Logic games

[falafel]

This is going to sound like grumpy old man talk, but grumpy old men don't really care. For as long as I can remember the New York Times crossword puzzle was an institution. It was smart people solving relatively difficult puzzles and keeping it to themselves. Now the NY Times buys Wordle, which is simple puzzles for simple people with short attention spans, whose only purpose for playing the game seems to be to pester other people with how they solved the puzzle. Does anything more perfectly demonstrate the slouching of American culture than Wordle?

I look at it as just capturing another portion of the market. These slow-witted, attention deficit imbeciles were always there, but now NYT has a puzzle that will bring them to the paper.

[BigFatMeanie]

#%*$@&!!!

Spoiler for Grrr:

LEAST
WROTE
TROPE
TROVE

Same score as you, only more frustrating because my second guess was only one letter off.

Spoiler for argh:

IRATE
TROPE
TRODE
TROVE

[BigFatMeanie]

Maybe we should start posting our NYT Crossword stats? My current streak is at 67 days with a long of 142, while my Sunday average is 44:18 with a best of 19:43. But Sundays aren't necessarily the hardest, they are just the biggest. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are often harder than Sunday.

The only problem with posting NYT Crossword stats is the stats don't tell you how often the solver resorted to Google. Same for the Spelling Bee game, which I quite enjoy - you never know if the person got all the words by cheating with an anagram tool.

[Northwestcoug]

Maybe we should start posting our NYT Crossword stats? My current streak is at 67 days with a long of 142, while my Sunday average is 44:18 with a best of 19:43. But Sundays aren't necessarily the hardest, they are just the biggest. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are often harder than Sunday.

The only problem with posting NYT Crossword stats is the stats don't tell you how often the solver resorted to Google. Same for the Spelling Bee game, which I quite enjoy - you never know if the person got all the words by cheating with an anagram tool.

I do the mini crossword puzzle and the spelling bee game. I don't cheat at either, but when I've tried the real NWT crossword I resorted to Google. Too hard!

[BigFatMeanie]

I do the mini crossword puzzle and the spelling bee game. I don't cheat at either, but when I've tried the real NWT crossword I resorted to Google. Too hard!

Dude, you definitely have the intellectual capacity to do the Monday and Tuesday puzzles without Google. They are easy. Wednesday starts to get harder. Thursday's often have rebuses and other funky characteristics, which I actually enjoy, but lots of people hate the rebuses.

My Achilles heel is pop culture stuff, especially with proper names. Clues based on rappers names and singers and Grammy/Tony/Emmy stuff - those kill me. Also, modern slang.

[Donuthole]

OK, this is getting absurd.

https://www.reddit.com/r/wordlegame/...tm_name=iossmf

[Northwestcoug]

Dude, you definitely have the intellectual capacity to do the Monday and Tuesday puzzles without Google. They are easy. Wednesday starts to get harder. Thursday's often have rebuses and other funky characteristics, which I actually enjoy, but lots of people hate the rebuses.

My Achilles heel is pop culture stuff, especially with proper names. Clues based on rappers names and singers and Grammy/Tony/Emmy stuff - those kill me. Also, modern slang.

I didn't know about them being easier earlier in the week. I'll have to try them. Thanks.

I never get their 'finish this phrase' clues. Or any broadway stuff.

[Non Sequitur]

Maybe we should start posting our NYT Crossword stats? My current streak is at 67 days with a long of 142, while my Sunday average is 44:18 with a best of 19:43. But Sundays aren't necessarily the hardest, they are just the biggest. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are often harder than Sunday.

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Now that's something I can respect. It's a lot more impressive than "I got BEVEL in 4 tries with the first word of ADIEU".

[Pelado]

Dude, you definitely have the intellectual capacity to do the Monday and Tuesday puzzles without Google. They are easy. Wednesday starts to get harder. Thursday's often have rebuses and other funky characteristics, which I actually enjoy, but lots of people hate the rebuses.

My Achilles heel is pop culture stuff, especially with proper names. Clues based on rappers names and singers and Grammy/Tony/Emmy stuff - those kill me. Also, modern slang.

Since I had to google the word "rebuses", I doubt that I would fare particularly well on the crossword puzzles for any of the days of the week. Also, I almost used the word "fair" in my last sentence (instead of "fare"), another indicator that I'm not NYT crossword puzzle material.

[chrisrenrut]

Wow, Swamprrog must be well respected for this phrase not to get any commentary.

. . .decided to go with the P over the V, arghhh.

[Donuthole]

First Bogey in a while. Sometimes you guess wrong.

Spoiler for Bogey:

NADIR
STOLE
GLOVE
ELOPE
BLOKE

I had BLOKE identified as a possibility after guess 2 but figured it was down the list. :shrug:

[Northwestcoug]

Par:

Spoiler for Guesses:

STAIN
PROUD
CLOWN
BLOKE
I didn’t feel good about bloke, but that was the only word that was coming up after my choices and I was getting impatient

[Northwestcoug]

‘Clonal’ isn’t a word spelling bee?!?

[PaloAltoCougar]

Spoiler for Bird:

STEIN
BLADE
BLOKE

To satisfy the evident (and irritating) need for more Wordle-type games, one could try to see how many words one can guess without guessing the correct word. The rules would require one to follow "Hard" mode, meaning that you couldn't use an incorrect letter already used, and you had to use previous correct guesses in their designated spot. It would test the size of one's vocabulary. I'd guess no one could take more than 7-8 tries. Yes, an awful game.

[chrisrenrut]

Lucky second guess for me today

Spoiler for Birdie:

SPRIG
BLEAK
BLOKE