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

[Front-Ranger]

Yes, I shuffle quite a bit.

Wordle 867 4/6*

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜     STUDY
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜     DRIVE
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨    CROWD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  ARDOR

Connections
Puzzle #145
🟨🟨🟦🟨
🟨🟨🟦🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

[serious crayons]

Wordle 867 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜SHIRT
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜DANCE
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜BUMPY
🟨🟨🟩⬜🟩RADAR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩ARDOR

Connections
Puzzle #145
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟦🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

I wildly guessed on the purple, and the blue was leftovers. I should have gotten that one -- I was in a conversation just today about people who write, like, "R U going?" (I find it irritating coming from anyone but Prince, who was doing it in the '80s.)

[serious crayons]

Challenging today!  Here's a suggestion:  the editors admit that they order the words to deceive us.  So, the first thing I do is to "shuffle" the words, to avoid their initial deception.  Try it!

Good idea! I also hate days where all the words seem the same.

[Sason]

Wordle 867 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 OUIJA
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ POACH
⬜🟩🟨🟨🟨 BROAD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARDOR

[Sason]

Connections
Puzzle #145
🟦🟪🟩🟨
🟩🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟦🟪
🟪🟦🟪🟪

 

[Sason]

Challenging today!  Here's a suggestion:  the editors admit that they order the words to deceive us.  So, the first thing I do is to "shuffle" the words, to avoid their initial deception.  Try it!

How do you shuffle them, and how can the order of the words be deceptive?

[CellarDweller]

Wordle 867 5/6

🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 RATIO
⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ GROAN
🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ORALS
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ARBOR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARDOR

[CellarDweller]

Daily Quordle 648
7️⃣3️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ RATIO
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 PLUME
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIPER
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ SLUNG
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ SNAIL
🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ BLUFF
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ BUGGY
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ RATIO
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ PLUME
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ RIPER
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ SLUNG
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNAIL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ BLUFF
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

[CellarDweller]

Connections
Puzzle #145
🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

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

[Front-Ranger]

How do you shuffle them, and how can the order of the words be deceptive?

There's a button next to the "deselect all" button for shuffling. The order of the words can be deceptive when, say, they put Apple next to Dell or Intel when there's no category for computer companies at all.