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Wordle Postgame Report, November 17

GAMES OF SKILL AND CHANCE DEP'T.

Tom Scocca

18 Nov 2022 — 1 min read

Pre-Columbian Art. Maya. Archaeological Site of Copán. Altar Q. West side. It was created during the rule of King Yax Pac in 776. THERE are depicted sixteen leaders of Copán, shown with a full body portrait, four on each side of the monument. Each ruler is seated on a glyph that represents their name. This scene depicts to Yax Pasah, the last ruler of Copán, receiving the torch from the founder of the dynasty, Yax Kuk Mo. Honduras. (Photo by: PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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November 17, THERE, 4/6

GRAVY SEASON IS at hand, and starting with STOCK got a yellow T. Add some new consonants and vowels, nice common ones, for TREAD. Green T, yellow R, green E—the front of the word had to be THE-, but where did the R go? One spot from the end, for THERE, or all the way at the end, for THEIR? THEIR seemed more perverse; had Wordle ever landed on a possessive pronoun before? I couldn't resist trying it. Nope. Gray I, yellow R. Not in that place, but in the other place.

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