The Hall of Fire

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Well, this is disturbing.

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*sigh*

There was a much later Ferdinand Maximilien Mériadec de Rohan, Archbishop of Bordeaux, who died in 1813. He actually had a mistress who was an illegitimate daughter of Prince Charles Stuart, or "Bonnie Prince Charlie". They even had three children, who were kept secret and remained unknown...

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Like both of you, I had one letter left with more legit words left than I had guesses. I sacrificed my fifth guess to eliminate multiple letters, and solved it on the sixth. This was a more-fun-than-usual puzzle.

RoseMorninStar wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:29 pm I figure all of the words out on paper before moving them around otherwise I'd fail. A lot.

I tried your strategy for the first time and got maximum points!

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streak: 1
wafflegame.net

(notice my streak of 1!)

I think I was distracted and moved a lot of letters without really taking time to think.

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Sadly, I didn't solve Waffle today.

So here's me trying to use chatGPT to find out which version of the letter thorn is used in Æþelwulf/Æðelwulf's name: Me: What is the old english spelling of King Alfred's father? ChatGPT: The Old English spelling of King Alfred's father's name is "Æthelwulf." He was the King of Wessex fro...

That’s the one!

If nobody has solved it by the next time you check in - you were on the right track.

Yes!

Yes to your first sentence. They've left Crickhollow by now.

That is correct.

Well, so far you've narrowed it down to the Third Age, before the Scouring of the Shire.

I'll narrow it down further: Gandalf the Grey was still alive. Not that he was involved with this quote, though.

Need to narrow it down further?

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Well, that was unexpected.

... and then it rose to above that level by the time he left office.

Not defending Trump, just pointing out that you can make graphs back up any claim you like if you choose where to start and end them.

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A happy result on an auspicious day!

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Tomorrow is the 1000th wordle!