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How to win at Wordle

Concise Oxford Dictionary  THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR WORDLE 273, 19 MARCH 2022 Here's fun:  search for Wordle on Google and look at the Google logo . Cool, huh? Guess who's late to the party  again . So Wordle is a worldwide phenomenon, and  you can check it out here . The site explains the rules well, so I won't explain them here. Instead, lets get straight onto those tips: Some sites would have you believe that it's best to find out what vowel(s) are in the word. They're right, but only to a certain extent. Don't do this Why not? Because you want to get to the actual answer as fast as possible, and that's probably the least efficient way to do so. Nearly all Wordle answers contain either one or two vowels, and even if it did contain more, it would probably be a duplicated letter. Therefore, instead, look at words using the most common letters in the English language. You can look this up scientifically: Based on  Concise Oxford Dictionary 2004, from

The Viewies 2022

I mentioned last year about my plans for an awards ceremony . Unfortunately, that was canceled because: The pandemic meant I couldn't book a venue I hardly saw any new movies We couldn't secure any movie people to come No one cared I forgot about it So this year, the ceremony is canceled again; but this time the awards are going to be awarded on the blog. Here are this year's nominees, this time including some conventional awards as well: Best Actor/Actress (I don't discriminate) Helen Mirren - The Duke Jim Broadbent -  The Duke Stephanie Beatriz - Encanto Jude Hill - Belfast Willem Dafoe -  Spiderman: No Way Home Best thing we don't talk about ***** - Encanto That reveal - Spiderman: No Way Home Best CGI Sandman -  Spiderman: No Way Home Alfred Molina's face -  Spiderman: No Way Home Casita -  Encanto Camilo's transformations -  Encanto Worst CGI The Balloons -  Death on the Nile Best Trailer (I haven't necessarily seen these movies) Spiderman: No Way H