BLIND
LANKY
NELLY
NEWLY


perfect - BYPG

sports - YxxxxPGB

4

CRANE
VENTS
PELON
NEWLY

GYBP

Sports: YPGB

Rough day
PARKA
YOUTH
LIMEY
FEELY
NEWLY

BYGP

6

Spoiler tags anybody?

maroon barchetta said:

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Spoiler tags anybody?

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why?

who in their right mind would check this thread BEFORE doing the daily puzzle?

Let's follow the logic. If somebody were to come to this thread before doing the puzzle - what would be the purpose? Because if everything was spoiler tagged then they would only see blocked content. Unless they hovered over it in which case they would see the spoiler. So there is no logical reason to even come to the page BEFORE doing the puzzle except to spoiler it for yourself. In which case the spoiler tags are useless - if you intend to spoil it anyway.

Ipso facto - the only reason to come to the page before doing the puzzle is to spoil it thus making spoiler tags useless.

In case you fat finger it trying to click on another thread

sure. ok. every single person having to put spoiler tags in case someone accidentally clicks a thread is what we call an overkill protection mechanism (like in cybersecurity or gaming or other SW/tech).

We've been using spoiler tags for years on this thread just as a precaution. You've been on here for less than 6 months and want to undo that? It's just few extra keystrokes. What's the big deal?

ausag said:

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We've been using spoiler tags for years on this thread just as a precaution. You've been on here for less than 6 months and want to undo that? It's just few extra keystrokes. What's the big deal?

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Yep

ABOVE
SHOOT
CLOWN
CLOCK

Perfect!
YGPB

Sports Edition - Solid!
xxYPGB

ausag said:

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We've been using spoiler tags for years on this thread just as a precaution. You've been on here for less than 6 months and want to undo that? It's just few extra keystrokes. What's the big deal?

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just sounds like a habit that was not thought through.


also interesting that on page one everyone was posting without spoiler tags until someone complained and then of course somebody said don't click the thread until after you've done the word first.

THAT seems logical to me. spoiler tags does not.

Also seems like if you ever did you'd learn pretty quick not to.

I think this was actually not great
NEWLY
CLOUD
CLOMP
CLOTH
CLOCK

xGYBP

i think most people probably don't actually look at the words people use anyway - they have their own method - and they just look at how many guesses. I know I don't really every hover over to see what they did. so i'll just put that instead.

Like on connections and sports it's just how many guesses and misses we don't put the detail of each combo guessed.




5

GPYB

sports - xYGBP

STONE
BROOM
CLOCK

Connections: Yxxxx

Strands: Perfect; Spangram 1st

Sports Edition: YxBxPG

4

4

CRANE
CLIPS
CLOUD
CLOCK

xGxYPB

Sports: YGPB

ABOVE
ODDLY
DODGY
DOWDY

Perfect!
YGBP

Sports Edition - Perfect!
BYGP

oof missed - first miss since EAGER May 2025 and prior to that was CORER April 2024

BLIND
DRAFT
DUMPY
DECOY
DOOZY
DODGY


xYPBG

sports - GYxxxPB

6

CRANE
MOIST
HOLLY
WOOZY
HOWDY
DOWDY

xxGxPYB

Sports: YGBP

Today's came out of left field. Definitely not common vernacular.

CLOCK
TOUGH
BORNE
MOSSY
DODDY
DOWDY
I was just guessing letters for the last two

YGBP

HOWDY
ROWDY
DOWDY

I need to get a word-of-the-day calendar with only five letter words and use that for my starters.

6

ABOVE
RAVEN
SAVER
CAVER
WAVER

Perfect!
YGBP

Sports Edition - Perfect!
YBGP

damn near missed again

BLIND
STORE
CHAMP
FUGGY - down to QJVWXYZ
WAVER

GYBP

sports - YBGP

we never called that a baseball pass in basketball did you? if anything it was a football pass. throwing a long pass to a guy down court is like hitting a receiver in stride. you don't do that in baseball. odd.

DOWDY
WHILE
WREST
WAFER
WAGER
WAVER

YGxBP

7

4

ABOVE
SPELT
CREEK
CREED

Perfect!
YGBP

Sports Edition - Great!
xYBGP

WAVER
SHRED
BREED
GREED
CREED

YGBP

BLIND
STORE
PARED
REWED - DUMB GUESS
GREED
CREED


YGPB - amazingly no misses never heard of that palindrome so it was last.

sports - YGxxBP

5

4

ABOVE
VOTER
COVER
LOVER
MOVER

Great!
GxPYB

Sports Edition - Great!
xGBPY