Bob Stepno

With seven University names among the 16 words, this was a school of multicolored herrings, especially for a former newspaper reporter on the "higher education" beat who has been on five of those campuses and attended one. Did okay, though.
Connections
Puzzle #1003
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Wordlebot said they were only two possibilities after my second word. I found two others. Oh well. They were good on the SATs.
Wordle 1,725 5/6*

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I sped through this one too... But thought green would have been blue or purple. Definitely too old for one of the purple categories today.
Connections
Puzzle #1002
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Fast. I did it fast. Started with the name of a fish.
Wordle 1,724 4/6*
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This was terrible in a wonderful way. Notice which two letters I had first! I'm amazed I didn't come up with the right answer on the third line, because I spent so much time in one!
Wordle 1,723 6/6*

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Waited until breakfast to do the puzzles today, but kept the radio on (listening to NPR) and did these one at a time without looking over the whole puzzle and realizing that I *knew* the four blue terms, instead of poking purple unknowns.

Connections
Puzzle #999
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Only solace is that I had it in seven, and so did the wordlebot*

Wordle 1,721 X/6*

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I made fairly straightforward work of a fairly straightforward Connections game.
Connections
Puzzle #998
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Good start but susceptible to the one letter rhymes. I didn't use them all though.
Wordle 1,720 4/6*

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I didn't see that rainbow red herring until I was checking my results. I thought it was a more clever "connection" than the solid-color ones today. 😀

This one went by pretty fast. Connections
Puzzle #997
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Another fourday... and my third and fourth words had something in common, which was interesting

Wordle 1,719 4/6*

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Yes! First reverse rainbow in a month or two.
Connections
Puzzle #996
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Skill 99/99
Uniqueness 1 in 28

After the two yesterday, this was disappointing... but then I found out I'd beaten the wordlebot ... would that improve my confidence for connection?
Wordle 1,718 4/6*

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The bot said I had four possibilities after that lucky first word... but only the least pleasant of them came to mind. Hmm. 😉

extra points for symmetry and poetry

The Blue Line seemed too easy to put first. 😞
Connections
Puzzle #995
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I waited until after breakfast. Wordle 1,717 2/6*

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Over the other puzzle, I did make the most common mistake of the day, but also got purple first ..
Connections
Puzzle #993
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My third word may be the best word I've played in Wordle this month. But the 4th wasn't bad either. Not that I had left myself any choice.
Wordle 1,715 4/6*

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Connection went better, but I found the yellow line too tempting and missed the purple first or inverted rainbow bonuses.

Connections
Puzzle #992
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Didn't do quite as well even though I waited until after lunch. Wordle 1,714 5/6*

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It was "death of a fool" that caught my attention back in the 1970s, when I was friends with some Morris dancers.

Did this one in a hurry so that I could get back to my bedtime book!

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Puzzle #990
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Whoops. Audiobook pasted into code by mistake. Great readings, though!

Benedict Cumberbatch - Scales of Justice - Ngaio Marsh - Audiobook 1 YouTube video by Lingua Learn Elevate

It was a good day for bot-beating threes... and there was a mistake I could have made, but didn't even think of it.
Wordle 1,712 3/6*

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But the other puzzle went a little better even if I didn't commit to the purple line until after the green one. Connections
Puzzle #988
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I was even thinking about mine earlier in the morning, but apparently not thinking hard enough. Wordle 1,710 5/6*

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Skipped the rainbow red herring first word after deciding its blue element was better in a blue line ... purple line was cute, but I didn't see it at all
Connections
Puzzle #986
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Broke my string of fives and tied the bot. Chose the correct word out of 19 remaining ones, the Bot said, but it was a topic on my mind.
Wordle 1,708 3/6*

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