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

[CellarDweller]

Connections
Puzzle #1081
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https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections

[CellarDweller]

Strands #815
?Ketchup or mustard??
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https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands

[CellarDweller]

REUNION Classic May 27, 2026

I solved it in 2️⃣0️⃣ moves!
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/games/reunion

[CellarDweller]

Shuffalo, 8m 02s

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https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo

[southendmd]

Wordle 1,804 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜CRANE
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜TOILS
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩DIVOT

WordleBot
Skill 99/99
Luck 56/99

[southendmd]

Connections
Puzzle #1082
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Skill 88/99
Uniqueness 1 in 405

[southendmd]

Strands #816
?Talking scents?
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[serious crayons]

I know!  Sometimes, the obvious foursome works.  (Although, when I saw "village" and "township", I should have refrained from the obvious.)

Hey, you got the purple category!  Are you a Little Women fan?  It just never would have occurred to me.

Unfortunately, I guessed the purple category for a much dumber reason: I thought they could all be names of cats. Of course, a cat owner would be unlikely to name their pet MONOGAMY, but then I'd never heard of a board game named OTHELLO.

That said, I have visited Louisa May Alcott's home, and I assume you have, too, since it's right outside your city. (I was visiting an aunt in Boston.) It's fun to visit and marvel at how quickly LMA churned out Little Women and its sequels, sitting at a flip-down desk smaller than the one I had in second grade. Or the way the walls of the bedroom of the sister after whom Amy is modeled are covered with drawings.

I didn't learn, or at least didn't retain, much about her other writings. It's kind of poignant that she seemed to care more about them, only wrote the LW books at the behest of her publisher, but the other writings have fallen into obscurity. I also emerged thinking LMA was likely a lesbian. A friend of mine disputes that theory because the friend's name is Laurie Jo, which her mother gave her to signify that Laurie and Jo should have wound up together.

[serious crayons]

Wordle 1,804 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 SHIRT
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 LINED
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 DIGIT
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 DICOT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIVOT

WordleBot
Skill 74/99
Luck 49/99



Connections
Puzzle #1082
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[CellarDweller]

Unfortunately, I guessed the purple category for a much dumber reason: I thought they could all be names of cats. Of course, a cat owner would be unlikely to name their pet MONOGAMY, but then I'd never heard of a board game named OTHELLO.

I knew of Othello, but never played it. 

I can remember the silly commercials for it on tv.