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Friday Fun Thread for December 30, 2022

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Tuesday 1/3 Wordle

Remaining word count by Scoredle, which graded it as par 3.

Chain Wordle: I missed par today and got it on the sixth and final guess, playing yesterday's solution as my first guess:

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 (227)

🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ TIMED (37)

🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ITCHY (12) - vocab below

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ COULD (3)

⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ PATCH (2)

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ANTIC

Words I recognized and knew: optic, antic

Words I could have recognized:

actin - one of the most important proteins in animal cells

ontic - from the Greek ὄν, genitive ὄντος (ontos): "of that which is": physical, real, or factual existence; root of name of the branch of philosophy I love most, ontology

octic - of the eighth degree or order, as quadratic is of the fourth degree and septic is of the seventh

lotic - inhabiting or situated in rapidly moving fresh water

vatic - prophetic, from Latin vates (β€œseer, poet”)

cutin - one of two waxy polymers (along with cutan) which comprise waterproof plant cuticle, which covers all aerial surfaces of plants

octli - pulque or octli, is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant

coati - also known as coatimundis, South American members of the raccoon family

canti - plural of canto ("song"), cognate of "chant"; also the highest voice part in a given piece of choral polyphonic music

culti - British English, plural of cultus, "cult"

Wednesday 1/4 Wordle

Remaining word count by Scoredle, which graded it as par 3.

Chain Wordle: I missed par today by one, playing yesterday's solution as my first guess:

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ (2,192)

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ WOMBS (484)

⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 FLARE (17)

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LAYER

Thursday 1/5 Wordle

Remaining word count by Scoredle, which graded it as par 3.

Chain Wordle: I missed par today by two, playing yesterday's solution as my first guess:

🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ (200)

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ WOUND (73)

⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 PLIES (2)

🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ SLEET (1)

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLEEK

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