Brain Teasers / Workouts etc

Well done Ann :slight_smile:
Not such a good day on the puzzle front
Connections
Connections
Puzzle #727
:purple_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::blue_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

Should have been much better

Wordle
Wordle 1,449 3/6

:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Happy the winning run continues

Waffle - completed but no stars.

After a bad start i did eventually get the connections. They are definitely making up for the very easy ones the other day.

Connections
Puzzle #728
:yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

Wordle was ok again. Although did try a few non words before stumbling on the answer. Thankfully non words don’t count in number of trys.

Wordle 1,450 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Waffle was 4 stars today.

Have a great Sunday.

Well done for getting there in the end - that’s what’s matters. Rest is a bonus :slight_smile:

After a complete blank for a long time, I did get going and on Connections but then lost 2 lives before getting the second set. Still clueless I then lost another life on the next guess. I stopped and stared at the board and after a while, I just took a random stab and somehow got the blue connections without making the connection - now I know (Wikipedia Person profiles). With that done, I happily took the default set (the homophones) which I should have had to be fair.

Waffle was a 4* and Wordle, “Easy enough”

Connections
Puzzle #728
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::purple_square::purple_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::purple_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::purple_square::purple_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

Wordle 1,450 5/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Listening to the French Open Men’s Tennis final commentary on the Radio - it’s quite interesting having to visualise the shots.

Completed all puzzles. Connection was a Phew!, Worldle was a Splendid! and Waffle was a Superb!

Connections
Puzzle #729
:green_square::yellow_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

Wordle 1,451 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Well done. Seems like you had a successful puzzle day. I had a little hiccup but got the connections.

Connections
Puzzle #729
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

Wordle was ok although maybecould have done better. Waffle was4* so pleased with that.

Wordle 1,451 4/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Not good on wordle today. Too many choices & I didn’t get the right one. Better luck tomorrow maybe.

Wordle 1,452 X/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:

Connections i had a few hiccups but did get them in the end. Tough ones today.

Connections
Puzzle #730
:yellow_square::purple_square::yellow_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::blue_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::purple_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

Waffle was good. 3* today. I did deluxe waffle today too. 1* on that.

Enjoy your day.

Oh dear!
It had to happen - the winning run in Wordle has ended. Like you, I ended up having to choose between Tabby and Taffy and I chose the wrong one. It did not help that I only had one letter in place after the first two guesses :frowning:

Wordle 1,452 X/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:

Connections
Blew it - could have done better. Ditto Waffle. Completed, but no stars.
Connections
Puzzle #730
:yellow_square::yellow_square::purple_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::purple_square::purple_square:

I did the Deluxe Waffle yesterday and failed - I did complete it in 30 moves which it said was “Good work”. I have done other Deluxes and got a few stars.

Well done you!

So it seems we had the same trouble with wordle yesterday. Today though was a great success and did it in 2. Very happy with that.

Wordle 1,453 2/6

:yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Connections though wasn’t so good. I got 2 but didn’t get the rest. Not sure I’d have got them even knowing the answers :grin:

Connections
Puzzle #731
:blue_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::green_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::purple_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::blue_square::purple_square::purple_square:

Waffle was 3* for me today.

Enjoy your day.

Well done on the Wordle - very impressive.

You did better than me on the connections - I got bogged down on the amber group and failed!

Back to winning ways on Wordle, though not as good as yours.

Waffle - got a respectable 4* so I’ll take that overall.

Connections
Puzzle #731
:blue_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

Wordle 1,453 4/6

:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Have a lovely day :slight_smile:

Connections was ok today although took a bit of thinking about. I’m getting a little better at the ones where the connection is hidden in part words.

Connections
Puzzle #732
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

Wordle not quite as good as yesterday but then that would take some beating :grin: I got there though so happy with that.

Wordle 1,454 5/6

:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

And just tye 1* for Waffle today. A slip of the finger made a wrong move for me or it might have been 2* but solved so happy with that.

Enjoy your day.

Good work Ann!
Winning day all round for you.
Connections - clean sweep. I didn’t really get going and then got a lucky break after I saw your clue about connections hidden in part words, but still blew out.
Wordle was weird because I changed the settings turning on high contrast mode and I got confused between correct letters and wrong letters.

In the end I blew out - that’s two days in a row.
Made up for it on Waffle with a 5*

Wordle 1,454 X/6*

:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:

Connections
Puzzle #732
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::green_square::yellow_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

Until tomorrow!

Oh bad luck for yesterday. I didn’t realise you could change modes gor wordle. I’ll have to give it a try.

Connections was rubbish today. Just couldn’t get started. Did eventually luck my way to 2 but missed out on last 2. Just couldn’t see it today.

Connections
Puzzle #733
:blue_square::yellow_square::purple_square::green_square:
:blue_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::purple_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::purple_square::blue_square::blue_square:

Wordle I found tough too. Got it by virtue of the fact that didn’t really have many options left.

Wordle 1,455 5/6

:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

A 2* for Waffle today.

Hope you were more successful today.

Well done for keeping Wordle run going - connections wasn’t any good for me. Total washout

Connections
Puzzle #733
:purple_square::blue_square::green_square::purple_square:
:green_square::purple_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::purple_square::purple_square::green_square:
:green_square::purple_square::purple_square::green_square:

Wordle OK and Waffle 4*

Wordle 1,455 4/6*

:black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::green_square::green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::green_square::green_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

I must admit the word BILGE is not one I was familiar with but I tried it and it came up :slight_smile:

BILGE isn’t a common word for sure. Much better on wordle today. Got it in 3. A more recognisable word.

Wordle 1,456 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Connections was tough but I did eventually get them. A couple of lucky guesses when I thought I had a connection but only really knew 2 of them. It all counts though :grin:

Connections
Puzzle #734
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::blue_square::purple_square::green_square:
:green_square::blue_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:

Waffle was 2* again today. Should have been more but happy to have solved them all.

Enjoy your Saturday.

Wordle was a bit spooky today - got it in two :slight_smile:
Wordle 1,456 2/6*

:green_square::black_large_square::green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Connections - a struggle as always. Did get the orange group, but then ran out of ideas
Connections
Puzzle #734
:yellow_square::blue_square::purple_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::purple_square::green_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::purple_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::purple_square::blue_square::purple_square:

Waffle a nice 4*

Todays wordle I found tough but i got it after trying may different “non” words.

Wordle 1,457 4/6

:yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Connections were tough too. Took a lot of thinking about and a few wrobg moves but did eventually get them. Strangely the ones that are meant to be easier I got by default.

Connections
Puzzle #735
:purple_square::blue_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:

3* for waffle so happy with that.

Have a good Sunday.

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Well done Ann,

I can’t even get going on the connections so it is on pause right now, but successfully done the Wordle and Waffle (4 *)

Wordle 1,457 4/6*

:yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Happy to be back on the winning run for Wordle - annoyed that it got interrupted and worse had two consecutives, though one was because I fiddled with the settings and got confused. I’ll add the connections outcome if I get to finish it, else it’s a write off.

Hard luck on connections. They were tough ones.

I got them today. Had to think really hard about them but once I got the 1st one the others came a bit easier.

Connections
Puzzle #736
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

Wordle i got in 3 so happy with that.

Wordle 1,458 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Waffle was 2*. Could have been 3 as made a daft move but I’ll take it :grin:

Very well done again - you’re definitely on a roll.

Connections are stumping me and I need to reset.
Connections
Puzzle #736
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::purple_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::purple_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::purple_square::purple_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::green_square:

Wordle and Waffle are “easy enough” - I have a good methodology to tackle these.

Waffle 5* today and Wordle in 5 but comfortable nontheless

Wordle 1,458 5/6*

:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

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Shame about the connections but you are doing great in waffle & wordle.

Wordle was great for me this morning. Got it in 2.

Wordle 1,459 2/6

:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Connections wasn’t too bad. A little stumble but got back on track & solved them.

Connections
Puzzle #737
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:blue_square::yellow_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:purple_square::purple_square::purple_square::purple_square:

Waffle waa a bit trickiee for me but got 2*s in the end so all good today.

Hope your day goes well.