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David Parlett

@dparlett.bsky.social
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Enthuse over board games, card games, word games. Write books and articles. Quaker.

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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As a Londoner and a linguist I enjoy hearing many languages spoken around me. A friend of mind once said he tried to identify a language he heard spoken on a bus, to which my brother Graham replied “How many cases did it have?”
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Also two, which is twice in a week!
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'd have guessed about 1.5p.
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I got a 2 badge for the first time in ages - it's one of my favourite test words. But perhaps it's something more commonly seen in England than America. (And my Share button still doesn't work.)
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When I was kidz we didn't have Hallowe'en, we had Guy Fawkes. I still think Hallowe'en is stupid.
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wordle in 4. Share button failed again.
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
But was he right?
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Wordle in 5, but 'share' button failed.
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wordle 1,917 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trouble is, it's closed. Typical.
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wordle 1,916 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩A bit of a come-down.
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wordle 1,915 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wordle 1,914 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Back to run-of-the-mill fours.
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wordle 1,913 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Wordle 1,912 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩The usual...
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wordle 1,911 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wordle 1,910 2/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩That restores my averages!
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Wordle 1,909 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩That's not the normal spelling. At least, not on my side of the Atlantic.
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wordle 1,908 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Wordle 1,907 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Wordle 1,906 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Wordle 1,905 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I invented a fairy chess piece that can move to any square to which it could not legally move if it were any other chess piece. I called it a Joker, but I now think Cat would be better.
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Wordle 1,904 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wordle 1,903 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Wordle 1,901 4/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Streak of one. It's a start, anyway.
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Fell at the last hurdle with a streak of 62. Start again!
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Wordle 1,899 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Anybody here old enough to remember Max Wall?
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Pronking at its finest!
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Wordle 1,898 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Surprise, after yesterday's six!
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Wordle 1,897 6/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Sea of greens and a badge for 60 day streak.
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I also got it in three, but lost the 'share' button. Probably because of my ad blocker. Also completed a streak of 50. (The bot said 59, but some of them got lost.)
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Clever, but utterly pointless.
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I gather Amol Rajan is leaving the BBC. So now I can go back to listening to the Today programme and watching University Challenge. Huzzah!
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
74% chance of rain they promised us yesterday. So what mug trailed round a sultry London alternately wearing and carrying a heavy raincoat? If I commissioned weather forecasts I'd be demanding my money back.
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Wordle 1,895 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Any more fours and I'll give up Wordling for ever!
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Wordle 1,894 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Any more consecutive fours and I'll give up Wordle for ever!
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Also yet another four!
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Wordle 1,892 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Runs of four is getting boring.
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Wordle 1,891 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Wordle 1,890 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Didn't USE to be.
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Wordle 1,889 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Wordle 1,888 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Wordle 1,887 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Wordle 1,886 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Wordle 1,885 5/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Wordle 1,884 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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David Parlett @dparlett.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Seelcting blocks from a picture is the worst kind of identification process ever.
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