpling's' strands, it helped to love to cook (and eat!) Much easier for me than sports terms.

Jude, I'd suggest using a Wordle Helper, especially for those of you who do not use US English. It's certainly not fool proof, but it has most of the words and the spellings that are used.

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⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #496
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🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Wordle 1,218 5/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,219 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,219 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨
⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,220 4/6

🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I could have probably got that on the second guess but I chose to eliminate letters instead...

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Found this one very easy for a change

On the other hand I failed Connections even though I knew one of the categories sut couldn't make the right 4
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Wordle 1,220 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,221 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟩🟩🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,223 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,223 4/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I blew 'connections'. I thought I had a good idea of the categories.. but no.
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Wordle 1,224 X/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟩🟨🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩

It was a 50/50 for the last letter. I guessed wrong.

Strands #236
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🔵

Connections
Puzzle #502
🟩🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
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:whack:
One of those.

Wordle 1,224 3/6
⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections. I got off to a good start...
Puzzle #502
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟨🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟨🟦🟨
🟦🟨🟦🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Strands #236
“Make some noise!”
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Strands #236
“Make some noise!”
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🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵

Thanks Alatar for the warning! I had two guesses left and three letters that would have worked as a first letter. So I sacrificed my fifth guess to do a word that contained those three letters.

Wordle 1,224 6/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,224 4/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Hidden text.
The second word that I put in there was "froom." To the best that I am able to determine, that is not really a word, only a proper name. Does anyone have any opinion about that?
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Voronwë the Faithful wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 2:20 pm
Hidden text.
The second word that I put in there was "froom." To the best that I am able to determine, that is not really a word, only a proper name. Does anyone have any opinion about that?
:suspicious:
Hidden text.
I'm surprised it accepted that. I've tried using 'words' that it hasn't accepted'. I could not find 'froom' in the Scrabble dictionary I generally use for games.
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Hidden text.
Yeah, its the first time I've seen it accept a word that I couldn't find any definition, however remote, that wasn't a proper name. I think it was an error.
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Hidden text.
I'd never heard of that word either. Which means I need to use it in my upcoming best-selling novel.
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Does anyone here play SpellsBee? There has always been a pangram (a word using all of the letters given) but I could not think of one for today's letters. C O L T I A X (required center letter X). Maybe it's some type of Twitter (X) joke. :suspicious:
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Wordle 1,224 2/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The only reason I even played today is so I could read your spoilers :spin:
Hidden text.
and yes, that's weird. I'll try playing in some other browser just so I can throw nonsense syllables at it
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RoseMorninStar wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 3:22 pm Does anyone here play SpellsBee? There has always been a pangram (a word using all of the letters given) but I could not think of one for today's letters. C O L T I A X (required center letter X). Maybe it's some type of Twitter (X) joke. :suspicious:
Toxical?

I'd say "toxic" instead of "toxical", but the free dictionary says it's legit.
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Jude wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 4:11 pm
RoseMorninStar wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 3:22 pm Does anyone here play SpellsBee? There has always been a pangram (a word using all of the letters given) but I could not think of one for today's letters. C O L T I A X (required center letter X). Maybe it's some type of Twitter (X) joke. :suspicious:
Toxical?

I'd say "toxic" instead of "toxical", but the free dictionary says it's legit.
Yes, I tried that word but the game doesn't accept it. I checked my dictionary and it's in there. Weird.
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