The Wordle thread (with spoilers!)

[Snarky]

I was pretty pissed at the April Fool Connections.

⊾	&	X	)
N	O	P	€
→	$	(	+
£	✔	R	¥

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The first group of currency symbols (€, $, £, ¥) is easy. A group of symbols that can represent "and" (&, +, N, X) is also fairly doable.

My objection is to the third group: symbols that mean "right" (⊾, →, ✔, R). That is not the symbol for a right angle! (Even though Unicode calls it "Right angle with arc.") I had all the other three, but I simply could not believe that Connections would use the wrong symbol instead of ⦜.

(The last group with the parentheses and O, P are "emoticon mouths." I don't think I would have figured out that link under any circumstances. Also, I dislike groups that also include some of the other entries, so that you need to eliminate them by making the other groups first. Feels unfair. In this case, X was a pretty common emoticon mouth, and $ was a less common one.)

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[cat]

Using symbols instead of words is a neat idea, but I would've gotten nothing but the currencies...


Wordle 1,398 5/6*

🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Step by step, ooh, baby
Gonna get to you, woooord

[cat]

Lucky! But I sometimes use this word as second guess.

Wordle 1,415 2/6*

⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[Snarky]

Huh, you use

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TROUT

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as a common guess? I usually try to avoid guessing words with repeat letters, in order to test as many possibilities as possible. (In this case I guessed

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GROUT

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before I got it.)

[cat]

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It sometimes is the first that pops into my mind. And I only use it when I know that T ist part of the word. I try to stop overthinking and often use the first word I come up with.

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[Snarky]

Wordle 1,426 2/6*

⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

(Pure fluke)

[cat]

Congratulations!
I failed today. There are just too many ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩

[Snarky]

Oof! Yeah, I can see that. My random guess was definitely not the most likely or tactically sound.

[cat]

Ok, this is ridiculous

Wordle 1,438 2/6*

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[Babar]

Today's word...is not a word.

[Snarky]

It is

[heltenjon]

Today's word...is not a word.

It is

I got curious. Got it in five.

[cat]

Merriam Webster lists it as abbreviation

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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/admin

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So yeah, not a real word.

However, Oxford English Dictionary lists it as noun

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https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/admin?q=admin

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So, definitely a word. Since Wordle is originally British, it makes sense to include the word.

We already discussed that it is quite random what is accepted and what not.

Edit: I got it in 4

[Babar]

However, Oxford English Dictionary lists it as noun

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https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/admin?q=admin

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So, definitely a word. Since Wordle is originally British, it makes sense to include the word.

We already discussed that it is quite random what is accepted and what not.

But even the OED link you shared states it is an abbreviation 

I also got it in 4.

[Stupot]

If that is not a word, then I will pick up the phone tomorrow morning, book a plane ticket to Africa and let a rhino trample me.

Either that, or I'll just make more effort to increase my vocab.


All the above words have their own entry in the paper dictionary currently sitting in my lap. Why does everything always have to be one thing or another? Can't a word be BOTH an abbreviated form AND an acceptable word in its own right?

[Babar]

If that is not a word, then I will pick up the phone tomorrow morning, book a plane ticket to Africa and let a rhino trample me.

Either that, or I'll just make more effort to increase my vocab.


All the above words have their own entry in the paper dictionary currently sitting in my lap. Why does everything always have to be one thing or another? Can't a word be BOTH an abbreviated form AND an acceptable word in its own right?

I guess it comes down to generalised expectations of where and how far language has progressed. I guess I'm a little behind 'public opinion' (as defined by what the NYT Wordle decides is a valid word) in that I don't consider that (or vocab) to be a valid word, but would be fine with 'phone' (plane being a special case because it has another meaning anyway). Checking the dictionaries cat linked, MW specifies that 'fam' and 'dis' as slang, but OED does not (and even lists 'fams' as the plural of 'fam'). Again, I'd not consider those valid Wordle words either (even if they were 5 letters long).

[Snarky]

But even the OED link you shared states it is an abbreviation 

It states that it originated from an abbreviation, in the 1940s. So it's been a word for 80 years. Stupot made the point already, but a large number of words originate by abbreviation or clipping: bus, fridge, gym, memo, perk, flu, exam, taxi, deli, pub...

Dictionaries seem a little slow to catch on in this case: most do list it as a word, but often only list one or two senses (Wiktionary has six, but misses at least one).

[cat]

But even the OED link you shared states it is an abbreviation 

No, it lists it as noun and only states that it originated as abbreviation in the 1940s.

Edit: Snarky was quicker.