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Hooray December is here! OK it’s here tomorrow but that thing that begins with a W starts on Monday

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  1. Bloody hell this is my fourth attempt at announcing that the Wonderful 🎄🎄🎄 Yuletide 🎄🎄🎄 Wordle 🎄🎄🎄Tournament 🎄🎄🎄starts tomorrow on Monday December 1st*

    I know this tourney is loved and enjoyed by all Afterworders, they even named the Forum after it

    The tournament is open to everyone so come and be delighted or mystified over a period of 18 days for the fight to have the charmingly wooden company of Spoonie at your Christmas Party

    Let the fun begin 😄 post your results below

    *I suspect putting ‘Wordle’ in the header causes a problem

  12. Wordle 1,626 5/6*

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    The curse of hard mode strikes again.

      • Now now Boswell I doubt your powers of prescience are equal to those of Mystic Meg and your outlook for your own prospects are a bit optimistic I suspect a free for all for the chance of having Spoonie’s company at Christmas Dinner

        🎄🎄🎄 And as it’s the Season of Goodwill I honestly extend to you Best Wishes for the rest of ‘25 and decades to come 🎄🎄🎄

        I do of course extend those best wishes to all Afterworders especially @Dai and I hope he recovers soon from having endured Radiohead* for the 6th(?) time

        *it’s a jest @Dai from one Taff to another.

    • It’s an arcane adventure where only them that know can join in. Our Admin Guy has been banned twice, yes twice, and still he carries on. It’s like we are watching Game of Thrones or reading Pullman’s Dust Trilogy – not a scooby.

  29. I would just like to say that I have twice tried to add a bit of humour to the thread in my opening comment and my comment at 10:22 this morning yes my humour may be lacking but I tried

    My comment to Steve T was a windup, a jest, a joke an attempt at being funny but 3 people immediately jumped down my throat something that’s never done when Boswell is trolling me something he cannot resist

    As I’ve stated above ‘tis the Season of Goodwill but I’m increasingly finding it difficult with regard to the persistent comments made by Boswell casting aspersions on my character and continually making false accusations

    Boswell is adept at hiding behind double meanings when challenged on this

    I am very happy to carry on running the December Edition but if anyone else wants to do it that’s fine with me

    As Paul Hewston says in his opening statement in his Album Of The Year Thread “ it’s just a bit of fun innit?”

    • It just a bit of fun. Some people dont like it coz it clogs up the update feed. I get that but well, too bad. It’s all part of the blog.
      Ok there are occasional niggles. Just let them go through to the keeper. ( SWIDT).
      You did an excellent job previously and I encourage you to continue Pyramid.

    • Think this one is a 4 but stand to be corrected – this is a joke too. Don’t know who Boswell is – must have missed this bit. Shall forever be known in this house now as the Boswell incident. Happy Christmas everyone from a rainy northern Florida

      Wordle 1,627 4/6

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    • I feel your pain. Could have been a 2 or a 6. Pot luck.

      Wordle 1,628 4/6*

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  57. Wordle 1,628 6/6

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    And last week it was going so well……….

  62. Wordle 1,628 6/6*

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    🤣😂😅 at least my streak is intact, I’ve told the wife to reserve an extra place for Christmas Dinner 😅😂🤣

  83. The standings after Day 4:

    Carl, Leedsboy, thecheshirecat, badartdog: -3

    Hubert Rawlinson, Steve T, Jim, Junior Wells: -2

    Paul Hewston, Plumb1909, Max The Dog: -1

    Bamber, Mikethep, Pyramid: 0

    Loadstone: +1

    Black Celeb: +2

    Soundhound: +3

    Still waiting for Fortuneight Day 4 score but after 3 he’s -1

    Next update after the Day 9 scores are in

  92. Wordle 1,630 4/6*

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    Seems a bit under par judging those scores above.

  98. Still awaiting @fortuneight’s result for Day 4 Wordle 1629

    C’mon mate
    Don’t make us wait
    Even if you are late
    Please fortuneight
    Don’t tempt fate

    Oops nearly forgot

    Wordle 1,630 2/6*

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    It pays to have fresh fruit for breakfast well today it did

    🚣

  99. Wordle 1,630 4/6*

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    Started this early this morning and got stuck. Went back to it late this evening after a long drive (not in the golf sense) and made a mess of line three.

  155. Another rabbit pulled out of the hat after a dire first 3 shots. Par.

    Wordle 1,633 4/6

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  159. Wordle 1,634 4/6*

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    Should have done better. Could equally have turned out worse.

  163. Second double bogey in a row. Round falling to pieces.

    Wordle 1,634 6/6*

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  174. At the halfway stage the placings are in ascending order:

    19 – Soundhound +3

    18 – Lodestone +2

    16 – Paul Hewston & Mikethep +1

    13 – Black Celeb, Clive & Max the Dog level

    12 – Junior Wells -1

    9 – fortuneight, Jim & Bamber -3

    7 – Carl & SteveT -4

    5 – Plumb1909 & Pyramid -5

    4 – badartdog -6

    3- Leedsboy -8

    1 – thecheshirecat & Hubert Rawlinson -9

    Congratulations to Hubert Rawlinson, Leedsboy, Steve T, badartdog & plumb1909 for not breaking par in their rounds up to now.

    I believe Soundhound has already set an extra place for Christmas Dinner.

    A special mention for Mikethep who strangely hasn’t scored a par in his first 9 which contained 4 birdies and 5 bogies.

    • It’s not something that typically afflicts me in life, but I am definitely suffering from Impostor Syndrome.

      Wordle 1,635 3/6*

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  188. -2. -10.

    The opening word friendly words are still coming. Second word took a while but it was the only one that would fit.

    Wordle 1,635 2/6*

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