Favorite daily puzzles?

I do the NY Times Mini crossword (.5-2 min) and Connections (2-3 min). I sometimes do one of the puzzles featured on cracking the cryptic (up to ~90 min). I tried plusword a few times, but I just didn't get the clues most times. I used to do the set daily puzzle, but I got out of the habit. Wordle and similar never really caught on with me.

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TootSweet@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Not exactly daily per se the way, say, Wordle or the NY Times Mini crossword is, but I'm a huge fan of Nonograms. They kindof scratch the same itch and are a lot of fun. (For me at least.)

l_b_i@yiffit.net · 2 pts · 2y

I'm familiar with the puzzle type, I'll have to check out that site. It looks like a good collection. Someone came up with a variant called cross the streams where the shaded area has to be contiguous. The ambiguous clues cause some interesting logic.

Prewash_Required@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I do Semantle. It's sort of like a hot or cold kind of game where there is a word of the day and you guess words and they are scored as to how close they are semantically. You have an unlimited number of guesses and also a seemingly unlimited number of hints. Even with the hints it sometimes takes me 60 guesses, but sometimes it's 5 or 6. There is a link to the paper where they discuss the relativity model they use. I find it challenging.

l_b_i@yiffit.net · 2 pts · 2y

Its an interesting game, but I don't think I'm enough of a word person to enjoy it. I might give it another shot.

Starglasses@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 2y (7 replies)
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l_b_i@yiffit.net · 3 pts · 2y (6 replies)

Thanks. I now have a streak of 1. I don't know if its my style, but we'll see.

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Starglasses@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y (5 replies)
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l_b_i@yiffit.net · 2 pts · 2y (4 replies)

:::spoiler questions bigger than a breadbox?
electronic?
natural?
animal?
mammal?
Domesticated?
live naturally in North America?
live Naturally in Africa?
grey? :::

Starglasses@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)
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l_b_i@yiffit.net · 2 pts · 2y

The spoiler syntax here is
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l_b_i@yiffit.net · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Well they don't usually. I also think it can be considered a pest in certain areas. And tusks are sort of horns.

Starglasses@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y
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PlanetOfOrd@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Where in the USA Is This?

My closes distance was like 400 ft away in Alaska even though I'd never been to Alaska.

l_b_i@yiffit.net · 2 pts · 2y

Interesting game, a bit like geoguesser, but if you can estimate distances well, you'll get it on the 4th guess through triangulation.

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