Today's Wordle ------- spoilers alert!

[serious crayons]

Wordle 1,255 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ SHIRT
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ DRAPE
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 GROWN
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ FOCAL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BROWN

I realized there were more possibilities than I had guesses left, so I did the Paul trick of eliminating some of them in an unrelated word.


Connections
Puzzle #533
🟨🟩🟦🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Agreed that the purple was too far out there.

[southendmd]

Paul's trick again!  After my usual CRANE and TOILS, I was left with ditch, hitch, pitch and witch.  So, I chose "WIDTH", guaranteed to get it!  Homage to "Wicked", perhaps??

Wordle 1,256 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜CRANE
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜TOILS
🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩WIDTH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩WITCH

For fun, watch this esp starting at 2:00:

[southendmd]

Connections
Puzzle #534
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

[Front-Ranger]

This is the first time I recall Wordle selecting a word that is in the news. Thanks for the clip, Paul. The composers really had their hands full finding words that rhyme with "WITCH"!!!

Wordle 1,256 3/6*

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜    BEARD
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩   COUCH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  WITCH

Connections
Puzzle #534
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

[CellarDweller]

Wordle 1,256 3/6

⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ RATIO
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ PLUME
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WITCH

[CellarDweller]

Connections
Puzzle #534
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪


https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections

[CellarDweller]

Strands #268
?Open-and-shut case?
💡🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵💡🔵
🔵


https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands

[serious crayons]

Paul's trick again!  After my usual CRANE and TOILS, I was left with ditch, hitch, pitch and witch.  So, I chose "WIDTH", guaranteed to get it!  Homage to "Wicked", perhaps??

Wordle 1,256 5/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 SHIRT
⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 FILTH
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 PITCH
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ WIDEN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WITCH

I used Paul's trick, too! In almost exactly the same way. My narrowing guess didn't include an H because I always forget about repeated letters, but I had not eliminated N yet so for me it also could have been NITCH. Also BITCH, I suppose, but that seemed unlikely.

I think they do now and then use words that are vaguely connected to current events. This one perhaps more directly than most. I can't think of any others, but I seem to recall seeing them. And of course while they were on strike, the union's temporary setup used exclusively words that related to LABOR, etc.

Wicked sounds pretty good!


Connections
Puzzle #534
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Looks like I'm not the only one who hasn't read "Eliose" for, uh, a few years.

[Sason]

Wordle 1 256 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ OUIJA
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ TYRES
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 HIGHT
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 BITCH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WITCH

[Sason]

Strands #268
?Open-and-shut case?
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵💡🔵🔵