Whether or not NYT keeps Wordle free, I suggest a cultural byway version the Afterwordle.
!, Use ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ to offer a puzzle in a comment (5 is a suggestion – your choice of AW-appropriate texts – nouns, names, acronyms)
2. Offer answers in replies to comment
3. Mark replies in ‘replies to replies’
(Edit – cannot get green or yellow boxes to appear. I suggest green=G, yellow=Y, Blank=⬜)
Let’s see if this runs or fades…
salwarpe says
Afterwordle 1 -/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
salwarpe says
Got it working – I think
Green=🟩 (or 🟦 for Leedsboy)
Yellow=🟨 (or 🟧 for Leedsboy)
Blank=⬜
Sorry about the technical difficulties
mikethep says
FORUM
salwarpe says
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
mikethep says
FARCE
Bingo Little says
Bit harsh.
salwarpe says
Harsh but fair, Bingo. I reckoned without the early risers when beta-testing this farrago.
H.P. Saucecraft says
PARSE
salwarpe says
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟦⬜🟧 (for Leedsboy)
H.P. Saucecraft says
I for one find Leedsboy’s special treatment to be patronising and frankly just a little disturbing.
salwarpe says
You are probably right. He had explained that he has different setting because of colour blindness and I was trying to be inclusive. Maybe that was a misjudgment.
Leedsboy says
I appreciate the sentiment and I don’t find it patronising at all.
H.P. Saucecraft says
I don’t know what to say. I was “trying to be funny” and once again find myself causing hurt. I have many colourblind people as friends – at least they dress that way – and understand the very real challenges they face. My apologies. It is a measure of my chronic disconnectedness that I found both your replies amusing, thinking you were “in on the joke” – until the awful realisation dawned that I had created a feeling of awkwardness. Perhaps your tolerance for those with perception difficulties might be extended towards those who “think they’re funny”? It is a terrible burden in life.
Bingo Little says
Enough is enough. I would like to demand that all my previous posts are removed from the Afterword forthwith.
I am doing this because the Afterword is spreading whimsy about colour-blindness – potentially causing Wordle defeat to those who take seriously the light comedy being spread by them.
Please act on this immediately today and keep me informed of the time schedule. I want you to let the Afterword know immediately TODAY that I want all my posts off their platform.
They can have Saucecraft or Little. Not both.
H.P. Saucecraft says
Bingo Little it is. His wisdom is equalled only by his beauty; his wit by the length of his manhood, and his natural authority by his collection of acid house mixes. The Afterword without his patrician judgement, at once critically impeccable and leavened with good humour, would be a pestilential midden of capering merryandrews. I concede – the best man has won, the people have spoken. Even if he knows basically shit about music.
Bingo Little says
I’m afraid I really don’t know shit about music, but I appreciate the sentiment nonetheless 😘
Leedsboy says
Actually, the idea of a little Saucecraft is appealing. He is the Lea&P, the Marmite, the very Tabasco of the Afterword after all.
As opposed to a little Saucecraft – imagine that mind before puberty.
H.P. Saucecraft says
Happy to be Marmite.
Chiz is Lemon Curd.
H.P. Saucecraft says
Gary is Gentleman’s Relish.
Leedsboy says
The risk is always ‘trying’ to be funny. One shouldn’t force it – it can lead to haemorrhoids.
fentonsteve says
My father-in-law, son and colleague are colourblind.
We always double-check my colleague’s wiring
gather round to watch the sparks and flamesbefore he powers anything up.salwarpe says
Those are three different people, right?
You can never be too careful in these days of ‘my chosen pronouns are’.
fentonsteve says
Yes – I live in Cambridge, not Norfolk.
salwarpe says
LOL
Leedsboy says
BRINE
salwarpe says
I got off to a bad start because when I posted, half the guidelines didn’t show, so i had to frantically re-edit. As a result the answers to Afterwordle 1 -/6 are all over the place. I’ll gather all the answers above and hope further responses to that one are put as replies to this comment.
Thanks for your forbearance
Afterwordle 1 -/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
FORUM (mikethep)
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
PARSE (H.P. Saucecraft)
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨
FARCE* (mikethep)
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨
BRINE (Leedsboy)
⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧
Whoever gets it right can set the next one, if you like.
*I know – but we can’t all be Reddit engineers with hot partners who like word puzzles.
Leedsboy says
I believe I got the colours mixed up….
salwarpe says
Aaargh! I should have known this wouldn’t be straightforward
Leedsboy says
JERKY
salwarpe says
⬜🟦🟦⬜🟦 (so close)
Leedsboy says
You may be getting the colours the wrong way round – blue is right letter, wrong place in colour blind world. Is that what we have here?
salwarpe says
Oh bugger – I thought green was blue and yellow was orange…
In which case
⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 (right letter, right place)
Leedsboy says
PERVY
salwarpe says
⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧
(this is the Afterword, not Tit-Bits)
hubert rawlinson says
MERCY merci!
salwarpe says
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
(my inner Eldritch wishes it was)
hubert rawlinson says
NERDY
salwarpe says
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩
(ouch!)
hubert rawlinson says
BERRY Chuck.
fentonsteve says
GERRY Rafferty.
salwarpe says
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
we have a WINNER!!!!
Your turn, @fentonsteve
fentonsteve says
Oh dear, I think I’ve used up my other AW guesses below…
salwarpe says
Oh! So that’s what those were.
salwarpe says
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
(so close!)
fentonsteve says
TMFTL
salwarpe says
You are meant to put the blanks, not the answer
Afterwordle 2 -/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
fentonsteve says
THJHM
fentonsteve says
Le’s try this one.
Afterwordle 2 -/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
Gary says
TMFTL
fentonsteve says
🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜
hubert rawlinson says
TOMMO
fentonsteve says
🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜
salwarpe says
THJHM
fentonsteve says
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
Black Celebration says
I’m confused. Why is there a grey box in the middle?
Unless it’s THBHM (i.e. The Hey Bulldog Hit Makers) – which would be annoying.
H.P. Saucecraft says
THGHM
fentonsteve says
Because the middle letter isn’t the one I’m thinking of. Isn’t it:
Green = correct letter, correct placement
Yellow = correct letter, wrong placement
Grey = wrong letter
Or am I doing this wrong?
With apologies to colourblind AWers.
salwarpe says
You’re right
Right letter, right place = 🟩
Right letter, wrong place = 🟨
wrong letter = ⬜
For Leedsboy – the colourblind-adjusted version*:
Right letter, right place = 🟧
Right letter, wrong place = 🟦
wrong letter = ⬜
*I got this muddled up above
hubert rawlinson says
THRHM a word used by Leo Baxendale to indicate the sound of a motorbike travelling off into the distance,
Or used by Dudley D Watkins as the sound of Oor Wullie having an bucket amplified trouser cough.
fitterstoke says
For some reason, the numbering of the puzzles makes me think of old money – that’ll be half a crown?
MC Escher says
I am confuse. Have we reassigned colours now? If my calculations are correct Orange is now Blue and Green is Grey.
Right, whose go is it again?
H.P. Saucecraft says
Orange is he new black.
nickduvet says
Following the NYT acquisition of Wordle, it is reported by GBNews that a UK publishing magnate, a Mr. Thep, is poised with building society book at the ready, to snap up The Afterwordle as it goes viral.
salwarpe says
LOL
If this goes viral, it won’t take 3 jabs and a mask to stop it in its tracks.
mikethep says
Curses! My cunning plan is revealed! And me with 7s and 9d in my Post Office savings book too.
Perhaps I’ll think up a new game that uses only s and d.
salwarpe says
I think this is the current state of play – 2 suggestions (from BC and HPS) to be scored:
Afterwordle 2 -/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ (fentonsteve)
TMFTL (Gary)
🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜
TOMMO (hubert rawlinson)
🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜
THJHM (salwarpe)
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
THBHM (Black Celebration)
THGHM (H.P. Saucecraft)
fentonsteve says
If anyone needs a clue, used fivers to the usual address.
Leedsboy says
THHHM
salwarpe says
THJHM (salwarpe) ruled out
THBHM (Black Celebration)
THGHM (H.P. Saucecraft)
THRHM (hubert rawlinson)
THHHM (Leedsboy)
21 more letters to go. How many 2 word songs are there with the first word starting ‘h’?
Rigid Digit says
THYHM
H.P. Saucecraft says
CTHULHU
fentonsteve says
Amazingly, still all:
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
salwarpe says
Any clues? I have no Fivers, but I can stretch to a Pipkin, a Speedwell and a Hawkbit.
fentonsteve says
This young man has been in the news recently
salwarpe says
Thank you
THMHM
fentonsteve says
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
salwarpe says
Good to ‘harvest’ that win.
Leedsboy says
THYHM (Hey Ya!)
salwarpe says
Afterwordle 3 -/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
hubert rawlinson says
BOLOX
salwarpe says
LOL
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
fentonsteve says
ARSED
salwarpe says
This isn’t AfterSweardle, you know – that delight awaits…
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨
Mind you – pretty good for a first shot.
hubert rawlinson says
BIRDS
salwarpe says
Hee hee hee!
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
This is the AW – not sure there are many AW birds any more
*silently cries*
mikethep says
BARDS
salwarpe says
Oh my!
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
hubert rawlinson says
BURDS
salwarpe says
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
What is that?
hubert rawlinson says
From Middle English burde (“woman, lady, young lady”),
mikethep says
BYRDS
(FFS!)*
*Not part of the answer.
salwarpe says
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Oh yes!
*hands the baton to Mike*
mikethep says
See below…
mikethep says
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
Gary says
Otway
mikethep says
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
fentonsteve says
MACCA
mikethep says
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
Rigid Digit says
FOCUS
mikethep says
⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩
Rigid Digit says
BOWIE
mikethep says
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨
Rigid Digit says
NOW32
mikethep says
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
hubert rawlinson says
RINGO
mikethep says
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
Rigid Digit says
ELVIS
mikethep says
Correctamundo. Tempted to ask you which one I was thinking of…but no, over to you.
salwarpe says
ELVIS
(Thank God RD got in just before me)
Blue Boy says
I have read this entire thread and can only conclude that it makes about as much sense as Nadine Dorries when she’s trying to defend Boris Johnson (or offer an opinion on anything at all, to be honest).
Rigid Digit says
Can’t be doing with these coloured box graphics
(me dullard!)
Grey Grey Grey Grey Grey
fentonsteve says
MAJOR (John).
Rigid Digit says
Grey Orange Grey Orange Grey
hubert rawlinson says
DORIS
Rigid Digit says
Grey Orange Grey Green Green
salwarpe says
FAITH
(Cute album)
Rigid Digit says
Grey Green Green Grey Grey
hubert rawlinson says
OAIIS
Rigid Digit says
I got me greens and greys confused didn’t I.
A minor software glitch. Or colour blind fingers perhaps.
But it looks like the correct answer anyway
hubert rawlinson says
Does that mean it’s my turn ?
NO WAY SIS
H.P. Saucecraft says
PERT
Moose the Mooche says
Oh, you noticed? Must be the HRT.
hubert rawlinson says
Grey Grey Grey Grey Grey.
salwarpe says
YAZOO
hubert rawlinson says
Grey Grey Grey Orange Grey
Moose the Mooche says
Something Something Oranges Something
hubert rawlinson says
I don’t think you’re trying.
Oranges are not the only fruit.
fentonsteve says
RINGO
hubert rawlinson says
Grey Grey Grey Grey Orange.
salwarpe says
FOCUS
hubert rawlinson says
Grey Green Grey Grey Grey
Rigid Digit says
HEPPO
hubert rawlinson says
Grey Grey Grey Grey Orange
Rigid Digit says
MOLES
(Matching ones)
hubert rawlinson says
Grey Green Grey Grey Grey
salwarpe says
BOLOX
with all other vowels ruled out, I’m getting stumped
hubert rawlinson says
Green Green Grey Grey Grey
salwarpe says
BOOTY
hubert rawlinson says
Green Green Grey Grey Green
salwarpe says
Hey! I got a grey for ‘Y’ in YAZOO!
hubert rawlinson says
Sorry Sal, my apologies.
It was early.
salwarpe says
Thanks, Hubes – with the aim of ruling out more letters, rather than in any belief that thugs is a real word –
BOWDY
hubert rawlinson says
Green Green Grey Grey Green
salwarpe says
No idea
BOCKY?
hubert rawlinson says
Green Green Grey Grey Green
salwarpe says
BOBBY (Gillespie)
hubert rawlinson says
Dylan
Well done despite my computer glitch.
salwarpe says
Way beyond the standard 6, I fear
hubert rawlinson says
@salwarpe I sent you down the wrong route.
salwarpe says
Highway 62?
hubert rawlinson says
Just to say I won’t be able to answer for a while as am driving home shortly.
salwarpe says
Afterwordle 7 -/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
hubert rawlinson says
DYLAN
H.P. Saucecraft says
JUICE
salwarpe says
Stuck under Hubes? Best to reply direct to the question next time, HP!
#rookiemistake
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
salwarpe says
And we’re off again! Just go and Ctrl-c me some coloured squares. RIght!
*flexes fingers*
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
this is for Monsieur Rawlinson (sounds good in a French accent – nice and drawly)
Rigid Digit says
RINGO
salwarpe says
You don’t know how close you are!
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
hubert rawlinson says
WINGS the band the Beatles could have been.
H.P. Saucecraft says
BINGE
salwarpe says
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
not Afterwordley enough, I’m afraid – unless you were referencing Mama Cass.
salwarpe says
Jumped in to seize the coveted prize!*
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
(Do you think Wings was Paul’s pet name for his fellow Beatles rhythmist?)
* hubert, not HP
hubert rawlinson says
⬜ ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ ⬜
salwarpe says
Is it
RINGO?
hubert rawlinson says
⬜ ⬜ 🟩 ⬜ 🟩
salwarpe says
BONIO!
hubert rawlinson says
🟩 🟩 🟩 ⬜ 🟩
salwarpe says
I think I know, but I’ll leave it to another urban spaceman…
Rigid Digit says
BONGO
hubert rawlinson says
🟩 🟩 🟩 ⬜ 🟩
Rigid Digit says
BONZO
hubert rawlinson says
🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Winna!