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Title: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on October 15, 2024, 06:15:02 pm
Nice to see Tommytoes and his good lady today


He ribbed me re my mesmeric Posts ( I don't think it was a complement  - but he and I go way back so I knew he didn't mean it )


I said it's because its hard to talk about Wordle and / or Connections without talking in code for fear of spoiling them for others and if you sit on something it's hard to look back or perhaps nobody is bothered


So I said we ought to have a Thread where players could swap news , views but no Clues on the day of the playing


He said good idea , give it a go . So we will , it might bomb it might not and who knows it may be useful so here we go


Stick stuff on here before during or after playing either game BUT remember only look when you want to and remember don't look if you don't want to spoil your Game
Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: knockers on October 15, 2024, 06:21:03 pm
Not sure I’m keen on that but usually do them both early  :unsure:
Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on October 15, 2024, 06:30:46 pm
It may bomb , but we'll see how it pans out


May be an early bath for this idea  :lol:
Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on October 15, 2024, 09:48:13 pm
Well done Wolfie!
I even understood all that!
I’ll certainly post my thoughts and have a rant when I’ve cocked up and blame those pesky Americans.

Remember lads and lasses dont open this topic until you’ve completed (or failed) or are stuck and have had enough, of the Wordle or Connections.
Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on October 16, 2024, 06:51:55 am
Couldn't better I have put myself it 
Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: SydneyRover on October 16, 2024, 08:04:22 am
Nice to see Tommytoes and his good lady today


He ribbed me re my mesmeric Posts ( I don't think it was a complement  - but he and I go way back so I knew he didn't mean it )


I said it's because its hard to talk about Wordle and / or Connections without talking in code for fear of spoiling them for others and if you sit on something it's hard to look back or perhaps nobody is bothered


So I said we ought to have a Thread where players could swap news , views but no Clues on the day of the playing


He said good idea , give it a go . So we will , it might bomb it might not and who knows it may be useful so here we go


Stick stuff on here before during or after playing either game BUT remember only look when you want to and remember don't look if you don't want to spoil your Game

When wordle was first posted up there was a little bit of chatter and I decided not to do it here for that reason, then I found that the wordle word in oz was different anyway so that put paid to it. We did it in the privacy of our own home for quite some time before it petered out, for us anyway.
Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on October 16, 2024, 10:01:16 am
Wordle today
PASTE
TRAIL
GRANT in less than a minute.

Connections
I thought bye cheerio later etc were what they seemed so lost two lives buggering about with that.
Then got the Y.
Then thought about breakfast cereals and didn’t include Pebbles. Why would you for f***s sake?
Then thought about a tennis tournament, bye, round. But not Bracket so bang that was it.
That’s two or three fails in a row!
Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: IDM on October 16, 2024, 10:10:46 am
I often struggle with connections as it’s full of “Americanisms”..  other days it falls straight out.

For wordle I always start with TRADE ie use most common letters and 2 vowels, then my second guess adds as many new letters and vowels as I can.  If none of TRADE is there, my second guess is LIONS.

Only fails if there’s a -XX-X word where there are too many choices for the - - letters, even after I’ve got the XX X second guess.

Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on October 16, 2024, 10:43:07 am
Seems a good plan IDM.
I just put any random word that comes into my thick head, usually has an A E or O in it, sometimes all 3.
And go from there, sonetimes I get lucky, like today. sometimes not, but usually solve it.
Dont keep score nowadays, but cant renember my last fail.
Unlike connections where there seem to be more fails than wins lately.
Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on October 16, 2024, 10:46:46 am
Couldn't better I have put myself it 
Very good Wolfie lol!
Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on October 16, 2024, 11:30:51 am
Kicking myself as yesterday higher DOD than today but failed

Yesterday I'm guessing some had one of each colour as Quarter Penny Dime and Nickel all fell in.different Groups ?

Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on October 16, 2024, 11:32:52 am
I spied the Round Tie Seed but looking for a 4th didn't involve bracket at any time
Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on October 18, 2024, 09:07:47 am
Suggested people would get P pretty quick

I was dumb , because after seeing Prime and Kindle I saw answer "Rainforest" and River and thought I haven't heard of either of them as I was STILL thinking Amazon and software   :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy: not River effin Amazon


Plank , no wonder I CANT get past 8 in a row
Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on October 18, 2024, 09:52:57 am
I had all sorts going round my head

Kindle prime plastic charge…set an explosion
Flop turn river card….poker
Then there were at least 5 that could have been cards…plastic credit charge river turn
Wooden…rainforest card amazon

Had me all confused, but worked it out in the end.
Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: IDM on October 18, 2024, 10:25:17 am
The strands game today is a pisser if you don’t know world foods and “dumplings”.. since when is a samosa a dumpling.????
Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on October 19, 2024, 07:08:32 am
Today's Wordle will have a few grumbling for sure.
Title: Re: News, views but no Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on October 19, 2024, 08:13:22 am
I had 6 choices incl the one it was with 2 guesses left

I guessed wrongly on 5 but then that certain word made it the favorite (sic) and luckily home in 6
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on October 19, 2024, 08:35:25 am
Was lucky that I had a mug 4 on the wordle otherwise I’d have struggled.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on October 19, 2024, 08:50:44 am
Connections not too bad. As soon as I saw Madden it fitted in with provoke etc but I fancied it as a Computer game as he is a famous NFL commentator who had a Game named after him

He " famously" goes game to game by Train as he hates flying

I had 2 more but had to find the 4th by eliminiation
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Mike_F on October 19, 2024, 08:55:24 am
Today's Wordle will have a few grumbling for sure.

Yep. Stupid bloody American spellings.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on October 20, 2024, 08:58:49 am
Wordle today

I actually took ages to get this right

After 0 4 0 4 I finally came up with a word where the letters all fitted

DICED and as the first D went Green I celebrated and went to report on usual Thread

While writing up the "win" I looked back to see if I had any Mugs but found DICED only produced
4 0

Only 1 letter fitted , and I won but had I not looked back my 150+ would have gone

PLANK ( not tomorrow's word  but my nickname for myself )
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on October 20, 2024, 09:07:25 am
Had a total of 11 greys after 3 guesses.
So with what was left thought ICE were probably the middle letters, so bingo.
As for connections, got my lovely homophones straight away and the rest were so simple.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on October 21, 2024, 07:54:31 am
Trying to work out what your mug 3-2 was Wolfie.

Edit
Ah. I think I’ve worked it out.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on October 21, 2024, 09:11:05 am
From a King to a clown in 2 puzzles today.
Wordle in 3 after a 2nd guess that gave me one vowel in the wrong place and then got it next go.
At this point I'm thinking about setting up my own Quizzing Agency that I could eventually franchise out, become a millionaire, and live off the annual franchise renewal fees.
Then onto Connections where I was on a run of 5 successes, but today failed spectacularly with not a single correct guess.
There are chuffing amoebas that did better than me on Connections today.
So with my dreams of riches dashed, I'm off for a 6 mile walk to try and get the bitter taste of failure out of my mouth.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on October 21, 2024, 09:15:36 am
Trying to work out what your mug 3-2 was Wolfie.

Edit
Ah. I think I’ve worked it out.

As we are on here I went for Snoop in Row 3

Double Mug . I like them as even a Plank can't (shouldn't) get the next guess wrong

Spoon , gotcha
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on October 21, 2024, 09:18:25 am
From a King to a clown in 2 puzzles today.
Wordle in 3 after a 2nd guess that gave me one vowel in the wrong place and then got it next go.
At this point I'm thinking about setting up my own Quizzing Agency that I could eventually franchise out, become a millionaire, and live off the annual franchise renewal fees.
Then onto Connections where I was on a run of 5 successes, but today failed spectacularly with not a single correct guess.
There are chuffing amoebas *** that did better than me on Connections today.
So with my dreams of riches dashed, I'm off for a 6 mile walk to try and get the bitter taste of failure out of my mouth.



*** THAT would be me , though I did lose 2 lives



Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on October 21, 2024, 09:57:27 am
Who are you calling an ameba er ombama, i mean umbongo, noooo ambera.
Oh sod it!
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on October 22, 2024, 07:46:35 am
Connections ....I hope this compiler has a long career  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on October 22, 2024, 08:54:38 am
Git the wordle in 5, nowt to shout about is it?
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on October 22, 2024, 09:24:18 am
Anyone looked up Marco Polo , the game

Have a laugh and do so
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on October 30, 2024, 08:55:48 am
Thought I was being clever when I followed a 'film credits' connection today. Ended up being a 'plank' ie one from each group.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on October 30, 2024, 11:55:36 am
Exactly that. Best Boy Gaffer Dolly etc got me one of each colour

Incidentally , just thought. Can you look at that point to see what you have got ?

If you could look and see you have 3 Yellow and a Green it would help
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 01, 2024, 08:12:27 am
Seemingly jammy 3 on a dodgy word today but sometimes you are just "led" to the answer (as today)

STARE got me a Green S and Amber T

SHOUT called to me to use OU and move T
that got me Green S Amber H and T (SHOUT was a past word)

Left just I as vowel so where could it go with T and H already wrong in P2. Yes in 2

So SI then I thought hasta be TH at end surely and then X jumped out and was right

Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on November 01, 2024, 08:21:57 am
It's an hour since I did it and even after your post above Wolfie, I have no idea what today's word was lol
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on November 01, 2024, 08:24:27 am
Ah, now I remember lol.
On Connections I fluked the Greens. I was looking for 4 that linked to 'water'.
Got 1a 3 times and fluked the 4th.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 06, 2024, 03:42:56 pm
Purple today

Yardstick has 3 feet ffs

Poem has feet and they are defined as a silent first syllable and a stressed second syllable

A- muse I get but La-mbs also ffs
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on November 06, 2024, 03:49:44 pm
It’s bo-locks Wolfie.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 07, 2024, 07:46:11 am
P . I would never have spotted the Connection today the 7th and have only just solved the 5 letter one  even though anagrams are my thing.

I've lost my touch on Countdown recently but could often see the Conundrum as quick as the competitors on the day

Not as good at the ordinary rounds , so I was surprised to be stumped by the M one t oday even though he was very very famous
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on November 11, 2024, 08:30:49 am
SPOILER ALERT - DON'T READ ON IF YOU'VE NOT DONE TODAY'S PUZZLE.

Nice to see my formative years drooling over the Ladies Underwear section of my Mum's Freemans catalogue finally paid dividends today!
She was right though, as I now need glasses to do the puzzles!
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: knockers on November 11, 2024, 10:26:40 am
I got the blue first as well.
I’d have been very disappointed with myself if I hadn’t!
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 13, 2024, 06:57:52 am
Not a word I have every heard or used but was the only one that made anything that looked like a word

There were just q k j z x etc left and I permed them all and anything LIKE a word was met with the shaking letters thing saying " not a valid word"

The word sounded and looked like 2 others but unsatisfactory imo
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on November 13, 2024, 07:08:35 am
I’ve heard of the word Wolfie.
I was lucky today as got the first two letters first, then the first three.
One wrong guess then bingo.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 13, 2024, 07:11:59 am
Well done , took me ages to creep to first 3 letters and thought "at last"  when I entered Privy into Row 5 (wrong)
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on November 13, 2024, 07:29:13 am
Privy was my wrong guess too, surprised it was wrong.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 15, 2024, 10:34:58 am
Purple getting solved easier today (Friday) on average , with people getting it 2nd or 3rd

After losing a life then getting Y , I was in a fix. Stuck !

I went away and came back and kept working on SANDS , ex Vegas Casino and a few other things B4 thinking Sands of time

Wow and there were 3 others that I thought I could add time to and boom Purple was done though I still didn't think ..... of it as " of Time"
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 16, 2024, 08:11:39 am
Obscure knowledge is a good thing but it means a brain full of s**t

Looking at words I was stuck but like Sands yesterday I thought Sooner

Yes The Sooner State as Oklahoma is known. Owt else yes Michigan the Wolverine State

Volunteer ( yeees ) the Volunteer State. Tennessee

Nothing remotely like a 4th. True Gator was there but Florida is Sunshine State ( but was a hell of a clue )

I kept out of it and when there were 8 words left the 4 I fancied were still there. I still went for the other 4 which left my original 4 .

I selected them and realized they were the nicknames of the State Unis Am Footy Teams so Gators was Florida

* Sooners are Oklahomans and got that name when they were given free land to help colonise the mid West , all they had to do was get there and claim whatever they could

Hence it became the Sooner State because the sooner you got there , the better bit and bigger bit you could grab !
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 16, 2024, 08:16:03 am
PS I've been in 24 States but none of those except of course Florida
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on November 16, 2024, 08:35:05 am
I saw 'Volunteer' and immediately thought 'Is it Doncaster Working Mens Clubs' lol. Was looking for Hawthorn, Comrades and Balby Bridge to complete the set.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 16, 2024, 09:01:07 am
I like it ....

My only claim to fame was I played Darts v Balby Bridge once for Harlequin Thorne

We were trounced 8-1 and I was the one though their Player a Mr Gill had 3 sets to finish me off before I hit Double 1

Their Team was so good that anyone losing went to bottom of their list and then had to wait till others lost in future games

I still feel guilty 50 years or so.on but on flip side a bloke came and sat with me patting me on back

Well done he said , not many win here , and you should get a Pint off the Steward for that. I said I don't know him and he said you do .... its me ... and sent me to Bar lol
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on November 16, 2024, 09:40:11 am
PS I've been in 24 States but none of those except of course Florida
I’ve been in some right states too but not of them in America.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 16, 2024, 10:03:53 am
 :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 17, 2024, 09:27:27 am
Still can't figure the Foot in Purple ?

I get the other 3 ok
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on November 17, 2024, 09:44:12 am
3' = 3 foot
3" = 3 inches
I fluked it thinking the connection was something to do with parts of speech or possibly the names of parts of a sheet of paper. Useless lol
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 17, 2024, 04:53:22 pm
Cheers Mug . Makes sense at last .

Contraction is apparently...  he's here . I'm on 18 etc. I wouldn't have really known that one
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 21, 2024, 09:30:04 am
.... and worse today as I found my Archive of Connections had been wiped out

It was swellgarfo or similar  (Wells Fargo)
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on November 24, 2024, 10:17:17 am
Re Connections in general, the person who used to regularly include homophones in the puzzle, must have lost his job as we haven't had those for a while.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on November 24, 2024, 11:19:57 am
Yes his employers must be homophonephobes.

I miss them.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 24, 2024, 11:22:37 am
Eye no ewe dough
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on November 24, 2024, 05:01:48 pm
Yew no watt eye knead.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 26, 2024, 07:29:31 am
Eloise

Is it a Plane , is it a Film , is it a Book , is it a Barry Ryan record. I've no idea at all
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on November 26, 2024, 09:18:56 am
I've IMDB'd Eloise and there is a 2003 film starring Julie Andrews called 'Eloise at the Plaza' so I guess it must be that.
Hardly a well-known film, a bit niche that.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 27, 2024, 08:57:02 am
Blue today

I guessed at Plant to make a 4 with Pet House Baby thinking no bloody chance

Then realized I'm trying to get someone to look after my 4 Bird of Paradise plants so I can "go away" for a week or so lol
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: knockers on November 27, 2024, 01:23:48 pm
I did the same!
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 28, 2024, 07:31:37 am
Low DOD counted for nothing

Left with 8 words and 4 lives but I could see (after a think) 3 that connected but nothing that really fitted

I tried them in likelihood and hope of them being right and on last life Scarf was the word !

Who knew ? Not me . Pure luck

P ... Yes I could see I should have connected 2 but I was looking for 4 and 2 of them must be US "things"
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on November 28, 2024, 04:21:30 pm
I wonder if scoff=scarf over there.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 28, 2024, 05:39:58 pm
Maybe with Dick van Dyke saying it lol
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 29, 2024, 08:03:07 am
P ... Today 29th

First word of HBO shows ?


I could guess at 1 by word association but even that might be wrong !


Knot hay fore bye too ( for TT )  :lol:
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 30, 2024, 08:04:45 am
Wordle 30th lol

A as a Yellow

Went Amock but it disallowed it

Went AMONG thinking good maybe a 2
Couldn't see another word at that point

So I stuck in MANGO using N again but thinking at least I might get a Green or 2 ( I didn't)

Could only put A last or 4th though now and it looked like M was favourite for 4th

Even then it took me ages to put DO as first 2.

Dogma ... I didn't look if it had gone ! Thankfully not .

That was a challenge
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on November 30, 2024, 08:25:27 am
Lost on Connections

Tried P as Baseball Pitches . Fast ball Curve ball etc but only found 3

I ignored Screw ball as I was thinking Glass and it cost me
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on December 14, 2024, 09:48:17 am
Well I googled the 2 Purples I'd never heard of and I'm not much better off. Diva especially.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on December 14, 2024, 02:59:56 pm
Yes , what a subject for a Connection !

50% to 70% might be Men and probably the non US ladies will have not heard of this
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on December 20, 2024, 12:43:39 pm
My reasoning for the B today was subjects/sections in the Business pages.
God knows what their Connection means.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on December 20, 2024, 12:48:21 pm
Googled 'Connections Hint' and the clue was 'Subcultures by profession'. I'm no better off.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on December 20, 2024, 01:48:21 pm
Neither am I ffs.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on December 20, 2024, 04:27:45 pm
Blue Category: From digital currencies to pharmaceuticals, each bro has their own hustle.

Yeah ok lol
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on December 20, 2024, 04:29:19 pm
And another I found ... Still no help

KINDS OF BROS

CRYPTO FINANCE PHARMA TECH

This one is a little harder if you are not sure what you are looking for, but PHARMA and CRYPTO were what tipped me off to what the category might be. I didn’t specifically have “bros” in mind, but I was in the right general direction to know what was going on. It wasn’t hard to add FINANCE back in, but getting TECH in there was a little harder. However, none of the final four words were close enough to confuse me to the point of guessing wrong, it just took a little extra time.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on December 21, 2024, 09:06:22 am
A tip amongst a few I got yesterday looking for above was,  look for the outlier which doesn't seem connected to the others

O was one today once i braved the ring band etc

I never gave O Oscar a seconds thought but I.may have thought Statuette Oscar

That would have been easier perming if 2 were right . But I went after B and tripped by Murphy Bed. Americana again probably
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on December 21, 2024, 09:25:30 am
I was hot on the trail of Oscars and despite knowing 3 of the bed Connection, kept guessing Oscars of which I was only certain of 2.
The actions of a twit.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on December 21, 2024, 10:04:29 am
Knew 3 of the beds, which were obvious.
Tried 0 and then Statuette (God knows why!)
Of the others Murphy seemed the only likely one, so Bingo.
The Oscars thing never crossed my mind.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on December 22, 2024, 11:14:32 pm
Wordle today put BRAND in on Row two.
So the solution was either BRAIN or BRAWN.
Looked at my rippling biceps and six pack (I wish)
and went for the winner.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on December 23, 2024, 07:47:52 am
Yellow Homophones

I avoided it for ages as I was sure Ewe U Yew were together but surely You couldn't be the 4th could it

Unless they all mean You. Have I missed summat ?
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on December 23, 2024, 08:13:26 am
I'd have got it today if I'd put my glasses on. What I thought was a B was a chuffing 8 lol.
What a dork!
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: knockers on December 23, 2024, 11:59:31 am
I thought the green was about boats!
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on December 23, 2024, 03:20:47 pm
I'd have got it today if I'd put my glasses on. What I thought was a B was a chuffing 8 lol.
What a dork!

Yes a pity because it was imo the "outlier" for today as the Tip I got referred to in #76 above.

I was left with them (P) but getting Super 8 a film , a Motel or a kind of movie making medium would have given me Bowl etc as well

Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on December 25, 2024, 07:25:14 pm
I've noticed that in the past the Wordle has had a link to certain holidays that fall on that particular day.
On Halloween the word was 'Ghoul'. ( That may be an outright lie but I can't be arsed to check, but it was summat along those lines).
With that in mind, I went for 'Snowy' first today, instead of my usual start word.
That failed but gave me a 1(0). I bought into my theory further by guessing 'Share' as my second guess and it went all green.
Following my theory, I'm looking at 'Fresh' or 'Start' for 1st January. (If they haven't gone already of course).
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on December 26, 2024, 07:28:20 am
Hi Mug , both have been used but on the theme Outgo is still "live"
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on December 30, 2024, 04:39:20 pm
Wordle in 1 with the outgoing STARE

Connections what a git. Got a G but had lost a life with Melt Wrap Club plus Grinder already.

I then tried 3 others with no conviction and found answer was Hero another name for a Sub in New York State

Ironic because NYS is the home of Subway and I had a brilliant one in Lake Placid ( home of Winter Olympics of 1980 ) 3 years after that in 83
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on December 31, 2024, 09:56:28 am
Wordle in 1 with the outgoing STARE

Connections what a git. Got a G but had lost a life with Melt Wrap Club plus Grinder already.

I then tried 3 others with no conviction and found answer was Hero another name for a Sub in New York State

Ironic because NYS is the home of Subway and I had a brilliant one in Lake Placid ( home of Winter Olympics of 1980 ) 3 years after that in 83
Well done Wolfie, it's a great feeling isn't it?
I think they'll save ADIEU until the last ever puzzle as it's the most used start word apparently and would be very apt.
I scored a nice 2 today which was assisted by the fact that I occasionally call one of my cats 'a ☆☆☆☆☆-eyed freak' and she was pressed against me, licking her bumhole whilst I was Wordling.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on December 31, 2024, 10:31:19 am
What better clue could you want lol

Probably Adieu will be last . Very apt
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on December 31, 2024, 10:47:58 am
Mug
One of our past cats was called *****
due to her colouring.
Mrs T was thrilled with today’s word.
She loved that cat.
Me, I prefer our current one.
First one we’ve had that might outlive me!!
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on December 31, 2024, 11:04:38 am
Mug
One of our past cats was called *****
due to her colouring.
Mrs T was thrilled with today’s word.
She loved that cat.
Me, I prefer our current one.
First one we’ve had that might outlive me!!
We have 3 at the moment. 13 year old brother and sister.
No more cats for us as we don't want any of them outliving us and having to be rehomed.
Or so we thought.
18 months ago, some young folk moved in up the street. Within an hour of them moving in, their kitten moved in with us.
We tried taking him back many times but he just came back to us.
In the end his owners seemed to lose interest in him, and so he's ours now lol!
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on January 07, 2025, 08:45:02 am
I'm stuck today but fancying Shakespeare is in there.

4 lives left to get one Row and other solves itself but I could attribute most of the 8 to WS in some oblique way
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on January 07, 2025, 08:49:46 am
No clues , just to say I lost
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on January 07, 2025, 09:15:38 am
Don’t know how I didn’t get the G today.
When the solution came up I could have sworn I’d put those in.
Still no matter as I’d never have got the B and G.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on January 07, 2025, 12:22:33 pm
Can someone explain the P today??
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Bentley Bullet on January 07, 2025, 12:54:07 pm
A DEAL IS A DEAL (IS A DEAL)
A ROSE IS A ROSE (IS A ROSE)
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH (IS ENOUGH)
LOVE IS LOVE (IS LOVE)

I think!

I didn't get it, by the way!
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on January 07, 2025, 01:47:12 pm
That’s right BB.
How you supposed to get that?
Bloody ridiculous!
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on January 07, 2025, 02:10:52 pm
Are they songs?
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on January 07, 2025, 02:56:45 pm
Nah!
Just b*llocks is b*llocks is b*llocks.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on January 08, 2025, 08:48:49 am
I couldn't let it lie. I Googled 'Purple Group Tuesday Connections' and the first 2 hits I clicked in gave slightly different answers.
One instance quoted that Classic film that everyone in the Western world has seen 'Scott Pilgrim against the World'.
I'm letting it go now as I truly don't care anymore lol
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on January 08, 2025, 02:03:15 pm
It’s a great film that Dave.
It’s where Scott Pilgrim rides out on his trusty steed called Nag is Nag is Nag (nag nag nag for short)into outer space and then declares War on The World.
There’s a shoot out which our all American hero Scott wins with his gold plated six shooter, while the The World only has every nuclear weapon on Earth.
Very realistic it is.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on January 08, 2025, 03:28:27 pm
Flicks Film Video Super 8 ....whatever they call em Im usually bamboozled

Id have a chance with Goal World Cup 66 or Coming to America and er thats about it
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on January 09, 2025, 09:27:16 am
I got G straight off and then spotted a great P

Words in America the Beautiful . It was right and I moved on but then saw it said " last words in America the Beautiful"

And I thought , the last words of AtB I assumed were from sea to shining sea so I disagreed ( nit picking I know ) because from is not one of the 4 last words

Anyway I looked it up and didn't realize it was written by Ray Charles for a start and then saw the actual lyrics he wrote end with ....

..... Cause he, he, he, he crowned thy good
He told me he would, with brotherhood
(From sea to shining Sea)
Oh Lord, oh Lord, I thank you Lord
(Shining sea)

Maybe they use the popular version but I stand by my original thought anyway

So a shit clue today either way but Streak 1 lol
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: tommy toes on January 09, 2025, 09:45:35 am
I’d never have got it Wolfie and your explanation doesn’t help ffs! (Lol)
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on January 10, 2025, 08:46:44 am
Well, well we'll. I have googled today's whaaat, erm sorry, the purple group and am pleased I did.
Not least because I 'solved' the puzzle immediately lol.
As a Mug punter (hence my user name) I'm not a statistician but that leapt out at me.
Google it yourself and see what you think.
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on January 10, 2025, 09:43:43 am
I googled it earlier , looked and thought ffs , life's too short to tangle with that

I may go back later if in a better mood

On the upside I brewed 40 pints between Wordle and Connections lol
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: turnbull for england on January 10, 2025, 10:12:04 am
I have heard of the purple on a work thing, but only when reminded after a Google this morning, no way I'd have selected the 4
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on January 10, 2025, 01:06:40 pm
I googled it earlier , looked and thought ffs , life's too short to tangle with that

I may go back later if in a better mood

On the upside I brewed 40 pints between Wordle and Connections lol
To my feeble brain, it just leapt out at me.
His initial selection was a 3/1 chance.
However, once one door was eliminated, the other remaining door (the one neither selected nor eliminated) became an even money shot.
I don't want to overthink it in case I change my mind lol
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: turnbull for england on January 14, 2025, 06:50:00 am
Who knew a w*nk was a bird
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on January 15, 2025, 08:42:43 am
Fluky as a fluky thing today

Down to 8 with all lives left, I spotted wet and dry and thought Season. Permed 3 times lost 3 times

Got it 4th time and it was about Martinis not Seasons lol

Left P which was just as well . I could see one of them 2 at a push but never 4
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: Donnywolf on January 15, 2025, 08:46:47 am
Wordle start Word gave me just a Yellow A for day 5 in a row .... Deja Vu for sure

I made errors in Row 3 using a Letter in same spot

Made similar error in Row 4 using a letter in same place ( without realizing ) and was then well and truly stumped.

I did guess(ish) what 4th letter could be and once I found a letter to go 5th I "dropped" on the word but what a challenge it was today
Title: Re: News, views AND some Clues re Wordle - Connections
Post by: mugnapper on February 14, 2025, 01:15:04 pm
I never knew how to pronounce 'Bae' and now I do. Not that I will ever use it lol