Wordle Postgame Report, December 14

GAMES OF SKILL AND CHANCE DEP'T.

Call girl in love boat allegations Virginia Perger today at a secret location. Miss Perger asked for $200 - "I'm a working girl.” Miss. Virginia Perger has been moonlighting as a media star. But her fees haven't been far out of line with what she receives for her USUAL job. That's the story behind the story, according to the journalist who broke the love boat scandal, Mr. David Halpin. He said the prostitute was paid $200 for an initial interview and not much more than $1,000 for the hours she spent telling her story to the Sunday Telegraph. May 09, 1985. (Photo by Jacqueline Haynes/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).

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December 14, USUAL, 4/6

LOOKING FOR MORE variance, as an excuse for taking the first word that came to mind, I started with FRUIT and got a green U in the middle. Was the U the first vowel after a consonant combination or the second in a pair of vowels? I tried the latter with POUCH, and the grid stayed gray on both sides. Consonants, then? SLUNG got a yellow S and L. Some third kind of structure, apparently. And with consonant selection getting thin, it was time for some more vowels. USUAL? All green in the fourth row, my most common Wordle outcome.

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