Wordy Wednesday 439: Put a Ring on It & Wordy Wednesday 440: Pent Words 88

WORDY WEDNESDAY #437
WE HAVE EVERYTHING WRONG! (answer)

Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten *
Karen Spencer **
Stephen Potter **
Jason Boomer **
John Bulten **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #438
HOGGLE (hint)

As of this writing, 4 people have solved this puzzle. I warned you that this one was tough, so absolutely avail yourself of this hint. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

LAST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH = DOUBLE WORDY WEDNESDAYS!
WORDY WEDNESDAY #439
PUT A RING ON IT
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WORDY WEDNESDAY #440
PENT WORDS 88
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In this puzzle, you must divide the grid into pentominoes (regions containing five cells each), and write a letter in each cell. The rows, reading from left to right, will contain the words hinted at by the Across clues. The letters in the pentominoes, in reading order (left to right starting with the top row), will form the words hinted at by the Pentominoes clues; these clues are presented in no particular order. (In the example, the rows spell PLANT, SHARE, and BITES, and the pentominoes spell the words PLANS, TREES, and HABIT.) Use the ACROSS answers to determine where the pentominoes are.

ACROSS (two answers per row):

1 “Report: Facebook Crashed After ____ Zuckerberg Failed CAPTCHA One Too Many Times” (headline from Christian satirical news site The Babylon Bee) / Crisp apple variety after which Apple’s failed gaming console was named

2 Gosling of Drive (2011) / Certain spotted cat

3 “____ or treat!” / Snares for animals

4 Cremated remains / Be real

5 Certain spotted cat / Rowing implement

6 Make ____ (correct a mistake) / ____ Stew (children’s book by Bill Wallace)

7 Low digit / Kidnappers

8 Not closed / Large-eared fox

9 43,560 square feet / Computer nerd, say

10 Male organ of a flower / Edible container at an ice cream parlor

PENTOMINOES:

* HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER

* THE OTHER HALF OF THE FINAL ANSWER

* ____ of drawers

* ____ lazuli

* Board game related to Gomoku in which you can win either by aligning five of your pieces or by capturing five pairs of your opponent’s pieces

* Subdivision of an act

* ____ noir (wine)

* Brief film appearance, perhaps

* Japanese egg noodles

* Counterparts of ventricles

* Sanka offering

* Maid of ____

* “We Didn’t ____ the Fire” (Billy Joel hit)

* Sharon of $5 a Day (2008)

* Leonard Marx, familiarly

* “Don't ____ it until you've tried it!”

* British currency units

* Become wed

* Charlie of Two and a Half Men

* Laurie of The Hustler (1961)

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* What's an 11-letter word for "Like gneiss or schist"?

Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!

Contest: Let's Guess Three Words V! (Week 4 update)

For full rules, see here.

Note: Unless otherwise specified, "vowel" and "consonant" are defined as per National Puzzlers League rules, since those are the rules my readers seem to want to go along with. This means that A, E, I, O, U, and Y are vowels, and the other 20 letters are consonants.

Week 0:

The set of all 4-letter words which start with a vowel: ONE
The set of all words ending with a letter strictly after Q alphabetically (RSTUVWXYZ): TWO

Week 1:

[Izak Bulten] The set of all words whose second letter appears in the words "PANIC ROOM": TWO

[John Bulten] The set of all words whose first letter appears in the word "CAMPERS": ONE

[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words containing the letter R: TWO

Week 2:

[Izak Bulten] The set of all words whose second-to-last letter appears in the words "THE GREAT ESCAPE": TWO

[John Bulten] The set of all words with an even number of letters: TWO

Week 3:

[Izak Bulten] The set of all words whose third letter appears in the words "FIGHT CLUB": ONE

[John Bulten] The set of all words with an even number of vowels: TWO

[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words containing three or more vowels: ONE

[Penni Bulten] The set of all words which have a vowel as the second to last letter: NONE

Week 4:

[Izak Bulten] The set of all words ending with a letter in "SPACEBALLS": ALL

[John Bulten] The set of all words containing L, M, or N: ONE

[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words whose first letter appears in "BULTEN": NONE

The money pool for the Food Bank of West Central Texas is now $14.

The Penni has dropped. . . but will the penny drop soon, as well?

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Wordy Wednesday 438: Hoggle

WORDY WEDNESDAY #436
SECTION SIX 43 (answer)

Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cindy Heisler **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Karen Spencer **
Stephen Potter *
Tyler Hinman **
Kevin Orfield **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #437
WE HAVE EVERYTHING WRONG! (hint)

As of this writing, 8 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's a hint. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #438
HOGGLE
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[The illustration is by Tintinabar. This artist credit is not part of the puzzle.]

Oh no! The Three Little Pigs grabbed some pigpens and pigpaper to play Hoggle (a word game you’ve probably played, but in their native language), but the Big Bad Wolf huffed, and puffed, and blew mud all over their game! Luckily, the porcine brothers remember some of the words they were able to find. Can you reconstruct the board?

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* A meta crossword!
* What's a 5-letter word for "Board game related to Gomoku in which you can win either by aligning five of your pieces or by capturing five pairs of your opponent’s pieces"?

Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!

Contest: Let's Guess Three Words V! (Week 3 update)

For full rules, see here.

Note: Unless otherwise specified, "vowel" and "consonant" are defined as per National Puzzlers League rules, since those are the rules my readers seem to want to go along with. This means that A, E, I, O, U, and Y are vowels, and the other 20 letters are consonants.

Week 0:

The set of all 4-letter words which start with a vowel: ONE
The set of all words ending with a letter strictly after Q alphabetically (RSTUVWXYZ): TWO

Week 1:

[Izak Bulten] The set of all words whose second letter appears in the words "PANIC ROOM": TWO

[John Bulten] The set of all words whose first letter appears in the word "CAMPERS": ONE

[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words containing the letter R: TWO

Week 2:

[Izak Bulten] The set of all words whose second-to-last letter appears in the words "THE GREAT ESCAPE": TWO

[John Bulten] The set of all words with an even number of letters: TWO

Week 3:

[Izak Bulten] The set of all words whose third letter appears in the words "FIGHT CLUB": ONE

[John Bulten] The set of all words with an even number of vowels: TWO

[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words containing three or more vowels: ONE

[Penni Bulten] The set of all words which have a vowel as the second to last letter: NONE

The money pool for the Food Bank of West Central Texas is now $16.

Kevin Orfield, methinks it's time to start inviting other people surnamed Orfield. This contest has become a family affair!

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Wordy Wednesday 437: We Have Everything Wrong!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #434
TOUCHWORD 23 (answer)

Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Karen Spencer **
Tyler Hinman **
Kevin Orfield **
Michael Lebowitz **
Patrick Jordan **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #435
PENT WORDS 87 (answer)

Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cindy Heisler **
Cole Kendall **
James Haddad **
Joe Bernard **
Karen Spencer **
Tyler Hinman **
Kevin Orfield **
Michael Lebowitz **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #436
SECTION SIX 43 (hint)

As of this writing, 9 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #437
WE HAVE EVERYTHING WRONG!
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Some villainous characters have thrown down the gauntlet, challenging us to fix their facts! What do we need to do to defeat the villains?

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COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* A puzzle that none of my Patreon supporters have solved yet! Can you outsmart them?

Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!

Contest: Let's Guess Three Words V! (Week 2 update)

For full rules, see here.

Note: Unless otherwise specified, "vowel" and "consonant" are defined as per National Puzzlers League rules, since those are the rules my readers seem to want to go along with. This means that A, E, I, O, U, and Y are vowels, and the other 20 letters are consonants.

Week 0:

The set of all 4-letter words which start with a vowel: ONE
The set of all words ending with a letter strictly after Q alphabetically (RSTUVWXYZ): TWO

Week 1:

[Izak Bulten] The set of all words whose second letter appears in the words "PANIC ROOM": TWO

[John Bulten] The set of all words whose first letter appears in the word "CAMPERS": ONE

[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words containing the letter R: TWO

Week 2:

[Izak Bulten] The set of all words whose second-to-last letter appears in the words "THE GREAT ESCAPE": TWO

[John Bulten] The set of all words with an even number of letters: TWO

The money pool for the Food Bank of West Central Texas is now $18.

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Wordy Wednesday 436: Section Six 43

WORDY WEDNESDAY #433
HEX PATHFINDER 27 (answer)

Here is the answer to this puzzle. If you still wish to solve it yourself, please go here for the normal version of the puzzle, or here for the easier version of the puzzle. Here's a list of people who solved it:
Bonnie Veenschoten **
Cindy Heisler **
James Haddad *
Joe Bernard **
Karen Spencer **
Mary Maynard **
Stephen Potter **
Tyler Hinman **
Kevin Orfield **
Michael Lebowitz **
Ryan Faley **
Sam Levitin **

WORDY WEDNESDAY #434
TOUCHWORD 23 (hint)

As of this writing, 12 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #435
PENT WORDS 87 (hint)

As of this writing, 11 people have solved this puzzle. Haven't solved it yet? Here's an easier version. Send your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com within the next week to appear on the solvers list and be recognized for your puzzle prowess. Good luck, solvers!

WORDY WEDNESDAY #436
SECTION SIX 43
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This puzzle's grid has six rings and six sections. Each ring contains a series of words placed end to end, reading either clockwise or counterclockwise; all the words in a given ring will read in the same direction. Ring 1 (the outer ring) contains six answers that read clockwise; the starting spaces are numbered in the grid. Clues for the answers in the remaining rings are given in order, but their starting points and direction are for you to determine. The sections (separated by the heavy lines radiating from the center) will help you place the inner rings: in a given section, each ring segment contains all but one of the letters in the next segment outward. In other words, a section's outermost segment contains six letters; the next segment inward contains five of those six letters in some order; and so on, until only one of the original six letters remains.

Arrange the letters in the six starred spaces to form the final answer, a 6-letter word.

Ring 1

1 Color similar to fuchsia

2 Records video footage

3 City on the Han River

4 Staunch

5 Make an out-of-court agreement, say

6 ____ cherry

Ring 2

* Omit, as a pronounced sound

* Feats

* Drive the getaway car, for example

* It connects two bones

* Far from respectable

Ring 3

* Place for a pump on a ship, perhaps

* “Sweet Love” singer Baker

* On the ____ (accurate)

* Afghanistan’s area: 2 wds.

Ring 4

* Not corporeal, as an asset

* “When all is ____ and done. . .”

* Philadelphia architect Thomas U. Walter designed the one on the Capitol Building

Ring 5

* Hammer’s target

* Material deposited by water

Ring 6

* Quaid who appeared in Movie 43 (2013)

COMING NEXT WEEK. . .

* A puzzle that has everything wrong!
* Patron Puzzle #89, which will be delivered on October 8, 2021, exclusively to Patreon supporters at the Super Fan level and up ($5 or more per month), is a Diagramless Crossword.

Submit your answers to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com. Until next time, happy solving!

Contest: Let's Guess Three Words V! (Week 1 update)

For full rules, see here.

Note: Unless otherwise specified, "vowel" and "consonant" are defined as per National Puzzlers League rules, since those are the rules my readers seem to want to go along with. This means that A, E, I, O, U, and Y are vowels, and the other 20 letters are consonants.

Week 0:

The set of all 4-letter words which start with a vowel: ONE
The set of all words ending with a letter strictly after Q alphabetically (RSTUVWXYZ): TWO

Week 1:

[Izak Bulten] The set of all words whose second letter appears in the words "PANIC ROOM": TWO

[John Bulten] The set of all words whose first letter appears in the word "CAMPERS": ONE

[Kevin Orfield] The set of all words containing the letter R: TWO

The money pool for the Food Bank of West Central Texas is now $20.

Submit more guesses!