Mammals of Wordle
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July 2024 GNU Theme choices
see invitation on June 26
https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/3vtnds
and on June 27 :
https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/3vuj55
And on June 28 https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/3vve1i
July 1 - BILBY - @Jennie (Perth) post on July 1
July 2 - SHREW - @Jenny (QLD) post on July 2
July 3 - QUOLL - @Shaun (London) post of July 3
July 4 - BISON - @MIke (VIrginia) post of July 4
July 5 - COYPU - @BerniceDog post of July 5
July 6 - ELAND - @Jn (Chicago) post of July 6
July 7 - COATI - @VMMP (Michigan) post of July 7
July 8 - KOALA - @Razhaa (Durham NC) post of July 8
July 9 - OTTER - @Doc (Damogran and other places ;-) ) post of July 9
July 10 - LORIS - @AK (Nekoosa, WI) post of July 10 Emoji art @Wixiban july 19m2025
July 11 - TAPIR - @Jay (Forest Hills, NY) post of July 11
July 12 - URIAL - @Dez (Portland, OR) post of July 12
July 13 - STOAT - @Lorna (Alberta) post of July 13
July 14 - GENET @Constable Dogberry (VIctoria, BC)post of July 14
July 15 - OKAPI - @Julia (Bay Area) post of July 15
July 16 - LEMUR - @Marion (SC) post of July 16
July 17 - CIVET - @Violet (Florida) post of July 17
July 18 - PANDA - @Kenny (New Jersey) post of July 18
July 19 - LLAMA - @JR (Melbourne) post of July 19
July 20 - WHALE - @Miss Sunshine (MN Lake Country) can play SPERM or PILOT( OR MINKE but see July 23) for additional fun post of July 20
July 21 - SLOTH - @VW (PNW) post of July 21
July 22 - MOOSE - @Heather (Sugar Land, TX) post of July 22
July 23 - MINKE - @Daphne (New York) post of July 23
July 24 - HYRAX- @SamplesDriscollpost of July 24
July 25- SABLE - @Zannman (Ohio) post of July 25
July 26 - INDRI - @Couchpumpkin (VA) post of July 26
July 27 - RHINO - @David Bell (UK) post of July 27
July 28 - CONEY - @Ginny (Michigan) post of July 28
July 29 - TAKIN - Owen Scott, III (Baton Rouge)post of July 29
July 30 - DEVIL - Pebbles (Bedrockj post of July 30
July 31 - HYENA - @KN (Bay Area, CA) post of July 31
Original List of Mammals of Wordle
selected by Jennie of Perth, Western Australia, with additions by Documentalista ` [Doc] and others.
Animals that have already been chosen as starters (see list below) are marked as adopted.
ADDAX(an antelope)ARIEL(an antelope)BEIRA(an antelope)BILBY(desert-dwelling marsupial) adoptedBISONadoptedBONGO(an antelope)CIVETadoptedCOATIadoptedCONEY[Doc] adoptedCOYPU(nutria, herbivovorous semi-aquatic mammal from South America) adoptedDAMAN(hyrax, Procavia syriaca, of Syria, Palestine, etc.: the coney of the Bible.)DEVILadoptedDHOLE(an endangered Asian wild dog) @KennyDIANA(an endangered monkey) [Doc]DINGOELAND(antelope) adoptedGENET(cat-like, civet) adoptedGORAL(small Asian goat/antelope)HUTIA[Doc] (rat-like mammals form the Caribbean islands)HYENAadoptedHYRAXadoptedINDRI(Lemur) adoptedKIANG,KYANG(Asian ass)KOALAadoptedKULAN(TransCaspian wild ass) [Doc]LEMURadoptedLLAMAadoptedLORISadoptedMINKEwhale adoptedMOOSEadoptedMOUSEBEACH(several species of Beach mice in the southern US are threatened or extinct) [Doc]NYALA(antelope)OKAPI(giraffe cousin) adoptedORIBI(antelope)OTARY[Doc] (archaic now rare word for a seal with external ears, such as a sea-lion)OTTERadoptedPANDAadoptedPOTTO(West African nocturnal monkey, not to be confused with the avianPOTOO)QUOLL(carnivorous marsupials) adoptedRHINOadoptedSABLEadoptedSAIGA(antelope)SAOLA(antelope)SEROW(Japanese goat-antelope)SHREWadoptedSKUNKSLOTHadoptedSPERM WHALESTOATadoptedTAKHI(Przewalski's horse) [Kenny (New Jersey)]TAKIN(Asian goat) adoptedTAPIRadoptedTIGERURIALadopted (Central and South Asian sheep, "vulnerable" status) [@BerniceDog @Dez]WHALE(PILOT) adoptedXERUS(African squirrel)ZEBRAadopted by WOrdle as a solution june 29 2024 GRrr,ZOKOR(mole)
Unadopted Mammals
ADDAX(an antelope)ARIEL(an antelope)BEIRA(an antelope)BONGO(an antelope)DAMAN(hyrax, Procavia syriaca, of Syria, Palestine, etc.: the coney of the Bible.)DHOLE(an endangered Asian wild dog) [@Kenny]DIANA(an endangered monkey) [Doc]DINGOGORAL(small Asian goat/antelope)HUTIA[Doc] (rat-like mammals form the Caribbean islands)KIANG,KYANG(Asian ass)KULAN(TransCaspian wild ass) [Doc]MOUSEBEACH(several species of Beach mice in the southern US are threatened or extinct) [Doc]NYALA(antelope)ORIBI(antelope)OTARY[Doc] (archaic now rare word for a seal with external ears, such as a sea-lion)POTTO(West African nocturnal monkey, not to be confused with the avianPOTOO)SAIGA(antelope)SAOLA(antelope)SEROW(Japanese goat-antelope)SKUNKSPERM WHALETAKHI(Przewalski's horse) [Kenny (New Jersey)]TIGERXERUS(African squirrel)ZEBRA*adopted by Wordle as a solution JUne 29 2024ZOKOR(mole)