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Spoiler Alert: Answers to yesterday's Wordle and Connections included in this slice.
Content Alert: Inappropriate innuendos
As I do every morning, I began my morning puzzles with Wordle. For reasons I won't get into, I started with PAINT. Not good. STARE? Still not good. And even a dumb mistake caused by playing too quickly so I could get to some slice reading. When I got to my fifth guess, I was reasonably certain of the answer, but surprised at the choice of words. I mean, I know the word has multiple meanings, but still, I was a little surprised.
Our family shares the daily Wordle results, and, since Julia and I were the early players, I laughed at her text:
Thinking about the teacher I know who usually plays Wordle with his class, I figured he could explain the meaning of BOOTY if he had to. Yes, some of the kids would have some previous experiences with that word, but I could envision the possible giggles being manageable.
Then I played Connections. Again, I was a little wide-eyed at the purple category. _____ PLAY? Horse, screen, word, and... wait for it... fore? C'mon NYT! It couldn't have been 3-point? Or childs? How about re? FORE???
I sent one of my colleagues a warning about Connections since his class loves to play.
Booty and foreplay would be a tough double whammy for a Monday morning! Here's hoping no one had to deal with that!
Our district gave us Monday off for Eid holiday so no explaining over here. I was sharing my wordpress slice about my pet fish last week and the ad on the side popped up and was of bras. Really? It made me think to pay to not have ads. But haven't yet.
ReplyDeleteI am addicted to the NYTimes games and had the same thought about both STRANGE words! I always start the day with Wordle and I also start with PAINT! I save connections for downtimes during the day when I need distractions! I have a LOVE-HATE relationship with that one and my stats are pretty bad! My real love these days is Spelling Bee.....but I am not always at the Genius level and very happy to live out my days in Amazing!
ReplyDeleteWhoa! I love both of these games, too, and basically play them to keep my brain from turning to mush. Seriously. However - I didn't see these in the throes of SOLSC. These couldn't be played by a group at school, for sure. We know about pirates here in NC but even so...booty is a stretch...and the other...just no! By the way, I start Wordle with STEAM.
ReplyDeleteI’m not sure what it says about me that I didn’t think anything of the Wordle word. I am wide-eyed 😳 at the connections word. My other reactions: . 😱😬🫣
ReplyDeleteFunny! I played both games yesterday, and I didn't really notice. I guess I've been retired long enough to have forgotten about the students who would play as a group.
ReplyDeleteNow you've got me wondering what the pangram in Spelling Bee was...?!?!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I wasn't the only one. It was quite a day for the games page - and not even April Fool's!
ReplyDeleteSpicy!! There should be a warning for those who play in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteHa! I thought the wordle was a funny choice…but I’d didn’t plant connections yesterday. So funny — now I wish I had played all the games. :-) Ona
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's AI that made the suggestions for yesterday! ;)
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