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

[CellarDweller]

🙂 Daily Quordle 1144
8️⃣3️⃣
7️⃣6️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ RATIO
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 PLUME
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 METAL
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ BEATS
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ STORK
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ SHORT
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ TEARY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ AMISS
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 RATIO
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ PLUME
⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ METAL
⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 BEATS
⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜ STORK
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHORT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ TEARY
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

[CellarDweller]

Connections got the better of me.


Connections
Puzzle #641
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟦🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟦🟪
🟪🟦🟪🟦
🟪🟪🟦🟪

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

[CellarDweller]

Strands #375
?What goes around comes around?
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵


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

[southendmd]

The blue category (words for which there is no rhyme) was flawed yesterday IMO. I worked at a citrus coop, so I was familiar with the claim that there is no rhyme for orange, but there are actually several perfectly good rhymes (syringe, hinge, impinge, sporange). And there are also good rhymes for silver and purple (circle, hurdle). Month seems to be the only word for which there are no good rhymes, surprisingly.

Of your examples, I'd only agree that "sporange" is a good rhyme.  The others only rhyme the second syllable.

But, there are regional differences in how the word is pronounced:
-some say "OR-ange"
-some say "AHR-ange"
-some even say it as one syllable "ORNJ" (however, my friend from Rochester, Minnesota says "ARNJ"!  Katy?? What do you hear?)

[southendmd]

For a little comic relief, here is a classic sketch by the "Two Ronnies": 

[Sason]

Nice twofer, Lee!

Wordle 1 363 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 OUIJA
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 TYRES
🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 SHADE
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 PHASE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHASE

[Sason]

Strands #375
?What goes around comes around?
🔵🔵💡🔵
💡🔵💡🔵
🟡

[Sason]

Connections
Puzzle #641
🟨🟦🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟪🟦🟪
🟪🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟪🟦🟦

 

[serious crayons]

-some even say it as one syllable "ORNJ" (however, my friend from Rochester, Minnesota says "ARNJ"!  Katy?? What do you hear?)

We say it with a long O. In fact, the Minnesota accent is best known for its extended, heavy handed O's, and maybe its hard R's, though they're not as hard as they are in Texas or Georgia. I don't think of myself as having an accent, but when I lived in New Orleans, some people thought I did, at least when saying O's. In fact, I myself have noticed people from the East Coast tend to say it more like "oeuw." Not in "orange," though. More like in "boat." Boeuwt.

I think I say "orange" pretty much like Eminem, although he does have a fairly pronounced Detroit accent.

And I agree with you about rhymes. They have to start with a different letter and match after that. "Door hinge" could work in a song, though, particularly a rap song (if they had some weird reason to mention a door hinge in the first place). They do that kind of thing a lot -- kind of slide through with close-enough rhymes.

[serious crayons]

Wordle 1,363 3/6

🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ SHIRT
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 CHOSE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHASE

WordleBot
Skill 99/99
Luck 68/99

Skill of 99?! Even though I took one more turn than Lee did, and we started with the same number of clues. I thought I would get marked down for not realizing they're less likely to use a past-tense word. I guess I've finally got bot on my side!



Connections
Puzzle #641
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

I liked today's purple! But yeah, the blue -- I barely know what Texas Hold 'Em even is (a card game, I assume, but that's all I know), let alone how those words are involved.