tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5450447381804871285..comments2024-03-28T08:35:30.881-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Old Toyota coupe / WED 1-26-22 / Sacred Indian plant also called the strangler fig / Minecraft block made from gunpowder and sandRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42949703059432544362022-03-02T17:17:06.595-05:002022-03-02T17:17:06.595-05:00You can get a pretty clever theme out of this ON P...You can get a pretty clever theme out of this ON PASSING YOUR EYE TEST, then recognizing the symmetrical eye chart. (Too late, I remembered the Toyota PASEO.)<br /><br /> Nice work and CONGRATULATIONS, M.S. <br /><br />leftcoasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1418414439554506082022-03-02T13:44:11.913-05:002022-03-02T13:44:11.913-05:00But what is the eye chart trying to tell us? Anyt...But what is the eye chart trying to tell us? Anything? Anyone...anyone?<br /><br />Oh...it's standard? Who knew? Now I can cheat on my eye test. Heh heh heh.<br /><br />Diana, Lady-in-Waiting for CrosswordsDiana, LIWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4670877824258289922022-03-02T11:43:48.037-05:002022-03-02T11:43:48.037-05:00PASSING ON CONGRATULATIONS?
The PROMQUEEN'S g...PASSING ON CONGRATULATIONS?<br /><br />The PROMQUEEN'S gown was RACY,<br />"It IS a NONO', she GOT warned.<br />"UP YOURs, IF YOUR ANTI-lacy,<br />then with NO dress ON I'm UNADORNED!"<br /><br />--- LIESL LENOBurma Shavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9824557061384323582022-03-02T10:19:24.933-05:002022-03-02T10:19:24.933-05:00You have to give the constructor credit. It couldn...You have to give the constructor credit. It couldnβt have been an easy task to make everything fit together in perfect symmetry. Was it worth it? Even though I didnβt LOVE it, I think CONGRATULATIONS are in order for pulling off the feat.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30756764658214239922022-03-02T10:17:37.686-05:002022-03-02T10:17:37.686-05:00Sometimmes @OFF can be a real Debbie Downer. I tho...Sometimmes @OFF can be a real Debbie Downer. I thought this puzzle extremely clever, with EVERY LETTER of the standard Snellen EYETEST perfectly in place, yet no drastic fill mishaps. With DOD ANNE and honorable mention Catherine ZETA-Jones, I'm gonna give this baby an eagle.spacecrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09125304293611865503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42431961211314248502022-03-02T10:13:45.012-05:002022-03-02T10:13:45.012-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.thefogmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870509029973778266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28060908272790091242022-01-27T12:13:56.509-05:002022-01-27T12:13:56.509-05:00Except for my total hangup at "remote", ...Except for my total hangup at "remote", this puzzle was fun to do. For once, I understood the puzzle's theme completely as soon as I saw the musical repeat signs in the Newspaper version. I know the word "rodomontade" is not Shakespearian, but I was taught, pretty early on, that the character of Parolles practiced this all the time <br />perhaps,especially, in his Virginity Monologue at the start of "As you like it."Canon Chasublenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-28707289222018106422022-01-27T12:10:14.227-05:002022-01-27T12:10:14.227-05:00Like Rex, I thought the NE corner was extremely ch...Like Rex, I thought the NE corner was extremely challenging. Unlike Rex, I totally enjoyed the solving experience.Tom Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16262014600982024352022-01-27T00:23:29.694-05:002022-01-27T00:23:29.694-05:00@TJS β Cut & Paste is the name of the game, ba...@TJS β Cut & Paste is the name of the game, baby. How else do you think I've been getting excellent Wordle results every day?<br /><br />Wordle 2,467,853 1/6<br />π©π©π©π©π© YAYME!<br /><br />Wordle 2,467,854 1/6<br />π©π©π©π©π© AGAIN!<br /><br />Wordle 2,467,855 1/6<br />π©π©π©π©π© WAHOO!<br /><br />Wordle 2,467,856 0/6<br />β for this one I just thought of a word and stared at my phone, and after five seconds the phone cracked apart and yellow and green and black and white confetti starting spewing out in every direction!<br />Joe Dipintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922691457886440325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47862554389053989822022-01-26T23:14:52.190-05:002022-01-26T23:14:52.190-05:00@Leslie - Thereβs no way to discuss without spoili...@Leslie - Thereβs no way to discuss without spoiling the puzzle so youβre going to have to wait until tomorrow. I had no problem with 35A beyond not immediately remembering that the answer was from Donne. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-79434384777501415602022-01-26T23:00:58.053-05:002022-01-26T23:00:58.053-05:00Thursday puzzle--if anyone sees this tonight--I do...Thursday puzzle--if anyone sees this tonight--I don't know what the protocol is--but there is a mistake in the NYT version in 35 across--drove me crazy. Checked with xwordinfo and now am relieved to find I am not crazy.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04342353790612815517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85893520843645640912022-01-26T22:58:19.625-05:002022-01-26T22:58:19.625-05:00@albatross shell - A friend says he always starts ...@albatross shell - A friend says he always starts with adieu. That certainly does a nice job of giving you a leg up on your vowels. Iβve gotten lucky with quota and query and waste. I think tomorrow Iβm going to try zebra first. Or maybe something from the puzzle. 15A and 61A in the Thursday puzzle both look like good first words. <br /><br />Speaking of, Itβs an @Lewis/Jeff Chen Collab tomorrow. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2215747762166208412022-01-26T22:43:48.831-05:002022-01-26T22:43:48.831-05:00Wobbly Wordler.
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See...Wobbly Wordler.<br />Today:<br />BBBBB<br />BBBBB<br />BBGBG<br />GGGGG<br />See no color needed.<br />No yellows today. A first for me. The correct answer was the only one I could think of that could be right. This has not always been the case. Usually it is not. It has been every time I hit 5 or 6 attempts. Getting it in one or two is all luck most of the time. Three has always been too if you count a lucky first or second word or your third word is not a unique. That is the only one that exists.<br /><br />If wordle words are selected more or less randomly then luck is a major factor. If not, you may eventually catch on to how common a word must be, how many or how often multiple double letters appear, etc. That may have some effect on strategy.<br /><br />Do they repeat words? If no: Fanatics keep a list and never guess a word that have used before except for specific reasons.<br /><br />Computer geeks. Set Big Blue or its recent equivalant to work. It could find the best way to fail least and the best way to average the lowest score.<br /><br />There are many word strategies to use. Hard to say the best over all or if there is only one best. My tactics have been to start with common consonants and common vowels. Try to to position vowels or consonants in the word next while eliminating other vowels and consonants. Then with only lesser used consonants left there shouldn't be too many guesses left. Of course using a minor consonant can speed you on your way if you choose the right one. I like to use at least two of a, i, e in my first word and a ough word on my second if no paydirt on the first word. If an an i hits on the first then I want an n or a g on the second. Probably it would take 50-100 times to test out any general strategy. Put in answers that eliminate the most answers if you hit nothing. Don't forget Y and watch for the double letters because of their strange double letter rules. My last wordle post except for the truly bizarre. <br /><br />Or just have fun. Put in some rando word and have fun working from there. Why not?<br />One day I put in QUITE. It worked OK. Or maybe replies to others.<br />Hey I've only played 10 games.albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40532863298293917902022-01-26T22:39:49.357-05:002022-01-26T22:39:49.357-05:00@joe d. Wow. I wish I knew how to do that. I woul...@joe d. Wow. I wish I knew how to do that. I would have been doing a version of that every day. TJShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11090324093687912886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-55278239141831766092022-01-26T21:03:10.580-05:002022-01-26T21:03:10.580-05:00Does anyone say EYE TEST? Isn't it EYE EXAM? ...Does anyone say EYE TEST? Isn't it EYE EXAM? Was that just me? SavKnightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58518796446736273192022-01-26T20:20:35.209-05:002022-01-26T20:20:35.209-05:00Very easy for a Weds. No stumbles. Didn't us...Very easy for a Weds. No stumbles. Didn't use/need the circled letters, not that it would have helped. Near record time for a Weds.<br /><br />A first for me, I had to use all 6 tries (average 3-4):<br />Wordle 221 6/6*<br /><br />β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬<br />β¬β¬β¬π©π©<br />β¬β¬β¬π©π©<br />β¬β¬π©π©π©<br />β¬β¬π©π©π©<br />π©π©π©π©π©Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23412579656831842032022-01-26T20:18:00.630-05:002022-01-26T20:18:00.630-05:00π©π©Hπ©Aπ©Tπ©Eπ©Dπ©π©
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I posted the first version and checked at about...@Z<br />I posted the first version and checked at about 1208 but when I refreshed at 1220. Your 1215 comment was there but I did not see my 1208 comment. I scrolled back up and down a couple times. I either missed it or it wasn't there. Either is difficult to believe. Posted my rewrite figuring my comment was moderated. Some minutes after that I found my first comment but not my second. I refreshed occasionally until 107 and my second comment nor any new comment had appeared. I was going to delete it when it showed but gave up to do other stuff. <br /><br />@anon<br />The point was a movie with a pilot who was cheating on an eye test. Loy was not a pilot. Gable was. Tracy worked on panes somehow.<br />I think some of Hawks' westerns are overrated. Not Red River. It is hard to over rate a director who made 2 of the greatest screwball comedies of all time, Scarface, To have and Have Not, and co-produced, co-wrote the screenplay and co-directed The Thing from Another World. Then there is your fave Only Angels and Come and Get It. His influence on many directors is fairly apparent. His range was mostly limited to comedies and action adventure dramas. <br /><br />The point was: is that the movie with the eye charts or not?albatross shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076278220407657633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10086134285878352512022-01-26T18:31:54.771-05:002022-01-26T18:31:54.771-05:00@Unknown 5:51
I liked it! CONGRATULATIONS to us!
...@Unknown 5:51<br />I liked it! CONGRATULATIONS to us! <br /><br />RooRooMonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103892151115549684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44531279236837491342022-01-26T17:51:46.565-05:002022-01-26T17:51:46.565-05:00Am I the only one who liked this puzzle?
I sussed ...Am I the only one who liked this puzzle?<br />I sussed out the theme very quickly, and I think rex missed the whole humor behind the joke: of course no one "passes" the test!<br />But I can tell there are some real sourpusses here lurking about this blog.<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410198809183164965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92221112499303623482022-01-26T16:18:51.291-05:002022-01-26T16:18:51.291-05:00Puzz did have a lot of dated answers, and def. eas...Puzz did have a lot of dated answers, and def. easy for Wednesday. <br />But mildly enjoyable, and I thought eye chart letters was kinda fun also.<br />π€ππ½π€<br />π¦π¦π¦sixtyni yoginihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09584627242347419624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25576930072890383092022-01-26T15:28:23.129-05:002022-01-26T15:28:23.129-05:00Have I commented about the puzzle? Easier than yes...Have I commented about the puzzle? Easier than yesterday. Not quite record time for a Wednesday tho.<br /><br />How about some CHAI LADEN URDU? <br /><br />The eye test thing didn't bother me, but I think it's weird to have all those circles that are not helping you solve, unless you have memorized the eye chart, but the puzzle was easy enough that I don't think that would add much...<br /><br />Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242868539621158336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-1619244260011922112022-01-26T15:24:08.152-05:002022-01-26T15:24:08.152-05:00@Z et al
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β¬β¬...@Z et al<br /><br />Me, too<br /><br />Wordle 221 4/6<br /><br />β¬β¬β¬π¨β¬<br />β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬<br />β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬<br />π©π©π©π©π©<br /><br />Now that's really process of elimination...Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242868539621158336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9311599633967988022022-01-26T14:59:21.785-05:002022-01-26T14:59:21.785-05:00Only one letter verified after 2 words. Two letter...Only one letter verified after 2 words. Two letters on the third try with one of those in the right spot. Still managed a bogie. Interesting little game. <br /><br />@Z. Love your sly humor.Wordlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-11958063105696135482022-01-26T14:43:39.657-05:002022-01-26T14:43:39.657-05:00I also had DRAGQUEENS, because Drag Queens do rule...I also had DRAGQUEENS, because Drag Queens do rule! On the dance floor and everywhere!Tim Careyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09018560788600122715noreply@blogger.com