... like an Ortolan ... AI would likely be a cheap editor but trained on gits as well.

Wordle 1,694 4/6* (1/2 on 3, least frequent first) ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Minute Cryptic - 7 February, 2026 (Ameleorated breakfast caw.) "Anagram indicator? Yes - here, every single word is!" (10) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (47,190 solvers so far).

Minute Cryptic

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#minutecryptic #wordle #word5 WORD5 #491 3/6* (1/3 on 3, most frequent first) 🟪⬛⬛🟪⬛ 🟪⬛🟧🟪⬛ 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

WORD5

Wordle 1,693 6/6* (bottoms) ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟨🟩⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle - A daily word game

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Minute Cryptic - 6 February, 2026 (100% a guess; I would need checking letters in a crossword. Feels very stretched, and it would not be out of place in a British broadsheet newspaper - which isn't intended as an insult. Ot maybe it does work well and I was like an LLM or someone suffering psychosis and detected too many possibilities. Avoiding that is the whole point of a definition in a cryptic crossword clue and I'm griping. As long as Minute Cryptic don't start editorialising and one is forced to say "I bought it for the crossword", depending on context, while secretly not giving a shit.) "Pit players or co-captain against six highest-rated centres?" (9) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (47,665 solvers so far).

Minute Cryptic

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#wordle #minutecryptic #word5 WORD5 #490 4/6 🟧⬛⬛⬛🟧 ⬛⬛🟧🟧🟧 🟪🟪🟪🟧⬛ 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

WORD5

Wordle 1,692 4/6* (nearly 3 blank rows, 1/2 on 3) ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle - A daily word game

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Minute Cryptic - 5 February, 2026 (I can't be bothered to write anything. I'm not fed up, just a little bored, and a bit of a rant about the cloying earnestness of some love songs, particularly by men in the last decade, would make me sound like St Skeletor. I think it has become unfashionable for women to sing about love without irony and men to sing about love without a kind of sacred flaw or hero quest. Which, regardless of creed or gender, entirely ignores that love songs are still shit. Except I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers which is annoying as it is catchy. Love is great and there should be more of it. With several caveats about music.) "Car somersaults during distance event, defying belief" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (48,748 solvers so far).

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(maybe St Skeletor has a point?) #wordle #word5 #minutecryptic WORD5 #489 6/6 ⬛🟧🟧⬛⬛ 🟪⬛🟪🟧⬛ 🟪🟪🟪⬛⬛ 🟪🟪🟪⬛⬛ 🟪🟪🟪🟧⬛ 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

WORD5

Wordle 1,691 5/6* ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle - A daily word game

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Minute Cryptic - 4 February, 2026 (I occasionally get gambling advertising on YouTube and I think they could be a bit evil. If those adverts remind a person of gambling, for them gambling must be a hell of a rush, and if it's a hell of a rush then they probably shouldn't gamble for obvious reasons. I don't think gambling should be banned or subject to excessive regulation, outside of evidence based policies, because I don't think gambling would go away, it'd be even less regulated if it was banned. It doesn't change the fact the adverts are like adverts for booze or when smoking adverts were allowed in the UK. Would stopping the adverts make a difference? It really comes down to evidence and I think there are a great deal of potential post hoc and cum hoc fallacies, so other than the adverts annoying me, which to be fair seems to be the general effect of adverts aimed at large numbers of people, I don't have an opinion. If heroin was legal and regulated would adverts talking about how great it is be OK if at the end of them they had a pause symbol and said "take time to think?". Although comparing heroin and gambling is unfair because heroin will cause a physical dependancy in everyone while gambling will only be addictive for some. So if heroin was made legal I certainly wouldn't recommend advertising it with a talking fox, delighted peons, or whatever other shit they put in gambling adverts. I wish I could turn those adverts off. A general sense of annoyance before, and during. breakfast can't be good for digestion.) "Behind schedule, chasing trains, I went express internationally?" (9) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (41,323 solvers so far).

Minute Cryptic

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#minutecryptic #wordle #word5 WORD5 #488 5/6 ⬛🟪⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟪⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟪⬛⬛🟧 ⬛🟪🟪🟪⬛ 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

WORD5

Wordle 1,690 3/6* (back to the days of the obvious word actually being the obvious word) 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle - A daily word game

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Minute Cryptic - 3 February, 2026 (With my little eye, something beginning with B. It's breakfast. I was thinking about the search space for things that begin with B and for me it's minimal. I have a few books that have authors or titles with B in them. But B as a starting letter is too broad if left to the imagination. I'll have wash later at which point the answer will be bollocks.) "Ground uneven! Pesky mole!" (3) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (55,475 solvers so far).

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(the sauciest rendition.) #minutecryptic #wordle #word5 WORD5 #487 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟧⬛ 🟪⬛🟧🟧⬛ 🟪🟪🟪⬛⬛ 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

WORD5

Lol.

Wordle 1,689 4/6* 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle - A daily word game

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Minute Cryptic - 2 February, 2026 "Satisfactory sausage misses first and second medals for delicacy" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 4 under the community par (55,138 solvers so far).

Minute Cryptic

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#wordle #minutecryptic #word5 WORD5 #486 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟧⬛ 🟧🟪🟧⬛⬛ 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

WORD5

Wordle 1,688 4/6* (1/4, although realistically 1/2 on 3) ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle - A daily word game

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Minute Cryptic - 1 February, 2026 (I got it quickly but I would need an eraser, just in case, in a crossword. I use a Koh-I-Noor Hardmuth 5900, mechanical, clutch pencil which feels far more expensive than it is. They're a Czech company and I think their prices have been somewhat brexited because, checking, it's now roughly doubled in price since I bought it. It takes their 2mm pencil leads which last for far longer than a regular pencils, which I think is because the particular HB (hard black) is more like an H but with slightly more graphite. So they're not as dark on the page, especially when a little blunt. It has survived being thoroughly disassembled by a 5 year old nephew and a great deal of scribbling by me. Erasers matter somewhat and I currently use a Faber-Castell PVC free eraser. Faber-Castell seem marginally less brexited than Koh-I-Noor and my theory is that it's because Faber-Castell are imported by bigger businesses than Koh-I-Noor. Or importing from Czechia has become more expensive. But that eraser hits the sweet spot, for paper, and doesn't take loads of the paper off through being overly abrasive. So combined with light but very durable pencil lines the clutch pencil and eraser make for excellent crossword tools. I suspect Brexit hurt small businesses far more than big ones. I could be wrong and I am 5/10 distracted by thinking about breakfast and have double checked nothing. Although that's tangentially related because that Greek yoghurt was also unreasonably expensive.) "Opening two letters from clown, touchingly sad?" (4) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (46,140 solvers so far).

Minute Cryptic

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#minutecryptic #wordle #word5 WORD5 #485 3/6 ⬛⬛🟪⬛🟧 ⬛⬛🟪🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

WORD5

Wordle 1,687 4/6* (unavoidable) ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle - A daily word game

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Minute Cryptic - 31 January, 2026 "Plain, unsalted barnacle" (4) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (50,835 solvers so far).

Minute Cryptic

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#minutecryptic #wordle #word5 WORD5 #484 3/6 ⬛⬛🟧⬛⬛ 🟪🟪⬛🟧⬛ 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

WORD5

Wordle 1,686 6/6* (Bottom. Wordleageddon is upon us) ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle - A daily word game

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Minute Cryptic - 30 January, 2026 (I am stunned I got this one. Part luck maybe. I'm essentially thinking about breakfast. I'm using a tiny pot of organic actual Greek yoghurt which cost far more than the yoghurt I normally buy. Itcs good Greek yoghurt, and at that price I'd bloody well hope so, but generally I prefer strained Greek or strained Turkish style yoghurt because it has more flavour other than creamy yoghurt. I should probably go on about more interesting or topical things but I am, quite genuinely, preoccupied thinking about breakfast and still a bit annoyed that much Greek yoghurt cost that much. I do have Polish kefir in the fridge which was reasonably priced so I don't think it's just a Brexit thing. They're maybe posh Greek cows that wear top hats and eat their organic grass by cutting it into little bits in dainty portions.) "Fig 'n' ram!" (5,7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 6 under the community par (31,010 solvers so far).

Minute Cryptic

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#wordle #minutecryptic #word5 WORD5 #483 5/6 ⬛🟪⬛⬛🟧 ⬛🟪⬛🟪⬛ ⬛🟪⬛🟪🟧 ⬛🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

WORD5

Wordle 1,684 4/6* (1/2 on 3. Both unused words - I double checked after) ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle - A daily word game

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Minute Cryptic - 28 January, 2026 "Doctor transplants heart with heart of one!" (5) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (55,250 solvers so far).

Minute Cryptic

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#minutecryptic #wordle #word5 WORD5 #481 5/6 (1/2 on 4) ⬛🟧⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟧🟧⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟪🟧🟧 🟪🟪🟪🟪⬛ 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

WORD5

I used a voucher on new headphones - first five new tracks heard. I'm catching up with releases after about six months with no headphones. Amethyst formats this better than Moshidon. PEEKABOO, BadKlaat and P Money - Old School Scratch Massive - On The Edge Holy Fuck - Evie The New Pornographers - Votive Lexa Gates - Past It

Seems reasonable. Via

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#ITWorldCup Greetings, programs 💾 I've got the honor to present you the match you all have been waiting for: The final of the 2025* Programming ...

Wordle 1,683 5/6* (1/3 on 3 🤷‍♂️) ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle - A daily word game

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Minute Cryptic - 27 January, 2026 (everything is difficult today but far from dire) "Wolf pack roved with uncertainty, initially turning back" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (54,275 solvers so far).

Minute Cryptic

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#minutecryptic #wordle #word5 WORD5 #480 4/6 (1/2 on 3) ⬛🟧🟧⬛🟧 🟧⬛🟧🟪⬛ ⬛🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

WORD5

Wordle 1,682 3/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle - A daily word game

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Minute Cryptic - 26 January, 2026 (Got it. It was my birthday meal last night and I ate a chicken dhansak, half a carton of pilau rice, one puri roti, one large poppadom, half a garlic naan and a slice of that caterpillar chocolate cake which was an ironic purchase by my brother and, thankfully, the caterpillar cake was heavily discounted because, not being six, or into that sort of thing, it was a thin slice. A 9/10 birthday. No drama, chilled out, friends & family, sensible gifts. I'm still digesting the meal both in terms of food a mentally. Mentally because I'm inclined to do that when overstimulated and physically because the standard portion sizes from a, pretty decent, local Indian takeaway cater to people who have larger portions than I do. It must have been a 1300kcal meal at a minimum. I don't think I'm going to enjoy breakfast that much because I'm still stuffed.) "Son, I'm cut! Chopped a digit off, maybe?" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (26,438 solvers so far).

Minute Cryptic

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#minutecryptic #wordle #word5 WORD5 #479 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟪 🟧🟧⬛⬛🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

WORD5

Wordle 1,681 4/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle - A daily word game

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Minute Cryptic - 25 January, 2026 (At least I got this one. Although I feel a little bit more with it today. I like Kalles Kaviar with eggs and crispbread but I wouldn't eat it every day although the iodine is probably good for crosswords and grim rumination. I do like it when websites have paywalls because I can make up the contents of the story in my head which is usually better than the actual story itself. Today I have defrosted some morello cherries overnight sitting on a bed of 20gm raisins dusted with a lot of cocoa. I'm going to eat it with All Bran, chia seeds, and 100gm of greek style yoghurt. It's full fat yogurt but it's not because I think it's inherently good for a person. But 100gm of 10% or 20% full fat yogurts will fill me up more than 5% or 0% yoghurt and thus I end up eating less overall. I have nearly 600 days of personal dietary records that suggests that applies to me which I can't generalise to other people. The evidence about excess cholesterol is clear, but in this case it's not about excess, although the sugar in the All Bran bothers me a bit but less so than if they replaced it with a non nutritional sweetener because they're like vaping if tobacco was fine in moderation for me (tobacco is not and I don't smoke or vape). ) "Eva and Ruth - runners up to Miss World" (5) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (49,753 solvers so far).

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(well, that went well. Although maybe that's a post hoc fallacy because dickheads existed before the internet‡. And the problem mostly isn't the kids it's the grownups) #minutecryptic #wordle #word5 WORD5 #478 4/6 ⬛🟪⬛🟪⬛ ⬛🟪⬛🟪⬛ ⬛🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

WORD5

‡ one of my favourite historical examples of self organising pre-internet fuckwittery:

Skeleton Army - Wikipedia

I was going to cite Mosley's Blackshirts but given the broader historical context that it seems overly tragic for Sunday morning.

Wordle 1,680 3/6* 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle - A daily word game

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Minute Cryptic - 24 January, 2026 (IWhatsApp changed my notifications noise to my ringtone and someone sent me a message, which woke me up early because it exactly sounded like someone was calling me rather than a ding noise that would be safe to ignore. I think I would have got it if I felt more with it. Now I have to hard-boil eggs for knäckebröd and Kalles caviar. Not my favourite breakfast l but it makes a change.) "Primate couples with priority in boarding Noah's boat?" (6) 🟡🟡🟡🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🤝 3 hints – matched the community par (33,990 solvers so far).

Minute Cryptic

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#minutecryptic #wordle #word5 WORD5 #477 4/6 🟪⬛⬛🟧⬛ 🟪🟧⬛⬛🟧 🟪🟪🟧⬛⬛ 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

WORD5

Wordle 1,679 3/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle - A daily word game

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Minute Cryptic - 23 January, 2026 (somewhat threw me for a couple of minutes. Also mild insomnia. Which is partly because I went to bed too early and thus my inner alarm clock rang and also because I was stupid enough to look at my phone. So I'm going to try for a couple of hours sleep despite of the decision wheel in my head spinning between 'a snack' and breakfast. I'm going to ignore the decision wheel because while there are a lots of useful things about instinct it is the provincial cousin of rationality and if left unsupervised occasionally eats napkins.) "_ < 20?" (10) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (26,670 solvers so far).

Minute Cryptic

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#minutecryptic #wordle #word5 WORD5 #476 4/6 ⬛🟧⬛⬛⬛ 🟪⬛🟪⬛🟧 🟪⬛🟪🟧⬛ 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

WORD5

Car owner, not cat owner. Lol.