different WORDLE solutions
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Anyone else notice different WORDLE solutions recently? I solve the puzzle directly from the NYTimes web page on my Windows laptop - my wife uses her iPhone and connects to NYTimes. Apparently there were different puzzles the last couple days: FETUS vs SHINE 2 days ago, BUTCH then GECKO yesterday. (I had SHINE and GECKO). I read that the NYT changed their puzzles so the answers wouldn't be a controversial word.
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Browser refresh can get the updated word. On my iPhone I did not do a refresh and got FETUS in a single "guess".
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Craig Robbins wrote:
I read that the NYT changed their puzzles so the answers wouldn't be a controversial word.
How is Gecko controversial? ;)
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Mark TwainIs it gecko that's controversial, or butch? I think butch can be a pejorative for a lesbian. I think I did see a headline scroll by a couple days ago that mentioned fetus being removed from the word list. If so, we should probably be prepared for more. Just a sign of the current fear of offending someone, though I'm not sure why fetus would be offensive. Rumor has it we've all been one. :-\
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Is it gecko that's controversial, or butch? I think butch can be a pejorative for a lesbian. I think I did see a headline scroll by a couple days ago that mentioned fetus being removed from the word list. If so, we should probably be prepared for more. Just a sign of the current fear of offending someone, though I'm not sure why fetus would be offensive. Rumor has it we've all been one. :-\
Correct - the replacement was GECKO. When I was a lad, "butch" referred to a very short haircut for boys (aka Crew Cut or Buzz Cut). That's the cut my parents chose for me. :)
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Correct - the replacement was GECKO. When I was a lad, "butch" referred to a very short haircut for boys (aka Crew Cut or Buzz Cut). That's the cut my parents chose for me. :)
Me too (no #). That's the haircut I sported (cut by my mother) until I could afford to go to a barber shop and pay for my own. Nature has nearly returned me to this state. :-O
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Browser refresh can get the updated word. On my iPhone I did not do a refresh and got FETUS in a single "guess".
It may be they changed "FETUS" since that is a (broadly) American spelling, and they have obviously gone global now, so maybe they're avoiding words that British players wouldn't get... (I saw a very lengthy discussion only a couple of days ago about the correct / cross-pond / original spelling of foetus / fetus / fœtus).
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Craig Robbins wrote:
NYT changed their puzzles so the answers wouldn't be a controversial word.
So that leaves approximately 11 words that can be used.
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11!? Are you trying to offend people!? :wtf: :mad:
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It may be they changed "FETUS" since that is a (broadly) American spelling, and they have obviously gone global now, so maybe they're avoiding words that British players wouldn't get... (I saw a very lengthy discussion only a couple of days ago about the correct / cross-pond / original spelling of foetus / fetus / fœtus).
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They had "homer" a few days ago. I only know Homer (as in the Greek tragedy or the main character in The Simpsons). I didn't think homer would be a word as it's really a name, but it was really the only thing that sounded like it might be the solution. Had to look it up and apparently it's an American word for an American game mostly played by Americans (homerun, but without the "un") X| Either that or a carrier pigeon.
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They had "homer" a few days ago. I only know Homer (as in the Greek tragedy or the main character in The Simpsons). I didn't think homer would be a word as it's really a name, but it was really the only thing that sounded like it might be the solution. Had to look it up and apparently it's an American word for an American game mostly played by Americans (homerun, but without the "un") X| Either that or a carrier pigeon.
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11!? Are you trying to offend people!? :wtf: :mad:
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Arg! I forgot about all the Primonumerophobics! :omg:
Non-Will Smith-like Apology:
“I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris Sander. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence using the number 11 in a world of love and kindness.”
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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They had "homer" a few days ago. I only know Homer (as in the Greek tragedy or the main character in The Simpsons). I didn't think homer would be a word as it's really a name, but it was really the only thing that sounded like it might be the solution. Had to look it up and apparently it's an American word for an American game mostly played by Americans (homerun, but without the "un") X| Either that or a carrier pigeon.
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It can also mean a fanatic sports team fan who lives, breaths and bleeds for the home team that can do no wrong. (Dang refs got it in for us).
Homer for homerun is already informal, I think homer for sports fan is informal informal. That meaning isn't mentioned in online dictionaries anyway :~
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Wow, apparently that's the same word in Dutch. Never heard of it. Found it on Wikipedia, but online dictionaries don't mention it.
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Arg! I forgot about all the Primonumerophobics! :omg:
Non-Will Smith-like Apology:
“I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris Sander. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence using the number 11 in a world of love and kindness.”
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
I can't say why, but I still feel strangely offended somehow :laugh:
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They had "homer" a few days ago. I only know Homer (as in the Greek tragedy or the main character in The Simpsons). I didn't think homer would be a word as it's really a name, but it was really the only thing that sounded like it might be the solution. Had to look it up and apparently it's an American word for an American game mostly played by Americans (homerun, but without the "un") X| Either that or a carrier pigeon.
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haha yes, that one had me stumped for a while. I'd only got one more attempt, I had
?OMERbut only letters like M, X, Z .. and H left. I couldn't bring myself to believe the NYT were accepting names as valid dictionary words. I tried H hoping I would be wrong... :(Telegraph marker posts ... nothing to do with IT Phasmid email discussion group ... also nothing to do with IT Beekeeping and honey site ... still nothing to do with IT
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haha yes, that one had me stumped for a while. I'd only got one more attempt, I had
?OMERbut only letters like M, X, Z .. and H left. I couldn't bring myself to believe the NYT were accepting names as valid dictionary words. I tried H hoping I would be wrong... :(Telegraph marker posts ... nothing to do with IT Phasmid email discussion group ... also nothing to do with IT Beekeeping and honey site ... still nothing to do with IT
I failed on HOMER but it told me that proper names are possible. Some time ago the answer was something like COLOR which told me that US spellings are possible, which is not surprising.
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I failed on HOMER but it told me that proper names are possible. Some time ago the answer was something like COLOR which told me that US spellings are possible, which is not surprising.
It's all US spelling, isn't it? :confused: After all, it's from New York Times, not London Times :rolleyes:
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haha yes, that one had me stumped for a while. I'd only got one more attempt, I had
?OMERbut only letters like M, X, Z .. and H left. I couldn't bring myself to believe the NYT were accepting names as valid dictionary words. I tried H hoping I would be wrong... :(Telegraph marker posts ... nothing to do with IT Phasmid email discussion group ... also nothing to do with IT Beekeeping and honey site ... still nothing to do with IT
Yeah, same here :laugh:
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Homer for homerun is already informal, I think homer for sports fan is informal informal. That meaning isn't mentioned in online dictionaries anyway :~
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I think homer for sports fan is informal informal.
No argument there and it might be a colloqialism local to where I lived when I would hear it which was the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area of Minnesota (a bunch of homers if there ever were any). :laugh:
