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@dparlett.bsky.social

Enthuse over board games, card games, word games. Write books and articles. Quaker.

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Wordle 1,689 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜
🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

02.02.2026 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pity it's too late. I can count in Welsh!

01.02.2026 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,688 4/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

01.02.2026 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,687 3/6

🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

31.01.2026 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never seen this one before, but you can tell a Hopper at first glance.

29.01.2026 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,685 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

29.01.2026 07:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, they do that!

28.01.2026 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Been there, done that! (But not from the air, though.)

28.01.2026 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Native Welsh castle named one of the UK's top 'hidden gems' Ella Groves A popular UK travel guide has shared that a Welsh castle has been listed as one of the UK’s top β€˜hidden gems.’ Describing themselves as the β€œultimate guide,” UK Hidden Gems is a well-known...

A popular UK travel guide has shared that a Welsh castle has been listed as one of the UK's top 'hidden gems’

28.01.2026 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Wordle 1,684 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩No one could be more surprised!

28.01.2026 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,683 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

27.01.2026 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,681 3/6

🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

25.01.2026 07:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,681 3/6

🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩That's better! Lucky start, though

25.01.2026 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anything by Edward Hopper gets a 'like' from me.

24.01.2026 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,680 5/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

24.01.2026 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, it wasn't another 2, but thanks to some logic, I ended up solving the Wordle in 3; and that's not such a bad result! And how did you do? Wordle #1,680 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

24.01.2026 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 1

Wordle 1,679 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

23.01.2026 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,678 5/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Disappointing

22.01.2026 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Then we burst forth, we float,
In Time and Space O soul, prepared for them,
Equal, equipt at last, (O joy! O fruit of all!) them to fulfill O soul.
- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

21.01.2026 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is that the place that always smells of seaweed?

21.01.2026 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,677 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Also an improvement after yesterday's 5!

21.01.2026 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,676 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Same here.

20.01.2026 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,675 6/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

19.01.2026 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,674 4/6

⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜
🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Not a word I've ever encountered in real life. Wordle is getting to be like a pub quiz.

18.01.2026 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That rounded tower reminds me of somewhere more south than north...

17.01.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How did that publishing company get in there?

17.01.2026 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

'Retreat back'? Surely 'executed a tactical advance to the rear'?

17.01.2026 08:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,673 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜
🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩As my schoolfriend (in)famously wrote on the front of his Latin exercise book, 'Hardus workus but worthum whilum'. There are only so many combinations of a given set of letters.

17.01.2026 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Broke my streak.

16.01.2026 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,671 3/6

🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Three, too.

15.01.2026 08:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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