W O R D L E B E E S
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A little history with links by @Dez in Portland, OR
See also: https://rentry.co/wordle-meta-list
- Late spring / early summer 2022: @Stephanie started posting short hints to good Wordle starters like this one from June 20th:
- @Stephanie: https://nyti.ms/48yLXHU#permid=118896612
- By the end of June, I was replying to @Stephanie's Wordle posts along with some other Wordlers:
- @Stephanie, @Dez: https://nyti.ms/42Zjb23#permid=119065317
- Late July: we still weren't posting grids, but I had found the green square emoji:
- @Stephanie et al: https://nyti.ms/4bNcWCy#permid=119511277
- Bot-bashing: "blindingbot" (bot reverted to white background, not for the last time!)
- August 1, 2022:
- Bot-bashing: @Retired librarian "TricksyBot", @Dez: "Skippy"
- https://nyti.ms/49q9bkZ#permid=119602658 (and @Eric B posted, too)
- August 2, 2022:
- @God sense: https://nyti.ms/49Kj5h1#permid=119632672
- Posted grid emoji w/ several replies including @Eric B & @KP
- @Stephanie's thread still emoji-less, but with some bot-bashing:
- https://nyti.ms/3Id8rDJ#permid=119621334
- @Retired librarian: "SmugBot", @Dez "peasybot"
- @God sense: https://nyti.ms/49Kj5h1#permid=119632672
- August 3, 2022: Bot-bashing: "Prattlybot" https://nyti.ms/42W4OLR#permid=119645647
- August 4, 2022:
- @God sense: https://nyti.ms/4bRk3Kk#permid=119665607 (Bot-bashing: @RL "PotBot")
- @Spelling Marauder makes an early appearance above
- @Stephanie: https://nyti.ms/42Z6KU4#permid=119660901 (Bot-bashing: @Dez "nerdlebot")
- @God sense: https://nyti.ms/4bRk3Kk#permid=119665607 (Bot-bashing: @RL "PotBot")
- August 5, 2022:
- @Stephanie: https://nyti.ms/3uL2j2p#permid=119685405
- Wordle #412
BUGGY
Stephanie & @Eric B Xed out, @Art of the fudge mentions "tyranny of the green"
- Wordle #412
- Incidentally (nothing to do with Wordle) I posted about the size of the Letter Boxed game space:
- @Stephanie: https://nyti.ms/3uL2j2p#permid=119685405
- August 6, 2022:
- @Carol VanZoeren: https://nyti.ms/42OTxwV#permid=119714802
- August 7, 2022:
- @Dez: https://nyti.ms/48uKS41#permid=119718424 (Bot-bashing: "boobot")
- August 9, 2022: @Retired librarian makes the suggestion that we should use an anchor post
- https://nyti.ms/3OVWIgz#permid=119752198
- @Leapfinger makes an early appearance above
- @Dez: https://nyti.ms/3wuYBdO#permid=119753004 (Bot-bashing: "notabot", "nigglebot")
- https://nyti.ms/3OVWIgz#permid=119752198
- August 10, 2022: long thread for this period, at 24 replies!
- @Stephanie posted icons for her first time: https://nyti.ms/3Pcj8aB#permid=119771084
- @Beverly (NY) makes an early appearance above
- Bot-bashing: "Pitibot"
- @Stephanie posted icons for her first time: https://nyti.ms/3Pcj8aB#permid=119771084
- August 11, 2022: Wordle #418
GLEAN
- @Erlinda: https://nyti.ms/3dqlaXm#permid=119803137
- @C Roy noted an ANGEL or ANGLE yellow submarine: https://nyti.ms/3QFziKY#permid=119797952
- @C Roy posted it twice, on this thread I commented it was an interesting programming puzzle:
- @Stephanie: https://nyti.ms/3uLxVVw#permid=119793392 (Bot-bashing: "bobobot")
- August 12, 2022: Wordle #419
LABEL
: The last day of the early period where we mostly replied to @Stephanie's posts- @Stephanie: https://nyti.ms/3heEMQQ#permid=119819288
- We had some discussion about posting with a template like the Letter Boxed gang
- @Julia (California, now Bay Area) makes an early appearance
- Bot-bashing: "side-eyebot"
- August 13, 2022: Wordle #420
HUNKY
: The first day we used the WORDLE BEES heading / template that I modeled after the LB gang's.- @Dez: https://nyti.ms/3zWStJe#permid=119838457
- Plus a discussion thread kicked off by @C Roy: https://nyti.ms/3bW7Qda#permid=119837307
- Bot-bashing: "boringbot"
- August 14, 2022: Wordle #421
KHAKI
: The last day I tried to post the anchor post! Already too many cooks in the kitchen ;)- @Dez: https://nyti.ms/3ploPZr#permid=119848794
- @Retired Librarian: https://nyti.ms/3zYlh3Z#permid=119848807
- @MM (New Orleans) and @Liz (USA) make early appearances
- Bot-bashing: @Dez "easy riderbot", @RL "SmugBot"
- August 15, 2022:
- @Retired Librarian: https://nyti.ms/3zTYq9P#permid=119857222
- @MDNY and @Outside Observer make early appearances
- Bot-bashing: "notsobadbot", "neenerbot"
- @Retired Librarian: https://nyti.ms/3zTYq9P#permid=119857222
- August 16, 2022:
- @Eric B took over posting the anchor: https://nyti.ms/3bYn69i#permid=119879247 and we never looked back (until today! ;)
- @Oscar180 makes an early appearance
- Bot-bashing: @Dez "seerbot", @RL "BeatenBot"
September 16, 2022:
- @Eric B took over posting the anchor: https://nyti.ms/3bYn69i#permid=119879247 and we never looked back (until today! ;)
- the PARER Carnage https://nyti.ms/3R3fiBP#permid=120440172
-the BOt has changed to not knowing the answers and @Terry and @Art of the fudge wear the BeeWordle crown today. by beating the bot.