Wordle 1,580 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🍾🥳🍻 Yea, me! I was very lucky today. According to the stats, the average solve was 4.5 guesses and 7% crashed.

Wordle 1,579 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 The average solve today is 5.0 guesses. 6% failed. Both indicate the wordlers had a few problems with this puzzle. I felt lucky with guess #3, but couldn’t hit the ball.

Wordle 1,578 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 👍 I had to scratch my head a while over today’s puzzle. Otherwise, a routine solve. Stats show the average number of guesses is 4. Only 1% failed.

Wordle 1,577 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yesterday (#1576) 25% of wordlers failed to solve the puzzle. The stats haven’t been posted today yet, but the crash rate might be high today, too. Good luck, folks.

“Rejecting an honest account of the past makes it impossible to see accurate patterns. The lessons we learn about how society changes will be false, and the decisions we make based on those false patterns will not be grounded in reality.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

When the federal government threatens Portland, the frogs rally to defend the city.

Wordle 1,576 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This is Ganesha, the patron of art, literature, and Wordle. Today, he smiled with me. According to the stats, 23% of players failed to solve the puzzle

Well, sometimes the truth hurts. We all feel your pain.

Wordle 1,575 6/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙄 The most dangerous situation in Wordle. A good start that opens many possibilities. Stats show that 69% solved by guess #4. A burner may have been useful, but I prefer to live dangerously

Wordle 1,574 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙄 A simple word, but I had to take the long way around.

Call me for all your urban devastation needs.

Wordle 1,572 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This drove me nuts. Almost, anyway. If I had solved it at 3:00am while I was sleepless, I would have had a bad dream. 😒😑😒

Wordle 1,571 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I seem to remember this solution word from a few years ago. Is Wordle running out of new material?

In Seattle a few weeks ago, we toured the waterfront Pike Place market, home of the “original” Starbucks store. I had heard that Starbucks bowdlerized the logo when they began to expand a few decades ago. This Starbucks on Pike Place displays the “R” rated version, in all its bosomy glory.

Has anyone noticed that Meta has been removing posts and restricting accounts on Facebook and Threads? The notices claim “community standards” violations without further details. I have been slapped with Facebook probation because their algorithms have no sense of humor or satire. Today Treads.

Wordle 1,563 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It took a few minutes of serious wordling to solve today’s puzzle. It shouldn’t stump experienced wordlers. Stats show that it is slightly more difficult than average. The average guesses to solve is 4.4 and 3% crashed.

Wordle 1,562 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🤔 🤬 That was a struggle for most wordlers. Stats show that 15% of Players crashed today. As for me, I was stumped after guess #2. However, it was 2:00am and I blamed it on insomnia. The solution was a WTF moment.

Just returned from seven days in those liberal hellholes, Portland, OR and Seattle WA, searching for anti-fa activity. What I found was indeed disturbing. Oh, the horror! More later.

Wordle 1,560 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✅✅ Not an uncommon word, but usage seems to be declining, I think. I don’t expect the wordlers of the world will have much trouble solving this puzzle.

Wordle 1,557 4/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🤯🤯🤯 Wow!!! All green. How about that?

Wordle 1,555 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Faced with a common pattern and limited chances, I just picked words that seemed appealing to the NYT. It’s a risky strategy but luck was on my side.

Wordle 1,554 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 😱😱😱 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 At guess #2, my heart paused as I looked fear in the face. I braced for a crash. But again, I snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Many wordlers had a similar experience. The stats put the average solved at 4.7 and 5% crashed today.

Melania, rehearsing for the funeral…

Wordle 1,553 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordlers of the world have little trouble solving the puzzle today. I lucked out with the first two guesses because I usually (but not always) focus on the most common vowels and consonants. Still, 3% failed to solve today’s puzzle, according to the stats.

Wordle 1,552 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordlers of the world had more trouble solving the puzzle today. According to the stats, the average solve was 4.4 guesses, and 3% crashed. The solution is an interesting and ancient word. I can’t say more without revealing too much. Happy wordling.

Wordle 1,551 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 At times, I think it doesn’t matter what starter word I choose. Some wordlers use the previous day’s solution. That sounds interesting. Has anyone tried that?

Wordle 1,550 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, again. Tried every word that sounded high falutin enough for the NYT. Never expected they’d pull a Sandy Koufax on us. Shesh.

The outrage of the day is over which side — left or right — kills the most people during outbreaks of politically motivated violence. Alex Nowresteh, VP at the Cato Institute, did the research, crunched the numbers, and made a nice bar graph. (See below.) substack.com/@anowrasteh )

Wordle 1,549 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Another day where the solution was at the top of my mind. Either I am beginning to think like the Wordle department or they are beginning to think like me. Anyhow, this puzzle was an easy one for most Wordlers. The average solve was 4.0 guesses.

Wordle 1,548 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✅ Most Wordlers of the world breezed right through today’s puzzle. The average solve, according to the stats was 3.8. As for me, it was a relief after a near disaster yesterday. Happy Wordling to you all.

Wordle 1,547 6/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Very few wordlers had as much trouble with this puzzle as I did. In fact, guess #5 isn’t even an English word. Beats me why Wordle accepted it. And guess #2 was a solution a few weeks ago. But, a win in a win.

Wordle 1,546 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 The clues uncovered in guesses #1 and #2 pointed in one direction. The solution was at my fingertips. Used the first word that occurred to me. Unfortunately, it was wrong.

He was so much more than just a bigot…

Wordle 1,545 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 When Wordle is this fast and simple, I suspect something is amiss. I know I’m not smarter or luckier these days. Time to sit down, take a deep breath and remember it’s only a game.

He was so much more than just a bigot…

Hello… history here. I have a message from a Mr. Jefferson.

Wordle 1,544 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🙄🙄🙄 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Felt like I hit pay dirt with my starter word. But then bumbled guess #2. Otherwise, an interesting but fairly routine puzzle today. Stats show an average of 4.1 guesses to solve.

Wordle 1,543 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yesterday, I accidentally stumbled across the solution at 4:00am, while I was still half asleep. So I didn’t post results. This totally sucks the fun out of the game. Today’s puzzle was almost too easy.

And history is whispering, “Don’t make me repeat myself.”

Wordle 1,541 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🎵 In retrospect, this doesn’t seem like a difficult word. However, after guess #2, I was baffled. It took a half hour of serious wordling to unravel a solution.

Wordle 1,540 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Given the clues in my first two guesses, I decoded the solution with little difficulty, even though it’s just after 5:00am. Interesting that 2% of wordlers solved on guess #2 and 2% failed to solve at all, according to the Wordle stats.

Wordle 1,539 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 The average solve today is 3.9 guesses. 76% solved within four guesses. Wordle has published a few easy puzzles in a row. I’m expecting something really difficult soon. Are you ready?

Yesterday, 100 women gathered in DC to talk about the wealthy pedophiles who stole their childhood. This was truly, “truth to power.”

Wordle 1,538 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle was not particularly difficult today, even at 4:00am ET. The average solve is 3.7 guesses, according to the stats. A little luck is big help.

Wordle 1,537 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Dear Wordle: This was a nice birthday surprise. So, thank you. But this is what I really wanted…

Wordle 1,536 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 😵‍💫 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😅 Things started poorly and quickly got worse. On guess #4, with 11 possible solutions and only two more chances, I had to remind myself that it’s only a game. Whew, indeed, This is Ganesha, the patron of arts, literature, and Wordle.

Wordle 1,535 5/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 💡💡💡 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 As the first three tiles flipped on guess #2, I was all set to tuck another victory under my belt. Ah… ignorance is blissful. I did not know how many words shared those first three letters. For the record, 19. The average solve today is 3.9.

My birthday is near. Please don’t send me candy, cards, or cologne. This is what I want.

Wordle 1,534 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🙄 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬜ 💡 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✅ It’s 5:00am and still dark. Not much is going on but Wordle is here for us with a light challenge. The stats show the average solve on this puzzle is 3.8 guesses.

Wordle 1,533 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Happy Labor Day weekend. I stumbled into the solution on guess #5 after I tried everything else first. The stats show this puzzle was slightly more difficult than average — 7% of today’s wordlers could not solve it.