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#Wordle1465 4/6* Grade: B-

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ F (629)
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ F (162)
⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ A+ (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#20t0nhOCEiGvSG1bnZF5S

I keep leaving only one possible solution, then taking way too long to find it.

#Wordle1464 4/6* Grade: B+

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ F (1,860)
⬛🟩⬛🟨🟨 A+ (3)
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ A+ (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#20sZWHbk2yXZhtBPeKJoU

Wordle sucks.

Sometimes I have to pretend I'm in space, far from the Earth and its dictators and dictator-wannabes who would gladly kill us all for political clout.

#Wordle1463 5/6* Grade: B-

🟨🟨⬛⬛🟩 B- (59)
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 F (14)
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 F (7)
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+ (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#4yDUSi6MH5H7ynK8jfB9bDbtq

After that garbage on Friday, I put off playing this puzzle as long as I could.

#Wordle1462 5/6 Grade: C+

⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 C (137)
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 F (41)
⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩 B- (5)
⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩 B- (2)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#4yDTTUm0yTio65lAzxMAj3N8o

That's cheating. The English language cheated.

You're mostly right. Fewer, bigger balloons means less balloon material to hold the same amount of helium.

However, Valentyna barely has any midair control at all. She relies on basically jumping in the direction she wants to go, or the crowd pushing her the right way. Maybe if she pulls down one of her balloons and holds it closer to her, she could change the balloons' angle of attack while jumping. Strategically let go of that balloon to make its line go slack for a split second, letting her drop a few feet. That's probably the extent of Valentyna's control.

If anyone in the theatre has an air vortex cannon, they could control Valentyna's flight a lot more than she could.

#Wordle1461 4/6* Grade: B+

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ D- (361)
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ C- (24)
🟩⬛🟨🟩🟨 A+ (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#20sYEVhpTtWc61WxaSyE6

This one's going to make all those ADIEU players feel smart. They're not.

#Wordle1460 5/6* Grade: C

⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ B+ (25)
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 F (8)
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 F (4)
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 F (3)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#4yDRX8QsdDI0N7MYvfJNstfHF

I didn't use my brain much this time. At the time, that second word didn't feel right, but I checked afterwards and it was actually optimal play. At least I actually played the puzzle before midnight this time.

#Wordle1459 4/6* Grade: C

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ D (341)
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟨 C (18)
⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ F (13)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#20sXNK0OCNrLLtiz2OjSq

I had to change my time zone to play this one. I did not have the brain power for this earlier.

Bad Apple!! by Alstroemeria Records featuring nomico

#Wordle1458 4/6* Grade: B

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 F (1,674)
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ D (86)
🟩⬛🟨🟩⬛ A+ (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#20sXn9nvWlNz4u2VXxNzO

I thought playing a plural S was a mistake, but it got the job done.

#Wordle1457 5/6* Grade: D

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ D- (431)
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 A- (6)
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 F (5)
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 F (4)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A+

https://gradle.app/#4yDP1ZA7NNQN7GfhvaWfIKo31

You know those were good guesses. Wrong guesses, but good guesses.