The Citadel

The Porsche 911 RSR is clearly intending murder. What an EXHAUSTING drive!

Despite long personal and relevant experiences with the world of the purple, it flummoxed me

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Puzzle #889






Skill 89/99
Uniqueness 1 in 455

Strands #623
“Around it goes”



My first choices all had a common characteristic, which narrowed my mind and made later words less obvious. It was fun

Strands #622
“We can see right through them”



PS had to use at least one hint in the "elusive" one

With a 1/5 difficulty, I had a chance!

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Puzzle #888





Skill 95/99
Uniqueness 1 in 7

Mikey wrote: Fri Nov 14, 2025 1:50 pm Strands #621
“Low-key elusive”

Very "elusive" so far

Strands #620
“Out, damned spot!”

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Puzzle #885








Skill 74/99
Uniqueness 1 in 50,000

Mikey wrote: Mon Nov 10, 2025 8:58 pm Thank you for the puzzle.

Wordle puzzle created by ThePossum 6/6








I'm rubbish at these and am not a huge fan of repeated letters. Just saying...

I tried to make it as hard as possible

Milestone: -
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Wordle is not dead yet. NYT suggested I make a puzzle and share it. So here goes

You're invited to play a puzzle created by ThePossum.
The clue is: "Betraying my passion hobby"
https://www.nytimes.com/games/create/wordle/6f4FxNrr0yMLdaVNfwBNvMg9vt_Ke1FD4JzVFsFMDL6AN1H7hLHddY_LG9cz5FJ_LzjsOOhThJTo

Lacklustre effort from my end today. Purple was a complete no-hoper for me and I should've tried solving green before yellow to eliminate the one which was in both groups. 😕

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Puzzle #882
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩


Blue jumped out for me almost instantly and I finished up relegating ...

Mikey wrote: Sat Nov 08, 2025 5:55 am Strands #615
“Knock, knock!”

Crashed and burned on this one

Without any offline planning, something clicked din my head and the purple one just jumped out at me

Then I had a brain fart, followed by an easy run home

The bot rates this as a difficulty level of 1 (out of 5).

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Puzzle #880






Skill 92/99
Uniqueness 1 in 506

Bit esoteric today for those outside a certain geographic area (not New York City). One of the answers I didn't even realise fit the category.

Strands #614
“Encuentra el ritmo”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵


Indeed. I got lost in the wilderness, breaking my goal of "never" taking a hint

Strands #614
“Encuentra el ...

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Puzzle #879





Skill 95/99
Uniqueness 1 in 23

Done in like 60 minutes

Strands #612
“The butterfly effect”

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Puzzle #877







Skill 81/99
Uniqueness 1 in a Million

Strands #611
“F-I-L-M”

Amateur...

My first guess could not have been "wronger"

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Puzzle #875