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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread *rdles #232124 10/30/2022 5:27 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Wordle has become very popular. I like it because I play with friends. I never post my score to FB, but I post as a comment to a friends' post. It's become a kind of communion for us. I also do quordle and octordle and a numeric one called nerdlegame. I don't know how long it will hold my interest or how long it will remain popular, but it's a nice way to just say "Hi" to a few friends. It's also part of my daily ritual. I do my *rdles and then I spend a few minutes on DuoLingo with my first cup of coffee. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: *rdles TheFallibleFiend #232126 11/02/2022 3:02 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,077 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,077 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA I haven't done any of the -rdles games despite their popularity. Strange, considering my propensity for word games of all kinds. I suppose it comes from playing similar games 65 years ago - Jotto (exactly what Wordles is, actually), and even a more primitive form before that where nothing but right-letter-right-place responses counted. "I have a word," my mother would say. (It's amazing how it made the drying of dishes, as my mother washed them, pass faster). And Mastermind. It becomes almost mechanical, algorithmic. But the search for exotic words to pose was interesting (who knew "XYSMA" was a word?) My biggest triumph came once when I was challenged by a skeptic. ("Oh, you think you're so good, huh?") He proposed a six-letter word, when I was used to only five, but I said OK. My first guess was ENERGY - two green squares - and the second guess was his word. He AARGHed loudly, and didn't say another word to me that entire night. Gotta be more satisfying even than solving a NYT puzzle, and I haven't indulged. (answer available upon request) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter the answer wofahulicodoc #233196 12/15/2024 3:38 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,077 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,077 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA If anyone needs the closure - The word was SYZYGY, an alignment of planets and stars in the night sky, or of chromosomes in a cell before it divides. No wonder he was so sure it was unguessable. Which is how I solved it - more induction than actually figuring it out. (Drag the clicked mouse over the space if you need more help.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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