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Wordle 1,231 X/6

Doh.

Strands #243
“Strategy game”
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Wordle 1,231 3/6
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Puzzle #509
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I'll do Strands later.
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Wordle 1,231 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨
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Puzzle #509
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Hidden text.
wait, draft and tap aren't the same thing?
Strands #243
“Strategy game”
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Wordle 1,232 4/6

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⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜
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Wordle 1,232 4/6
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⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
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Connections
Puzzle #510
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Wordle 1,232 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #244
“Good on paper”
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One of Strands words is a plural. I thought that was against the rules they set up?
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I don't know about Strands, but words cannot be in plural form for Wordle.
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:whack: fail

Wordle 1,233 X/6

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Oh no!

It was not an easy day for Wordle.
Wordle 1,233 5/6

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Puzzle #511
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Wordle 1,234 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
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"What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter."

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Nice, Frelga!
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Well, this was disappointing.

Wordle 1,235 2/6

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Jude :rofl:

I forgot to finish wordle yesterday. 😣

Wordle 1,235 3/6
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Connections. I found today's puzzle challenging.
Puzzle #513
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Strands #247. Need some distraction...
“More than just sports”
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Hidden text.
I've never been so glad to not get it. I put "trump" instead of "truly" as my last guess.
Wordle 1,236 X/6

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Wordle 1,237 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,238 2/6

⬜🟨🟩🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #250
👋👏🤝🤏✌️☝️✊🙏
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Hidden text.
I didn't know that lines were allowed to cross
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Frelga, I meant to post a warning about that this morning but I forgot.
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Wordle 1,239 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Oh look, new game

I copied today's #Morsle at 15 WPM! https://morsle.fun
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