Friday Timewaster

disarm · Post by **disarm** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:17 am

Wordle 206 4/6

This one had me a little worried to start, then I feel like I got lucky...

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The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:26 am

Wordle 206 4/6

I felt confident between guesses 2 and 3 that I had the last letter correct, and then it was just a matter of closing it out.

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:53 am

Wordle 206 4/6

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:27 am

New page

https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/

Got lucky... it said impressive

Wordle 206 3/6

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stessier · Post by **stessier** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:45 am

Always better to be lucky than good.

Wordle 206 2/6

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El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:53 am

Wordle 206 3/6

Quickest yet.

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MHS · Post by **MHS** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:03 am

My quickest one so far:

Wordle 206 2/6

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:04 am

Wordle 206 3/6

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:50 am

My brain is getting worse.

Wordle 206 6/6

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:04 pm

Wordle 206 4/6

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:17 pm

Wordle 206 4/6

Started out pretty badly but improved quickly from there.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 2:27 pm

Wordle 206 4/6

Missing the 1st two was rough.

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:20 pm

That would give me a panic attack.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:59 pm

We aren't the only ones playing Wordle.

Wordle, a deceptively simple online word puzzle, has had a meteoric rise since its launch last autumn, from 90 daily players in November to 300,000 at the beginning of January, to 2 million last weekend. But, for its creator, the game’s rapid success has resulted in as much anxiety as excitement.

The game has become an unexpected grassroots hit for Josh Wardle, who developed it for his puzzle-loving partner. The pair played it for fun on their sofa, and other users slowly began to join them.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:46 am

Wordle 207 4/6*

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:33 am

Wordle 207 4/6

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msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:13 am

Close one today.

Wordle 207 6/6

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:16 am

Got letters placed in such a way that it was hard to get additional information, but luckily I guess in time.

Wordle 207 5/6

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:01 am

got distracted and made a bad 2nd guess. Then it was nothing but sad trombone after that as I was trying to work at the same time.

Wordle 207 X/6

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In some ways it's better to get misses early and a lot of them. After 6 guesses I had still not used half the alphabet at all.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:13 am

Ok, my first game….

‘Phew’

Wordle 207 6/6

MHS · Post by **MHS** » Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:39 am

Definitely a close one.

Wordle 207 6/6

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Archinerd · Post by **Archinerd** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 2:51 pm

Easy game. Just drag the card into where it fits on the timeline. Three wrong answers, and you lose!
Everything pulled from wikipedia.

https://wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com/

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:11 pm

Archinerd wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 2:51 pm Easy game. Just drag the card into where it fits on the timeline. Three wrong answers, and you lose!
Everything pulled from wikipedia.

https://wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com/

Got 12 on my first try. Interesting way to learn history.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:13 pm

Archinerd wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 2:51 pm Easy game. Just drag the card into where it fits on the timeline. Three wrong answers, and you lose!
Everything pulled from wikipedia.

https://wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com/

Work won't let me go there, but there is a card game along those lines that I have really enjoyed with my kids. Check out the Timeline/Cardline games, particularly the older, possibly out of print game, sadly. Cardline Animals and Cardline Dinosaurs are pretty awesome. The newer versions in the round tins, have a much smaller number of cards making it too easy to remember enough to have a distinct advantage or at least severely limit the replay value.

Archinerd · Post by **Archinerd** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:14 pm

I haven't gotten past 10 yet.
I seem to be pretty foggy on the order of things from about 1200-1700. Got a bad break on my last game too, I put a 1963 birthday after a 1964 event.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:27 pm

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:30 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:27 pm

Only 100 years off (+/-)

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:31 pm

Published 1884–1928 (first edition)
1989 (second edition)
Third edition in preparation[1]

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:33 pm

I never used the OED until 1989 so that must be correct.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 4:11 pm

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 4:44 pm

American firearms manufacturer, Colt's Manufacturing Company was founded in the year 69. Christians got an early start on gun ownership!

Chraolic · Post by **Chraolic** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:15 pm

My first try went pretty well.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:18 pm

And who knew that Puma started cranking out sneakers in the year 0?

Guess they wanted to get a head start on the Roman Colosseum market.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:21 pm

Jaymann wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 4:44 pm

American firearms manufacturer, Colt's Manufacturing Company was founded in the year 69. Christians got an early start on gun ownership!

That makes Jackson Browne 1,970 years old. Talk about running on empty.

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:22 pm

I can't get a streak above 9. I really don't know history trivia for shit

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Mon Feb 07, 2022 1:59 pm

https://typethealphabet.app/

See how fast you can type the alphabet.

6.938s is my current record.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:07 pm

I clocked in at a blistering 17.379 seconds.

Zenn7 · Post by **Zenn7** » Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:09 pm

stessier wrote: Mon Feb 07, 2022 1:59 pm https://typethealphabet.app/

See how fast you can type the alphabet.

6.938s is my current record.

6.003s after a couple warmups. Don't like my current keyboard so much. On a better keyboard, sure I could beat that.

Chraolic · Post by **Chraolic** » Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:17 pm

5.745 for me. It's more difficult than I first thought because touch typing seems to work against me around the whole IJKLMNOP area, so I actually find it easier to just use the index fingers.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Feb 07, 2022 4:52 pm

5.999 seconds. I used to be a decent typist, but these days I just feel clumsy.