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ESDK
Oct 10, 2007


Oh man, this is like puzzle crack to me!

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ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

[Bracket City]
April 29, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 63
🎯 Minimum Required: 63

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

Ah, that´s the stuff...

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

Wordle 1.412 3/6

🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #690
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨

Strands #424
“I get around”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵

Is there really no "share" button for the mini-crossword on the website? Lame! Much like the clue for 5 down should have been "The mitochondria is its powerhouse".

[Bracket City]
May 1, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 👑 (Kingmaker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 0

Total Score: 100.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

Wordle 1.413 3/6

⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #691
🟩🟩🟦🟩
🟩🟩🟦🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Strands #425
“What a trill!”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
May 2, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 3

Total Score: 94.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

El Jeffe posted:

Wordle 1,413 3/6

🟩🟩🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩:catstare:
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩oh

monkeytennis posted:

Wordle 1,413 3/6*

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Get your mind out of the gutter!

Wordle 1.414 3/6

🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟨🟨🟩 So close...
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #692
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
Pretty difficult today! Pure guesswork for the blue category on my part.

[Bracket City]
May 3, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 2
👀 Peeks: 1

Total Score: 91.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

[Bracket City]
May 8, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 1

Total Score: 98.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Got the word with common misspellings right and then fat-fingered a three-letter word :eng99:

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

Wordle 1.422 6/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Well, I guess I´m not alone in kind of struggling with that one.

Strands #434
“Happy ...”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

Congratulations!
You solved The Mini in 50 seconds.

[Bracket City]
May 11, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 1

Total Score: 98.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

ishikabibble posted:

neat. I didn't know there was a special rank for getting a perfect on Bracket City.

And it makes every mistake sting that much more.

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

Wordle 1.425 X/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩
🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩

:dumb: But at Ieast I learnt that Wordle considers "Gobbo" a valid input :orks:

Connections
Puzzle #703
🟩🟪🟨🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩

It´s like they are trying to be misleading on purpose!

Strands #437
“Boogie woogie woogie”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
May 14, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 69
🎯 Minimum Required: 69

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Wordle 1.428 4/6

⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
🟨⬛⬛🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #706
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟩🟩🟦
On the plus side I learned about the existence of one of the 🟦´s.

Strands #440
“She's got game”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
I recognized precisely none of those.

[Bracket City]
May 17, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 96
🎯 Minimum Required: 96

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪
:boom:

ESDK fucked around with this message at 04:58 on May 17, 2025

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

Connections
Puzzle #709
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1.431 5/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜
⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜
🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #443
“Oh, of course!”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
May 20, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 65
🎯 Minimum Required: 65

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007


I've found if you just mess up the very first word it takes a lot of stress out of the experience!

[Bracket City]
May 21, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 👑 (Kingmaker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 0

Total Score: 100.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #710
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟩🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟦🟪
🟦🟪🟦🟦
🟦🟪🟦🟦

Once more I had no idea what one of the 🟦 means in this context.

Wordle 1.432 4/6

⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜
🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #444
“Three's a crowd”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Connections
Puzzle #711
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Wordle 1.433 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜
🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #445
“Keeping an eye on things”
💡🔵💡🔵
🔵🟡🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
May 22, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 72
🎯 Minimum Required: 72

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

It's nice when you can guess the clue (or in this case the "nickname" of a clue) from the next bracket(s) - but also absolute torture when you can see what the end result must be but not how to get there from the current bracket.

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

ZogrimAteMyHamster posted:

Yeah, being able to work it out almost-backwards really helps. And then there are times when you get the most jumbled load of poo poo about five loving brackets deep each time.

And speak of the devil:



I can tell the last two steps are going to be yin and nest to get to "Defenstration" - but no idea what they are looking for in the active part.

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

Eh, screw it:

[Bracket City]
May 23, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 👮 (Chief of Police)
❌ Wrong guesses: 1
👀 Peeks: 1
🛟 Answers Revealed: 1

Total Score: 78.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

Fiendish_Ghoul posted:

We should all be ashamed for probably being extremely white philistines for not getting purple anywhere but last and probably as a leftover, but it amuses me that Gay Butler Hooks Walker sounds like a tabloid headline about the romantic life of Chuck Norris

I feel like I´ve deftly defused that situation by also not recognizing the sports teams - that kind of cancels out, right?



Wordle 1.436 4/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟨🟨🟨⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #714
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Strands #448
“Get out the dust buster!”
💡🔵💡🔵
🟡🔵🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
May 25, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 1

Total Score: 98.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

Connections
Puzzle #715
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1.437 6/6

⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Annoying number of misses after a promising start.

Strands #449
“Body language”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
May 26, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 72
🎯 Minimum Required: 72

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

Also, pretty sobering historical incident that's referred in the solved puzzle:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Overpass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwbzxemJZIc

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

Wordle 1.438 2/6

🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
:boom:

treasure bear posted:

good luck today wordlers

Thank you, bear!

Strands #450
“A strange new world”
💡🔵💡🔵
🔵💡🔵🟡
🔵🔵

Connections
Puzzle #716
🟩🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨

[Bracket City]
May 27, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 2

Total Score: 96.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

Capisano posted:

Wordle 1,441 5/6

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

hard counter posted:

Wordle 1,441 5/6

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩


Mozi posted:

Wordle 1,441 6/6*

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Don´t be too hard on yourselves :smuggo:

Wordle 1.441 5/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩



Connections
Puzzle #719
🟨🟪🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Fell for the golf misdirect

Strands #453
“And here's the kicker ...”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
May 30, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 2

Total Score: 96.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Wordle 1.442 3/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛🟩
🟨⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #720
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Strands #454
“Next to the bobby pins”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
May 31, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 74
🎯 Minimum Required: 74

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 :mario:

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

hard counter posted:

Vulture Cinematrix No. 431: May 31, 2025

I got 8/9 Correct
Score: 2350

🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩

Play at:
https://vulture.com/vulturecinematrix

I´m terrible at these but I thought at least this time I know the actors!
Only to stumble about a) my sense of time ("Rush Hour" was before 2000???) and b) the rules - "Pain & Gain" didn´t count as "Two-word title"

Vulture Cinematrix No. 431: May 31, 2025

I got 5/9 Correct
Score: 1309

🟩🟩⬜
🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩

Play at:
https://vulture.com/vulturecinematrix

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

Thorgot posted:

Wordle 1,443 2/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

:golfclap:



Wordle 1.443 4/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #721
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟩🟩🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟩

Never heard of - ice - being used like that.

Strands #455
“All rise”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
June 1, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 1

Total Score: 98.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Jumped the gun on the second to last clue...

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

Slight improvements:

Vulture Cinematrix No. 432: Jun 1, 2025

I got 8/9 Correct
Score: 2160

🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩⬜

Play at:
https://vulture.com/vulturecinematrix

I'm a bit scandalized at the most popular result - if I'm reading that right - for "movie with de Niro and double letters in the title":

"Meet the Fockers"ahead of "Raging Bull"? Philistines!

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Wordle 1.444 5/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #722
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟪🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #456
“On the vine”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
June 2, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 1

Total Score: 98.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

"last month" :cripes:

Vulture Cinematrix No. 433: Jun 2, 2025

I got 6/9 Correct
Score: 1548

🟩🟩🟩
⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩

Play at:
https://vulture.com/vulturecinematrix

With apologies to Zoë Kravitz. And this time I´m very much in tune with the majority picks for the other two.

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Wordle 1.446 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #724
🟨🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟩🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Strands #458
“Monster quest”
💡🔵🔵💡
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵

[Bracket City]
June 4, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 61
🎯 Minimum Required: 61

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

Vulture Cinematrix No. 435: Jun 4, 2025

I got 8/9 Correct
Score: 2170

🟩⬜🟩 Picked the wrong Jane Austen movie - bet on "Pride and Prejudice" when she played in "Sense and Sensibility".
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩

Play at:
https://vulture.com/vulturecinematrix

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Wordle 1.447 4/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #725
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Strands #459
“Mary, Mary, quite ...”
🔵💡🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵💡
🔵

[Bracket City]
June 5, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 70
🎯 Minimum Required: 70

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

Vulture Cinematrix No. 436: Jun 5, 2025

I got 4/9 Correct :frogdunce:
Score: 1140

🟩🟩⬜
⬜🟩⬜
🟩⬜⬜

Play at:
https://vulture.com/vulturecinematrix

Did not recognize "Amanda Waller" and only remembered Rosamund Pike from one of the worse Bond movies.

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Wordle 1.448 5/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
🟩⬛🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #726
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Strands #460
“String's attached”
💡🔵💡🔵
💡🔵🟡🔵
🔵
Strangely, Yoyo on its own wasn´t accepted as input.

[Bracket City]
June 6, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 69
🎯 Minimum Required: 69

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

Vulture Cinematrix No. 437: Jun 6, 2025

I got 8/9 Correct
Score: 2274

🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩⬜ So close...but del Toro only wrote the script for "Battle of the Five Armies".
🟩🟩🟩

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ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Wordle 1.449 3/6

⬛🟨⬛🟩🟩
⬛🟨🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #727
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟪🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟪🟪🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪 I thought the connection here was something with .... soup. :frogdunce:
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Strands #461
“I am what I am”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
June 7, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 73
🎯 Minimum Required: 73

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

Vulture Cinematrix No. 438: Jun 7, 2025

I got 6/9 Correct
Score: 1669

⬜⬜⬜ I seem to be unable to differentiate Ana de Armas and Anya Taylor-Joy from each other.
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩

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IMJack posted:

Strands #461
“I am what I am”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
feeling called out. the only word in here that applies to me is "mortal"

I have it on good authority that we are all individuals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QereR0CViMY&t=30s

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Wordle 1.450 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #728
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #462
“On Broadway”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
June 8, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 👮 (Chief of Police)
❌ Wrong guesses: 2
👀 Peeks: 1
🛟 Answers Revealed: 1

Total Score: 76.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜

Vulture Cinematrix No. 439: Jun 8, 2025

I got 4/9 Correct
Score: 1128

🟩🟩🟩
⬜⬜⬜ I did not recognize "Silk Spectre".
🟩⬜⬜ Fittingly, "Old School" was too old for the category and I remembered the wrong war movie featuring ridges - "The Thin Red Line" when it was "Hacksaw Ridge".

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ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

I absolutely struck out on the mini today:



Wordle 1.451 5/6

⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛
⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 These near misses are always annoying!
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #729
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Slid!

Strands #463
“What you see isn't what you get”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

Expected "Camouflage" to be or be part of the spangram.

[Bracket City]
June 9, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 1 Correctly guessed a homophone but picked the actual word as input.

Total Score: 98.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Vulture Cinematrix No. 440: Jun 9, 2025

I got 8/9 Correct
Score: 2208

🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩 Wasted a guess because against all odds a recent movie wasn´t over 2 hours long (Thor: Love and Thunder)
⬜🟩🟩

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ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Wordle 1.452 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟨🟨🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #730
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨

-> my face at that one purple answer


Strands #464
“Mind your manners”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
June 10, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 1

Total Score: 98.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Vulture Cinematrix No. 441: Jun 10, 2025

I got 8/9 Correct
Score: 2298

🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩 Picked a too recent movie! :doh:

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ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Wordle 1.453 2/6

⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 :c00l:

Connections
Puzzle #731
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Strands #465
“If you build it ...”
💡🔵💡🔵
🟡🔵🔵🔵
:toughguy:

[Bracket City]
June 11, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 70
🎯 Minimum Required: 70

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

Vulture Cinematrix No. 442: Jun 11, 2025

I got 5/9 Correct
Score: 1388

⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩
⬜⬜🟩

I would just like to note that I believe Tony Scott is criminally underrated :colbert: So, if you think about it, either "Crimson Tide" or "Enemy of the State" should have counted.

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ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Wordle 1.454 5/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
:biglips:

Connections
Puzzle #732
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟦🟪🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Strands #466
“Gone fishing”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵

[Bracket City]
June 12, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 59
🎯 Minimum Required: 59

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

[raise both hands to eye level, clench them into fists, position them just below your eyes with knuckles upward, twist your fists upwards and downwards and say "___-hoo"] <- I actually didn´t get what they meant until I followed those instructions :dumb:

Vulture Cinematrix No. 443: Jun 12, 2025

I got 6/9 Correct
Score: 1685

🟩🟩🟩
⬜⬜⬜ Note to self: Rooney Mara is not Mara Wilson.
🟩🟩🟩

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ESDK
Oct 10, 2007


Strike one.

Connections
Puzzle #733
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟨🟨🟪
🟪🟦🟦🟦

Strike two.

Wordle 1.455 5/6

🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #467
“Scattering petals”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵

IMJack posted:

always kinda like it when repeat letters in a word means there are two or more valid shapes for a given word
Oh, does it? Neat!

[Bracket City]
June 13, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 2
👀 Peeks: 1

Total Score: 91.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜

Vulture Cinematrix No. 444: Jun 13, 2025

I got 9/9 Correct - FINALLY!
Score: 2532

🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩

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ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Wordle 1.456 3/6

⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #734
🟨🟪🟩🟦 I blame the rains down in old Africa.
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Strands #468
“It's a banner day”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵

And Bracket City continued the theme:

[Bracket City]
June 14, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 4

Total Score: 92.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜

https://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagfact.html

Buddy...

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

monkeytennis posted:

Wordle 1,456 3/6*

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I´ve been meaning to ask, what does the asterisk signify?

ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

IMJack posted:

I solved the 6/15/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 3:43!
ugh

I´ll spare anyone my time but I would like to note it´s bullshit how similar spam and scam are and that I have never heard of the word "agita".

Wordle 1.457 4/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #735
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Strands #469
“Here's to him!”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
June 15, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 81
🎯 Minimum Required: 81

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

I got 5/9 Correct
Score: 1415

🟩🟩⬜
🟩⬜🟩
🟩⬜⬜
Pretty surprised neither Gattaca, Lord of War nor Innerspace made 100+ million worldwide.

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ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Wordle 1.458 3/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #736
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩

:dudsmile:

Strands #470
“Key notes”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
June 16, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 0
👀 Peeks: 1

Total Score: 95.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Vulture Cinematrix No. 447: Jun 16, 2025

I got 8/9 Correct
Score: 2214

🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩⬜ Once more, my shameful lack of knowledge about the Bridget Jones movie series is my undoing.
🟩🟩🟩

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ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Wordle 1.459 4/6

⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Feeling kind of stupid for discarding my first choice because I figured "Surely it won´t start with the same letter as yesterday´s solution!".

Connections
Puzzle #737
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Strands #471
“Make it work”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
June 17, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 👑 (Kingmaker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 0

Total Score: 100.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Vulture Cinematrix No. 448: Jun 17, 2025

I got 5/9 Correct
Score: 1409

🟩🟩🟩
⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜

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ESDK
Oct 10, 2007

deoju posted:

Wordle 1.459 4/6

⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Pretty sure I peaked with this one.
:golfclap:



Wordle 1.460 X/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
Well, this game is stupid anyway! :mad:

Connections
Puzzle #738
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Strands #472
“Down time”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
June 18, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 91
🎯 Minimum Required: 91

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

Vulture Cinematrix No. 449: Jun 18, 2025

I got 7/9 Correct
Score: 2001

🟩🟩⬜ Really, no nomination for Calendar Girls? Stupid old BAFTA...
🟩🟩🟩 And I got the wrong movie about Turing at first.
🟩🟩⬜

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ESDK
Oct 10, 2007



Wordle 1.461 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #739
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟪🟪🟪
🟪🟦🟪🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Strands #473
“Life is a highway”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

[Bracket City]
June 19, 2025

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 1

Total Score: 98.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Vulture Cinematrix No. 450: Jun 19, 2025

I got 6/9 Correct
Score: 1703

🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜ I somehow completely forgot about Jurassic Park :dimetrodon:.

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