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    From occam@occam@nowhere.nix to alt.usage.english on Tue Jan 6 09:38:31 2026
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    [WORDLE - No spoilers]

    Today's WORDLE solution is straight out of a comic book. Yes, I know,
    the definition can to be found in all mainstream dictionaries. This does
    not make it an English word IMO.

    Got it in 4. But it was pure luck, not skill.
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  • From richard@richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) to alt.usage.english on Tue Jan 6 12:06:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.usage.english

    In article <ms4007Fkoe3U1@mid.individual.net>,
    occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:

    Today's WORDLE solution is straight out of a comic book.

    If you really want a comic book word, KAPOW is often useful
    once you've done the common letters.

    -- Richard
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  • From occam@occam@nowhere.nix to alt.usage.english on Tue Jan 6 13:48:38 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.usage.english

    On 06/01/2026 13:06, Richard Tobin wrote:
    In article <ms4007Fkoe3U1@mid.individual.net>,
    occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:

    Today's WORDLE solution is straight out of a comic book.

    If you really want a comic book word, KAPOW is often useful
    once you've done the common letters.


    On 19-10-2023, the solution was 'SPLAT' - another comic book word.

    As for 'best next word' guess, I have a procedure for that. I generate
    it on a case-by-case basis, depending on which letters I am trying to eliminate.
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