I had to work a bit for this one, but I endured and like Doug I scored a respectable four for today's puzzle. LEARN ("A" out of position.) AUDIO ("A" and "I" in posiition. Very helpful.) ATTIC (No progress; "A"and "I" still in position.) AFFIX (Bingo! Maybe we can have an easier puzzle tomorrow?)
Since SHARE was used already, I chose CABIN (since I am cozy in my CABIN today). Then I moved the A so it was together with the I and played STAIR. No R so it couldn't be RAFFIA. That meant the A needed to be in front. So boom AFFIX in 3.
Well done, Doug. I think using the “x” as a placeholder is what led me to the answer. After “stare” and “doily “, with only an “A” and an “i”, I came up with “manic”. After that, the “A” had to be in the beginning or at the end. I tried every combination I could think of and finally saw the “X” in a different light. Yikes! So a “4” for me today. stAre- do”i”ly- man”i”c- AFFIX
I struggled today. Too much alcohol yesterday. Share, Candy, Gloat. At his point I still hade only one A out of position I could not see any words that fit so I threw out Axiom next So now an A in position and XI out of position. I followed up with Pixel, then my head cleared and saw Affix. Whew
I can't believe Doug actually got this in just over five minutes! I did my first three guesses, waited most of the day, and came back this evening. That was a tough one.
Super spooky episode from starting with yesterday's solve word which I was not aware was Doug's starter and then a massive leap on guess 4 to today's solve! I really struggled with this one - it took me ages but I got there eventually in a bogey 5. SNORE, FAITH, CIGAR (as totally out of word ideas and trying to place the i and a), MAFIA (still way off but at least I know the a is at the front now), after a lot of thought and letter juggling AFFIX. Hooray! - but a very tough one for me the way it played out.
Good solve Doug! A 4 for me too.... ORATE GAUDY CILIA AFFIX. My somewhat random words got me there within 5 minutes today. I've struggled this month to get there in less than 4, and I've had more 5s than I would have liked , but mostly 4s, luckily no 6s. Some have taken me a while to solve! And December has given my average a nasty knock.
I used my starting words only to get two yellow letters: A and I. I had to rack my brain to make sense of it with the unused letters, it took me a LONG time to find AFFIX.
I got this by process of elimination. I was down to 9 letters left. After 5 guesses, I only had the A and I in position. HOARD - JUICE - ANVIL - AWAIT - ASPIS - AFFIX
I started with BOXES (because I started with GIFTS the day before) and thought AXIAL then finally landed on AFFIX :D Very happy with the 3 as I'm not sure I would've got it if not for the yellow X in my earlier guess!
Same here, Doug. I ruled out lots of the consonants first.... Wordle 1,286 5/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ QUONK ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ CRWTH ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ PYGMY 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ IDEAL 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AFFIX As it turned out, Wordlebot gave me 50/50 between AFFIX & BASIS after my 4th guess. Fearless Friday (Dec.27th) starting word: LLAMA 🦙
Near disaster for me. Starting with FLANK I knew we had A and F. After guess#5 all I knew was AFxxx. I suspected vowel I since hadn't tried it. AFFAIR? Too many letters. I looked at AFxxx for a Long time finally misfiring brain cells got it - but almost gave up
I watched the first few seconds to get Doug's stater which was yesterday's solve, unusual but OK, then was met with this doozy. 🙃 good luck, you may need it. SHARE, AUDIO, ANVIL, ATTIC, AFFIX Starter for Fearless Friday 27Dec: LLAMA
STEAL, GRAIN, AVOID, AFFIX. The letter "a" has appeared in each Wordle solve December 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 (twice), 24, 25, 26. There has been a high frequency appearance of this letter for 8 days in a row according to my spreadsheet data.
I got today's Wordle in 5 guesses: AWARE AUDIO ANVIL STUMP AFFIX Not gonna lie, for today being the day after Christmas, today's Wordle was brutal. The letter F was key to figuring out the word, but it did take a lot of out of the box thinking. Lol. Have a great evening everyone!
Brilliant on #3 to jump to AFFIX. After those 2 guesses it's looking like A and I can't go together anywhere. Even suspecting A and I were separate, very few would jump to AFFIX. Good job😊
I spent a lot of time on this one -- about forty-five minutes -- because I sensed serious danger after my third guess. After STARE and DOILY, I had the A and I in yellow. That led me to try MANIC (maybe mania would have been better in hindsight). That placed the I and told me that the A was first or last. But I still only knew two of the five letters and I was already at the halfway mark. I needed to make serious progress and soon. There were about four thousand combinations of letters to try to work through, and after an exhaustive (so I thought) process, I determined that the word just had to be "fibia". Nothing else fit. Umm, that's not even a real word. Silly me. So I had to go through the combinations again and eventually discovered AFFIX. A par four which was anything but straightforward.
Wordle 1,286 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ LATER ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ SCION ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 PIZZA 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AFFIX I was hesitant to test uncommon and/or double letters with my 3rd (PIZZA) and 4th (AFFIX) guesses, but I struggled to find better alternatives. Current Streak = 1066
Nice solve today Doug!
It took me forever to get this. When you put affix in the fourth row I yelled, There’s no way he put that there!!!! 😂
Great solve Doug! That would've been crazy if you picked share one day earlier!
I had to work a bit for this one, but I endured and like Doug I scored a respectable four for today's puzzle.
LEARN ("A" out of position.)
AUDIO ("A" and "I" in posiition. Very helpful.)
ATTIC (No progress; "A"and "I" still in position.)
AFFIX (Bingo! Maybe we can have an easier puzzle tomorrow?)
Wow 🤩
Par for me as well! Stole, braid, panic, affix.
TABLE, AUDIT, AFFIX🎉🎉
Since SHARE was used already, I chose CABIN (since I am cozy in my CABIN today). Then I moved the A so it was together with the I and played STAIR. No R so it couldn't be RAFFIA. That meant the A needed to be in front. So boom AFFIX in 3.
Got it in 3!
SHARE AUDIO AFFIX
Took me 5. Started with arise, audio, attic, aphid, affix…
BACON, PEALS, TRIAD, TIBIA, MAXIM, AFFIX
Barely got it, was clueless until I lucked into the X with 'Maxim'.
So glad you got it. 👍🏻
AUDIO, ANTIC, AVAIL, AFFIX!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉
Well done, Doug. I think using the “x” as a placeholder is what led me to the answer. After “stare” and “doily “, with only an “A” and an “i”, I came up with “manic”. After that, the “A” had to be in the beginning or at the end. I tried every combination I could think of and finally saw the “X” in a different light. Yikes! So a “4” for me today.
stAre- do”i”ly- man”i”c- AFFIX
Once again we traveled the same exact path, including the word manic.
ROYAL, DANCE, STAMP, AFFIX. I really didn't want to do a double F, but I couldn't think of any thing else.
I struggled today. Too much alcohol yesterday.
Share, Candy, Gloat. At his point I still hade only one A out of position
I could not see any words that fit so I threw out Axiom next
So now an A in position and XI out of position. I followed up with Pixel, then my head cleared and saw Affix. Whew
I can't believe Doug actually got this in just over five minutes! I did my first three guesses, waited most of the day, and came back this evening. That was a tough one.
Super spooky episode from starting with yesterday's solve word which I was not aware was Doug's starter and then a massive leap on guess 4 to today's solve! I really struggled with this one - it took me ages but I got there eventually in a bogey 5. SNORE, FAITH, CIGAR (as totally out of word ideas and trying to place the i and a), MAFIA (still way off but at least I know the a is at the front now), after a lot of thought and letter juggling AFFIX. Hooray! - but a very tough one for me the way it played out.
Share was yesterday's word and today i got affix in 4 guesses
Good solve Doug! A 4 for me too.... ORATE GAUDY CILIA AFFIX.
My somewhat random words got me there within 5 minutes today. I've struggled this month to get there in less than 4, and I've had more 5s than I would have liked , but mostly 4s, luckily no 6s. Some have taken me a while to solve! And December has given my average a nasty knock.
Got yourself out of a fix today Doug.
Par 4 for me
TRADE NASAL AXIOM AFFIX
Share, Tacky, Would, Ninja, Amigo, Affix. Had my eyes closed on the last guess - nearly lost my 54 day streak.🙈
So glad you got it. 👍🏻
I used my starting words only to get two yellow letters: A and I.
I had to rack my brain to make sense of it with the unused letters, it took me a LONG time to find AFFIX.
I got this by process of elimination. I was down to 9 letters left. After 5 guesses, I only had the A and I in position.
HOARD - JUICE - ANVIL - AWAIT - ASPIS - AFFIX
@@Ron_Koenig So glad you got it. 👍🏻
Kind of proud of myself today: amble, astir, affix
A tough one today, with about a 12% fail rate. I scored a par when affix was the only word left: TRAIL, CANES, AVOID, AFFIX. My streak is at 1,051.
Oops, 10% fail rate.
if only English was my first language, failed today we go again tomorrow
Oh no. So sorry. Better luck tomorrow.
Hey DOUG, maybe the stars would ALIGN to get things in 1 guess if you used that as your starting word.
STARE LAUGH AVOID AFFIX
SHARE, PANDA, FOCAL, AFFIX
Took me six to get to the answer. SHARE, CAULK, AMITY, AVOID, AGAIN, AFFIX. Should have had it in five but had a brain fart with AGAIN.
So glad you got it. 👍🏻
Stare audio affix
I started with BOXES (because I started with GIFTS the day before) and thought AXIAL then finally landed on AFFIX :D Very happy with the 3 as I'm not sure I would've got it if not for the yellow X in my earlier guess!
Audio, anvil, attic, affix. Yes, I was running out of axxix pattern words to try. Doug's instincts were again very good with not much to work with.
3 today: Arise, Veldt, Affix
Same here, Doug. I ruled out lots of the consonants first....
Wordle 1,286 5/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ QUONK
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ CRWTH
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ PYGMY
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ IDEAL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AFFIX
As it turned out, Wordlebot gave me 50/50 between AFFIX & BASIS after my 4th guess.
Fearless Friday (Dec.27th) starting word: LLAMA 🦙
Got a 2 yesterday.. barely survived with a 6 today
BROAD
WAIST
IMAGE
PIZZA
ANVIL
AFFIX
You had no consonants after guess#5. Good job on #6 with no known consonants. I also barely got it on #6😮
You did it, and it was a tough one!
So glad you got it. “6’s” are scary. 👍🏻
Near disaster for me. Starting with FLANK I knew we had A and F. After guess#5 all I knew was AFxxx. I suspected vowel I since hadn't tried it. AFFAIR? Too many letters. I looked at AFxxx for a Long time finally misfiring brain cells got it - but almost gave up
So glad you got it. Scary “6’s”! 👍🏻
BUTCH - SHOOK - GRIND - MEALY - PIZZA - AFFIX
thought it was the answer from my favorite. But whew.... there it goes!
So glad you got it. 👍🏻
SHORT ADIEU ANVIL AFFIX
Streak 1061
ADIEU, SHORT, AFFIX.
ABOUT
AWARE
AGING
APHID
AFFIX
Missed the suggested starting word (yesterday’s solution).
RADIO TUNES BLACK MAFIA AFFIX
I watched the first few seconds to get Doug's stater which was yesterday's solve, unusual but OK, then was met with this doozy. 🙃 good luck, you may need it.
SHARE, AUDIO, ANVIL, ATTIC, AFFIX
Starter for Fearless Friday 27Dec: LLAMA
Abhor Adept Allay Avian Affix
Got it in 4 as well.
GRIFT FINAL AFFIX
Plays, baned, actor, affix.
STEAL, GRAIN, AVOID, AFFIX. The letter "a" has appeared in each Wordle solve December 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 (twice), 24, 25, 26. There has been a high frequency appearance of this letter for 8 days in a row according to my spreadsheet data.
I agree about the prevalence of a's lately. S seems to be turning up quite often too. No stats to back that up just an observation...
@@jeanblemings5352 Since December 19 I think the letter "s" popped up approximately 5 times but not every day. Thanks for your thoughts.
ADIEU, AVAIL, AFFIX
6/6
That was a tough one for me 😢
So glad you got it. 👍🏻
Audio would have been a good second guess for you Doug!!!
I got today's Wordle in 5 guesses:
AWARE
AUDIO
ANVIL
STUMP
AFFIX
Not gonna lie, for today being the day after Christmas, today's Wordle was brutal. The letter F was key to figuring out the word, but it did take a lot of out of the box thinking. Lol.
Have a great evening everyone!
CLIMB, AUDIO, AERIE, AFFIX
TRACE, AUDIO, ANVIL, solution
struck out! :(
@@RG-gn4li Oh no! So sorry. Better luck tomorrow. That was a tricky one.
😢
Doubt, aisle, crimp, affix.
CAIRN, PLAID, AFFIX
Brilliant on #3 to jump to AFFIX. After those 2 guesses it's looking like A and I can't go together anywhere. Even suspecting A and I were separate, very few would jump to AFFIX. Good job😊
I spent a lot of time on this one -- about forty-five minutes -- because I sensed serious danger after my third guess. After STARE and DOILY, I had the A and I in yellow. That led me to try MANIC (maybe mania would have been better in hindsight). That placed the I and told me that the A was first or last. But I still only knew two of the five letters and I was already at the halfway mark. I needed to make serious progress and soon. There were about four thousand combinations of letters to try to work through, and after an exhaustive (so I thought) process, I determined that the word just had to be "fibia". Nothing else fit. Umm, that's not even a real word. Silly me. So I had to go through the combinations again and eventually discovered AFFIX. A par four which was anything but straightforward.
Do tails please
did doug purposely not announce the starting word for today since it was yesterday's solve or was it a coincidence?
this was the WORST one ever
CREST > DOING > WILLY > PUPIL > AFFIX c:
Got it but it took 6.
So glad you got it. 👍🏻
@Spades1288 did you get Share in first row on Christmas?
Wordle 1,286 5/6
🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Proud Flies Jiffy Affix
10% failure rate today
Source?
@@samuelj2475 WordleBot - 89.8% of players got it in 6 goes or fewer.
A 4 for me today.
STARE>MONAL>PADDY>AFFIX.
Wordle 1,286 4/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ MAPLE
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 SCARE
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ AFOUL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AFFIX
I got lucky on this one.
I suspect that your 2nd guess was actually SCARF.
@@stella_blue actually it was scarf, good eye Stella.
Share - Audio - Antic - Affix. Happy to get a difficult word in four.
share, paint, alibi, acrid, affix
Wordle 1,286 4/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ LATER
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ SCION
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 PIZZA
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AFFIX
I was hesitant to test uncommon and/or double letters with my 3rd (PIZZA) and 4th (AFFIX) guesses, but I struggled to find better alternatives.
Current Streak = 1066
STARE - WAGON - PILAU - ACIDY - AFFIX
tough tough word today.
Wordle 1,286 5/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ steak
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ranch
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜aloud
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ gumbo
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 affix
Scoredle 3/6
14,855
⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ SATIN (84)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ROULE (7)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AFFIX
AFFIX and APHID came to me and I got the right one.
ARISE -> ADMIT -> AFFIX 🎉
ALONE - AMISS - ADRIP - ATTIC - AFFIX. That was a tough one for me.
Wow, two fearless fridays this week. Yikes.
share-mango-friar-affix was my chain today.