To keep one amused

[North End Bees]

Wordle 243 4/6






4 for me again.

Probably would have taken more guesses if it hadn't been for the clues above so decided to use @roche 's method!

 

[JamezF]

Came very close with my second attempt, but there are indeed so many possibilities for the fourth position. I reckon you could have every other letter right in all six attempts and still not get the correct word.

Wordle 243 3/6





James

 

[enrico]

Chose the wrong letter or would have been three
Wordle 243 4/6

 

[roche]

Came very close with my second attempt, but there are indeed so many possibilities for the fourth position. I reckon you could have every other letter right in all six attempts and still not get the correct word.

Wordle 243 3/6





James

I think the same applies for the second position also:
Wordle 243 5/6

 

[JamezF]

It seems the word lists for non-NYT and NYT versions have already diverged:

Wordle: New York Times changes upset fans

Lucky for me in a way as I don't think I've ever heard of the word "agora" (would have been Wordle 241) before today.

It definitely looks as though the "difficult" words (eg. "caulk") that people have been complaining about recently are just the luck of the draw though. They're in the original too.

James

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

It definitely looks as though the "difficult" words (eg. "caulk")

What on earth is difficult about 'caulk' it was rather bemusing, the hysterical handwringing over it the other day

 

[JamezF]

What on earth is difficult about 'caulk' it was rather bemusing, the hysterical handwringing over it the other day

I've no idea, hence my use of the quotes.

James

 

[Erichalfbee]

Doesn’t caulk come in those syringe type tubes from the DIY shop?

 

[user 20297]

Doesn’t caulk come in those syringe type tubes from the DIY shop?

https://www.toolstation.com/search?q=caulk

 

[North End Bees]

People are just complaining for the sake of complaining. First they say that NYT is making the game harder, then they complain that the original Agora was changed to the easier Aroma.

And who are these people who don't know what caulk is for goodness sake?!

 

[user 20297]

I've no idea, hence my use of the quotes.

James

James, you must have heard of the phrase, "Stick a caulk in it." I hear it often enough.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I've no idea, hence my use of the quotes

Bet you've used some though, with decorators it's that mastic like substance used to fill gaps between skirting boards and wall for example, historically it was packing they used in ship building to make gaps waterproof (like the gap between the devil and the sea - where you usually payed a load of pitch in there) also the mastic used around the edges of the bath to stop water leaking through to the floor

 

[JamezF]

And who are these people who don't know what caulk is for goodness sake?!

Ones who employ decorators

James

 

[user 20297]

Ones who employ decorators

James

One employs decorators, does one?!!!

 

[JamezF]

Bet you've used some though,

Nah, my wife does the decorating

I'm now just waiting for the word I tried before my correct attempt for that day: "baulk".

James

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Lucky for me in a way as I don't think I've ever heard of the word "agora"

We use a derivative of the word in Welsh to mean in the open air (yn yr agored) or to open (i agor) or like a shop that is open (ar agor) a key is sometimes known as 'agoriad (opener) Oratorio - agorawd, vent - agorfa

 

[JamezF]

James, you must have heard of the phrase, "Stick a caulk in it." I hear it often enough.

I had in mind W.C. Fields, actually: "What contemptible scoundrel stole the caulk from my lunch?"

James

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Doesn’t caulk come in those syringe type tubes from the DIY shop?

yep - that's one type

 

[JamezF]

We use a derivative of the word in Welsh to mean in the open air (yn yr agored) or to open (i agor) or like a shop that is open (ar agor) a key is sometimes known as 'agoriad (opener) Oratorio - agorawd, vent - agorfa

I didn't know that either, but having looked it up I assume it to be the root of the word "agoraphobia".

James

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I didn't know that either, but having looked it up I assume it to be the root of the word "agoraphobia".

James

Probably, just means in the open - the Greek version of Forum