Eolus619 says: Morning..not trying to be “cute” ..but I think the 6 cut gets you to 6..all the best

JQT says: After my Guess One of "SNARE" bombed out completely, I felt as though either an "OI, OU, or OO" might be involved, and I liked the "OO" idea so much, I almost used "WOOLY" as Guess Two. But another way to implicate "OO" is to try to find or rule out "U and/or I" so I tried "TULIP" as Guess Two, and now I could eliminate suspicions of "OO" completely. For more Wordle analysis, see my own posting today (below).

Wendy242 says: Me too Gary

JQT says: Exploring today's Wordle Solution: Once the solution is known, it's a bit difficult to reset your state-of-mind back to that moment when you DIDN'T know the answer, but it's a good exercise to at least try to "walk the thought process backwards" to see how one arrived at a given idea. Guess One "SNARE" ruled out the two most common vowels "A and E" as well as three very common consonants, "S, N, and R." We want to use some form of "O, I, and/or U" in Guess Two, as we suspect there may be a double consonant or the duplicate use of a vowel, mainly "I or O." We could also at least begin to suspect the use of a RARE consonant, if only for the simple reason that we have ruled-out many of the common ones! Too bad "OLIVE" has the "E" ending, or it would be a good way to hunt down those vowels! And the early use of a "V" is a low-probability stab-in-the-dark, but it does plant the "V" idea in my head. "TULIP" covers the "U and I" very well, and if both strike out, I shall focus on "O" and possibly "Y" as vowels. I got a nice hit on both the "L and I" and even the location of the "I" and this reveals a lot more information than it initially appears. After quite a bit of thought, words that ended in "IL" such as BASIL did not seem correct, given all of those eight letters I was NOT able to use, namely "A, E, N, P, R, S, T, and U." Attempts to place a letter "L" in the middle of the word also didn't resonate, and it was the exact location of the letter "I" in "TULIP" that really began to 'anchor' me toward a possible solution! Putting the letter "L" first begs the question: What five-letter words begin with either "LO, LI, or LY"? Now we're getting somewhere! Both "LO and LY" came up empty, mainly because of the known location of that letter "I," which is the crucial piece to this puzzle today! And the moment I thought about starting off with "LI" the word "LIPID" popped out, but I cannot use the letter "P" ("TULIP" ruled that out already), and now, it's an easy stroll back in memory to that letter "V" in "OLIVE" that I chose NOT to use as Guess Two. Now I am ready to make Guess Three, and I am confident that even if it's wrong, it will lead me toward convergence. Had I guessed "OLIVE" as Guess Two, I think I would still have solved this on Guess Three, but I cannot be certain, and I might have inserted "LIPID" in there first. Remember: It's okay to guess Double Letters, or Letters in Known Wrong Positions, or Known Wrong Letters, as long as we are CONVERGING upon a solution! 🧪

JQT says: Thank you, Rosemarie44. I really miss the work RAS used to do, he was good at "keeping house," and I am trying to fill in. We still hope that RAS can return in some fashion, even if by relaying messages. NOTE: I removed the DUPLICATE puzzle from the May 26, 2025 slot, and inserted one of my own. The "hopper" is full only through early June, so it's a good time to post a puzzle or two! 🧩

Inushtuk1 says: Hi goatman. I'm afraid your argument doesn't hold water. Yes you start with 4 points, and JQT et al start with 2; but they hold two nickels in their hand so any X-Card cut gives them the same 6 points as you will have. This seems to make a strong case for the (7-K)

lonmower says: Sorry about the mess I created

JQT says: Sleep deprived one autumn night long, long ago, perhaps circa 2008, I was playing Hal Himself on an early incantation of eCribbage, and I accidentally sent a Deuce and a Trey into what I thought was MY Crib, but alas it was actually Hal's Crib. 😱 🍸 🥀