@NYTGuildTech@union.place Is the strike over? Is it time to begin new streaks? If there’s still a picket line, we aren’t going to cross it.

From this Mastodon post and its replies, the NYT Tech Guild says we can go back to playing Wordle. I’ll start a new streak with this puzzle after midnight.

Edit: I played the puzzle and we’re back in business. 1 streak.

#Wordle1242 4/6* Grade: A

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ C+ (78)
⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ A+ (2)
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+ (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#20rsJwspYATQFeAq0eDg1

#Wordle1241 3/6* Grade: B+

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ F (1,331)
⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 A- (8)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#SNEehhIxUjDOBSym

I accidentally had the wrong starting word in my head today and made the game difficult to play, especially on gradle.app . Scoredle’s bot fails today’s puzzle!

#Wordle1240 3/6* Grade: A

⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 D+ (197)
⬛🟨🟩🟩🟩 A+ (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#SNE2zxcMJERg48I9

I’ll admit, using gradle.app to play the puzzle is kind of cheating. After two guesses, I could see the was only one possibility left, so I just played the first thing that came to mind. At least I’m not crossing the picket line.

#Wordle1239 5/6* Grade: C+

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 F (470)
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ F (110)
🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛ B- (8)
🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 B+ (2)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#4yAoIt6Nj7BfNf6pD80KX8GgP

Still playing this through gradle.app only. For those of you skipping Wordle entirely, you’re not missing much. This is almost identical to puzzle #1201. I was hoping Strikle would give us a new puzzle, but no luck there either.

#Wordle1238 4/6* Grade: B-

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 D- (416)
⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨 B (10)
🟨⬛🟨🟨🟨 F (6)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#20rr19VdjCHNi7Jb0HnBu

Still played exclusively through gradle.app until I find a better non-NYT alternative. Strikle’s puzzle is unchanged from yesterday.

#Wordle1237 3/6* Grade: A-

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 D- (360)
⬛🟨🟩⬛🟩 A- (6)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#SNDtrvODlQHpX6YX

I support the NYT Tech Guild in their strike and only played this puzzle within gradle.app. The NYT Tech Guild built their own version of Wordle that doesn’t cross the pocket line. We should switch to that one while the strike is going on. Here’s that puzzle! ✌️

#Wordle 2/6* Grade: A

🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ C+ (74)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#1mhpl0GI5r

#Wordle1236 4/6* Grade: A-

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ F (629)
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨 A (4)
🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ A+ (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#20rq9YEBRxhk9wYmILye4

In solidarity with the NYT Tech Guild, I’m not playing NYT’s version of Wordle today, breaking a 118 streak. This was played exclusively on gradle.app . We tried being nice, and it failed.

#Wordle1235 3/6* Grade: A-

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 D+ (221)
🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛ C+ (12)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#SND61uTaSPMxcNur

I didn’t notice the strike or figure out my only reasonable third guess very quickly. Too busy voting against fascism.

#Wordle1234 2/6* Grade: A+

🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ A (6)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#o8d2lfqjsI0b

Critical hit!! I know 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ doesn’t look like much, but it only left one reasonable play. ✌️

#Wordle1233 6/6* Grade: C+

🟨🟨⬛⬛🟩 B- (59)
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 F (14)
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 F (8)
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 B+ (2)
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 A+ (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#alHuMg3rJHtRdxUgElfARaCGbCAjW

I was so afraid of trapping myself that I deviated from my plan. Don’t do what I did. I got trapped anyway.

#Wordle1232 3/6* Grade: A-

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ F (461)
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ B (11)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#SNCwTtv2OkYi5J6L

I got stuck and had to come back to this puzzle hours later before I could think of a legal third guess.

#Wordle1231 3/6* Grade: B+

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ F (1,860)
🟩🟨🟨⬛🟨 A+ (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#SNClbt2kvrtB44zd

#Wordle1230 3/6* Grade: B+

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 F (1,674)
⬛🟨🟩🟨🟩 A+ (2)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#SNC9tszBYNV5mAEz

This word defies a well-known but over-simplified English spelling rule. The actual real rule is more complicated than that. Here’s a classic film explaining it.

#Wordle1229 3/6* Grade: A-

🟨🟩⬛⬛🟨 B- (57)
⬛🟩🟨🟩⬛ D (11)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#SNBXLs6SvOAkkTvd

Whew! That could have been a lot worse.

#Wordle1228 3/6* Grade: A+

⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ B+ (29)
🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 A+ (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#SNBM3rEauqjpW3cK

A+!

That giveaway is still going, 4 years later, in case anybody missed it. Of course, I like NiGHTS!

#Wordle1227 5/6* Grade: D+

⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ F (899)
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ F (242)
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ B- (10)
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 F (5)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#4yAd1S3tsDc9KYTnNREWQO06k

What the heck? I was really grasping for letters with this one. I don’t know this word, but it was always going to be a puzzle solution someday.

#Wordle1226 3/6* Grade: A-

⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ C- (174)
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 B- (9)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#SNBoDqIICzI3wvva

I get it, my strategy is busted and I trap myself a lot. I’ll fix it later.

#Wordle1225 5/6* Grade: B-

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 D- (416)
⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ B+ (8)
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 C- (3)
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 D- (2)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#4yAb56xV9ttAkCdQ5KOK9ZQQW

Scoredle’s bot fails this puzzle and now I’m questioning how safe my own strategy is.

#Wordle1224 6/6* Grade: C+

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ F (461)
⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ B+ (7)
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 D+ (3)
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 D- (2)
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+ (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#alHaSbrNWygtVnK54yXvzz5D7Zjxr

mfw I trap myself yet again