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Wordle Postgame Report, December 20

GAMES OF SKILL AND CHANCE DEP'T.

Tom Scocca

21 Dec 2022 — 1 min read

Western Kings on Horseback, First third of 17th century. Found in the collection of the Suntory Museum of Art. Western Kings on Horseback, Momoyama period, early 17th century. This is a masterpiece of early Western-style painting. Once a treasured possession at Aizu Wakamatsu Castle (Tsuruga Castle), it forms a pair with a folding screen currently in the Kobe City Museum collection. Artist: Anonymous (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images) From Wikipedia: “‘King of Abyssinia’ (Sarsa Dengel) and other monarchs based off Portuguese descriptions to a Japanese Nanban painter, Momoyama period. (Once a treasured possession of the Aizu Wakamatsu Castle).”

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December 20, THIRD, 4/6

THOUGHT ABOUT THE shopping situation and decided to use PANIC, for a yellow I. More vowels, or more consonants? I went with a slate of the latter, and SIGHT—the I was yellow again, and so were the H and T. So unless this was a weird weird, the I would go in the middle, and the H and the T would be a TH, either in front of it or behind it. I couldn't come up with any workable -ITH words, so THI- it was...THIEF? Three green, then two gray. THICK was out. What did that leave? THIRD. With better luck, I could have had it a round earlier.

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