Mike in Seattle
moseisleybartender.bsky.social
Mike in Seattle
@moseisleybartender.bsky.social
On the way to par

Wordle 1,690 4/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #968
🟨🟩🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟩🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟦🟦🟦
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Strands #702
“On key”
💡🔵🔵🔵
💡🔵🔵💡
🟡🔵
February 4, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Cubans Jerry!

Wordle 1,689 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
⬛🟨🟩🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PINEB

Connections
Puzzle #967
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Birbs

Strands #701
“Formidable flock”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵
February 3, 2026 at 6:02 AM
🦞 with my 🐦

Wordle 1,688 3/6

🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Least favorite type of purple. BTUBA
Connections
Puzzle #966
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟩🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Started STRANDS at 11:59 pm.

Strands #700
“It's a gift”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵
February 2, 2026 at 8:04 AM
🐦
Wordle 1,687 3/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #965
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Finished at 12:10 AM.

Strands #699
“It's part of the game”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵🔵🔵
February 1, 2026 at 8:10 AM
I post each as I do it. Otherwise I forget what I was going to say about the game.

Damn. MUMBO was my par. Bogey.

Wordle 1,686 5/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬛🟨⬛🟨
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Yellow. Huh??

Connections
Puzzle #964
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨

Strands #698
“We're not lost ...”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵
January 31, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Hmm. Does your Bluesky close when you take too long in a puzzle?
I need to go back to get Wordle and Connections
Strands #697
“Talk of the town”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵

Par
Wordle 1,685 4/6
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Purple-all misspelled wurds.

Connections
Puzzle #963
🟪🟦🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
January 30, 2026 at 6:18 AM
🦅

Wordle 1,684 2/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #962
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟩🟦🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
January 29, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Took a while for the freaks to come out. Bogey

Wordle 1,682 5/6

⬛🟩🟨⬛🟨
⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Purple first!

Connections
Puzzle #960
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Drink up

Strands #694
“Grape expectations”
🔵🔵🔵💡
🔵🔵🟡
January 27, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Bogey.

Wordle 1,681 5/6

🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

How I missed blue?

Connections
Puzzle #959
🟨🟨🟩🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟪🟦🟦
🟦🟪🟦🟦
🟪🟦🟦🟦

Strands #693
“The straight and narrow”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
January 26, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Believe in Ginger Cuz!!
January 26, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Par with a Clavin.

Wordle 1,680 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Boo Purple.

Connections
Puzzle #958
🟨🟩🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟩🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟦🟦🟪
🟪🟦🟦🟪

Strands #692
“A work of art”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

The Mini. It’s timed, and this isn’t good.

1/25/2026 Mini Crossword in 4:52! www.nytimes.com/crosswords/g...
Play The Mini Crosswords
All the fun of the larger New York Times Crossword, but you can solve it in seconds.
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January 25, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Ha! And I missed last night when I changed my Bluesky password using the laptop, but didn’t add to my phone app. My grandpa always warned me against that. But did I listen??
January 22, 2026 at 7:11 PM
and let me recount the many contributions of the Trump family to the victory of the Allies in World War II.

I think dad had some brothels in Queens that were popular with the boys. Some of whom did NOT get the clap.

You're welcome.
January 22, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Oh, and have the BI reinvestigation annually. Immigration is too important to leave reinvestigations of the officers to every five or seven years. If the DHS leadership can’t accomplish that, they get terminated and, if eligible for pension, it is based on their last salary before SES promotion.
January 21, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Small steps: remove law enforcement retirement from ICE, and the many retirement benefits that go with it. Require all agents CBP and ICE to pass a higher level of background investigation, going back to include their high school. Violations suitable for deportation are absolute bans on hiring.
January 21, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Let me just land this bird on the Hudson.

Wordle 1,676 3/6

🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Hankering to eject purple.

Connections
Puzzle #954
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟨🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Strands #688
“Sneak-ing around”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
January 21, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Double bogey with an answer I don’t believe is a word.

Wordle 1,675 6/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨
⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩
⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Hate green and yellow more than purple.

Connections
Puzzle #953
🟩🟨🟦🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Strands #687
“Shaking things up”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡🔵
January 20, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Middle East spice for the 🐦

Wordle 1,674 3/6

🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Purple. Ginger Grant.

Connections
Puzzle #952
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟩🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Strands #686
“Soft skills”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
January 19, 2026 at 6:49 AM
The flaming bogey!!
Wordle 1,673 5/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Fell into the outside of an animal trap.
Connections
Puzzle #951
🟪🟩🟨🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪

I’m sure Brock Purdy said FIDDLESTICKS

Strands #685
“That's putting it mildly!”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵🔵
January 18, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Resisted guessing AMC’s finest to get the 🐦

Wordle 1,672 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Connections
Puzzle #950
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Strands #684
“DC crusader”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
January 17, 2026 at 6:56 AM
A wide chasm between Seattle and Orlando. Ask where they are hiding their Matterhorn at Disney World. Par.
Wordle 1,671 4/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Embarrassed I got purple. HOSE≠TOOL
Connections
Puzzle #949
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
Strands #683
“The ears have it!”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🟡
January 16, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Avoid the Noid. Par.

Wordle 1,670 4/6

⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I flop, so the flop karma lands on me instead of UW Spirit.

Connections
Puzzle #948
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟪🟩🟩
🟦🟩🟪🟩
🟦🟦🟩🟪
🟦🟦🟩🟪

A rare three word spangram.

Strands #682
“"Oh boy!"”
🔵🔵💡🔵
🟡🔵🔵
January 15, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Bovino? 🤢
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Weird cheese for a 🐦

Wordle 1,667 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I thought the different shirt styles was an obvious trap.

Connections
Puzzle #945
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪

Strands #679
“Yay!!!”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵
January 12, 2026 at 6:32 AM
I do almost anything to stay hunt free in Strands. One time I did only the seven answers including the SpamGram. Didn’t even guess a word that wasn’t an answer to the puzzle.

So keep track of this. I only need one more miracle for sainthood.
January 12, 2026 at 4:42 AM