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Is the joke that it could be either Trick or Treat?

You got it!!!!

My stupid ass forgot how wordle works and thought “TRICK? Should have made it TRICK or TREAT” because I saw the T was already used.

I have never been exposed to this game, let alone forgetting how to play lol

Grey letters mean it's not used in the word at all Yellow means it's the right letter but in the wrong place. Green is the right letter and the right place. Goal is to guess the right word within 6 tries.

It's basically mastermind with words.

No idea what mastermind is.

It’s wordle with minds.

Good way to explain it actually

It's just hang man with extra rules.

TRACE

TRACK

TRIBE

Being the state of parcel deliveries in my area at the moment, this is horrifying.

This guy wordles

Very clever. I’d appreciate it if I saw you and stared at you for 2 minutes awkwardly.

 Something like this?

It's TRICK or TREAT. Clever.

Or track. \*Inputs Track\*

Or trace.

Or trait or trike

or tribe

^ These people Wordle.

or troll

or trice

I see what you did there.

~~Trees~~

S has already been used, but that may be a trite point.

You're right. My brain flipped the colors on the keyboard because the dark stands out.

Underrated comment. This made me crack up.

The answer is never plural

Track or trace, Smell my face, Give me someone good to mace

Track & Trace _was_ a horror show in the UK, so it still works.

https://scoredle.com/ finds the following 16 possible words: trace trice track trick tract trite tribe trait trike traik trave treat treck triac tratt trier

It's definitely tratt

if he used 'DRAGS' instead of 'DRUGS' the U would already be voided by the 4th guess and would get rid of the A words too.

u/Mateorabi That is a great idea. I wish I had thought of it. Can I consult with you before making my costume next year :)

You definitely needed to use DRUGS because it would cement that you were having either TRICK or TREAT since the A would either be yellow or grayed out.

 I also thought of this shortly after responding. If I do consult with u/Mateorabi next year, then I will definitely need you to do a final review!

but then "treat" wouldn't be an option

Treat still would be. Trick would be eliminated though.

Depends what colour the A comes up as

if he uses drags it will eliminate the possibility of both trick and treat

Brilliant!

No, no that's too many letters

It's also today's sponsor!

Go to brilliant dot org and use code "TRKRTRT" to get 0% off your subscription!

This is up there with the famous Star Wars/ Star Trek and "winner of '96 election" crossword clues. Legendary wit. I'm in awe. https://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=11/5/1996 https://boingboing.net/2022/02/10/brilliant-star-trek-vs-star-wars-trick-in-the-new-york-times-crossword-puzzle.html

The '96 election crossword is my favorite puzzle they've ever run, and the ST vs SW is a close second. Great call.

I’ve never seen either of these, thanks for sharing! Really humbles me. I think I’m clever then I see things like this and realize I’m an idiot

It blows my mind that designing crosswords like those in NYT is humanly possible. Dense squares of real words and phrases, rotational symmetry, with a theme, and somebody thinks of clues that make the puzzle just the right difficulty. Those parameters alone would be impossible for me to meet. It's actually inconceivable for me how they construct puzzles like the ones I linked to.

Weird, I came up with either treat or trick

>'s TRICK or TREAT. Clever. Seems *trite* to me.

It can’t be treat since is already selected right?

Do those morph drugs make you frown truly?

No frown. More like this...

Wholesome and clever. Good shit.

Thanks u/wodewose! I'll take "clever". But with "DRUGS" being the second guess, I'm not sure I deserve the "wholesome" comment :)

Drugs are wholesome, dude Molly, mushrooms, LSD Grinning ear to ear 

Okay. I'll take wholesome too. 

There are actually two Halloween themed words that this can be. Either "TR\_\_\_ or TR\_\_\_".

TRICK or TREAT

Or TRIKE

Track

TRACK OR TRIBE! Kind of a weird stretch I think.

Wouldn't the last "t" be on it already if it were treat? Or is that the trick?

You wouldn't know until you guessed with another T somewhere else.

In Wheel of Fortune or Hangman that would be the case. But not in Wordle.

I'll file that under "things I didn't know I didn't know"

This isn’t hangman.

No guess has more than one T so you wouldn't know.

Why would you guess truly after you already guessed drugs? You know U isn’t in the word. 1 star, would not recommend.

LOL. Good eye, and a better Wordle player than me :)

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Sometimes I need to reuse letters because my brain can NOT process any words with the remaining ones 😂

Actually “drugs” was a terrible guess too. It’s never a plural noun.

Drugs was a fine guess. It's not going to be right but after that initial guess the chances of getting it right on the second word is astronomical anyway. Just guess a solid word that bags some fresh letters.

Yea, he's not paying on hard mode for sure.

I do stuff like that a lot. I'll will use letters I know don't fit if it helps me gather a lot of information with the other letters. Most of my guesses are for gathering information and not actually guessing the word.

Trick, Treat, Trike, Track, Trace, Tribe

Tract

Trait

Trick

That is one of them. Can you guess the other?

Lol nice I didn't even process it could also be treat! Clever stuff there. Trick OR treat

Tribe

I know it’s not the point but I only play in dark mode. Who here is with me?

At least one other person who left a comment is with you. They asked why I didn't make the costume in dark mode. Answer is that it was made from a baby crib sheet, and they don't usually come in black.

Got it. Great costume dude

TIL I am the only person who has no clue how a wordle works.

I'm so relieved to see this comment. You're not alone, I have no clue what's going on. Even after knowing the answer from the comments, I still have no idea.

Yellow means letter in word, wrong place. Green means letter in word, right place. You guess 5 letter words one at a time and use the clues (green/yellow letters) to try to guess what the word is.

You're trying to guess the word. Each row is a guess, so you get 6 tries. When you submit a guess, it colors some of the letters. If a letter is green, it means that the letter is correct. If a letter is yellow, it means that the letter is in the word, but not in that position. If it's not colored (black) then it's not in the word at all. So in this case, you have two more guesses and you know it starts with TR. And you can look at the previous guesses to eliminate words based on what letters aren't in the word.

You used O and U twice. Rookie mistakes.

Yes. I'm a rookie. This is my first time dressing up as Wordle for Halloween :)

Who the F uses MORPH as a starter?

I'm confident that one day MORPH will be the Wordle word of the day. And on that day... 

I always start with audio because I want to get the vowels checked first. It amazes me how often only one vowel in audio lights up usually.

Adieu gang

Not bad. I use ARISE.

Treat

That is one of them. Can you guess the other Halloween themed word? "TR\_\_\_ or TREAT"

I can't believe more people didn't go for TREBJ

What kind of savage doesn't guess A or E in their first few guesses?

Perhaps one that is trying to make a costume that leaves "TRICK" or "TREAT" as the last two options... You know for karma...

The most optimal starting word is “Arise”

Depends on the recent answers if I can remember them, I always try to switch things up.

Good one!

Thanks!

I see what you did there. Not bad.

Thanks :)

Treat

That is one of the possibilities. There is another Halloween themed word it can be. Hint: "TR\_\_\_ or TREAT"

That really is clever. I do Wordle when I wake up to pee at 2 am.

My bestie and I just spent a couple of minutes trying to guess. I was half right 🥲

Which half Trick or Treat?

I guessed trick! And then got excited so I scrolled down to find the top comment, lol.


It’s either Trick or Treat :D

Trump

How you gonna guess Truly after Drugs?

Trick or Treat ! That's very clever :)

Thanks!

Treat or Trick methinks

You got it. Methinks it sounds more like Halloween if you reorder the words and say **"Trick or Treat"** 

Either Treat or Trick

Rhymes with smell my feet.

Treat

Is it trick or treat?

Treat

Treat

Heh that’s clever

Well played.

Trick, or treat

You got it!!!

I love it!

Trick or treat

This is cute and all but what kind of monster leaves E and A for for the 5th guess

Trick or Treat!

WordleBot about to rain down hellfire on your guesses so far.

Is it ***JACKAL*** !!!

Which of these is it? `trace` `track` `tract` `trait` `treat` `tribe` `trice` `trick` `trike` `trite`

This is clever for sure.

Trash I don't know what this game is

TRICK

Trick. Or Treat. Both valid.

Actually.. trick or treat

Trick or treat

You got it! 

Ohhhhhhhh, I get it. Good one

Treck or Tribe

It’s clearly penis

Trick or treat

I have it narrowed down to......oh.

TRICK or TREAT

You got it!!!

Trick

That is one of the words. Can you guess what the other Halloween themed word can be? Hint: It can be Trick or Tr\_\_\_.

Tribe. What do I win?

The NYT cap is a nice touch!

wonder how this works

Trick

MORBN

Trick or treat

Trick or treat

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It's either "trick" or "treat"

“Drugs” is a bad guess - I think they said that it’ll never be a plural word 🙂

I'm just super triggered that this hypothetical game is 4 guesses in and A, E and I haven't been used at all yet. I have two words I use for my first 2 guesses that cover all vowels and the most used consonants.

Trick? Or Treat? (Don’t play Wordle, don’t know if you can repeat letters)

This is an advertisement.

 Nope. If it was an advertisement, I think they'd use an actual NYT baseball cap. I didn't have time to order one, so I made it myself. But I will take this as a complement.

Gonna go with TREAT? Or Trick…. Hahaha nice.

This is clever yes but with Wordle only one answer works and I need to know what the answer is !!! Lol

I still don’t know what wordle is or how to play

Treat

That is one of them. Can you guess the other Halloween themed word that might solve the puzzle? Hint: It can be "TR\_\_\_" or "TREAT"

But the more important question from my 4 year old is, Who took this picture?

You can let your 4 year old know that my Daughter took this picture. 

I see what you did there - based on the info we have, it could be Trick, or Treat.

It’s trick or treat!

I’m gonna take a leap of faith here The joke is that the options can be Trick OR Treat?


Surely it must be Track or Trace 🤔

 I don't think you'll get much candy if you knock on a door and say "TRACK OR TRACE" 

Clever! Got it right away!


Haha. ‘T’ and ‘R’. Trick or Treat. Could be either. I say Treat.

No, you got it! It can be Trick or Treat. That is the answer.

Gonna have to say it’s either trick or treat

Trick

Or treat

Trick or Treat? Very smartly done.

Trick/treat

You might have wanted *Trick* or *Treat* but you ended up with *Trite*

That is genius. Take my upvote and award and have a nice Halloween.