The Wordle Photo Project

The word guessing game Worldle is a Love Story according to an article in the New York Times. However, as a daily player, I find that love can be painful, especially after staring at a screen without any matching letters.  Especially as I realize that I am running out of chances.

However, once the game is solved, the solution can be shared on social media with a clever graphic devoid of the guessed words and solution. I have been posting these to Facebook much to the dismay of some of my friends and family. This is an example of the graphic.

Indexing the Score

The game can be solved in one (unlikely) to six tries. Most people solve it in three or four tries. I had the idea of using the number as an index into my photo archives. A score of four would index to a photo taken four years ago,  three for three year and so forth.

If I lose the game by not getting the word in six tries, I would consider that a “seven” and use that as an index to find a photo taken seven years ago.

For the case where I don’t have a photo for the exact date, I would choose the nearest match.

August 5, 2016

I obtained this plant at the New Ipswich Children’s Fair. It was grown by Mason Hollow Nursery in Mason, NH. It is called “Blackberry” lily because it forms a cluster of seeds that resemble a ripe blackberry. It is a good plant for xeriscapes because it is drought resistant.

Botanically it is not a lily but a member of the Iris family, Iris domestica.

This plant lasted for several years in the garden and I was able to grow additional plants from the seeds, but now it has disappeared.