I knew why I liked you 
I dealt with college age er adults for 2 decades. I’m ruined.
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Those words are ageless in my experience 
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That, and all the related words, are treated as proper nouns.
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Has ackee been mentioned? Came up today
Probably. No bacalao today.
I always try that. They didn’t used to accept callaloo and now that they do, it should follow.
The one that pisses me off every time is caponata.
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That would piss me off, too. Callaloo’s been around since I started playing.
I about to the point that I’m just going to go back to doing the crossword puzzles. Except for the easy ones.
Oh, I still love the Bee and almost always get to QB 
That doesn’t stop me from doing Wordle, Connections, the Mini & Midi plus the NYer’s Shuffalo every day —my morning ritual with my coffee 
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I do strands, too. My starting word for Wordle is political rather than practical- helps me let off steam., if not win.
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Mine was arise/raise first, then alert, now it’s audio. I let off steam outside of my puzzle activities, as I do them after I wake up, and my BP doesn’t need that kind of “excitement” that early in the day 
I could never figure out Strands.
Curaçao today. Huh.
I played it for a while, but I don’t really like it. So I stopped.
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Worked for me.
Yes, same here. I was surprised about its inclusion. The entire point of this thread is the absolute randomness of including names of various places or foods, yet excluding others.
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I use aisle mainly. If no letters from there my second word is always pouty. I play wordle and dordle every morning. Then later in the afternoon I tackle spelling bee, connections, strands, tiles, letter box and mini crossword. Also like waffle on different site.
Oh, I thought you were saying it wasn’t there for you. It’s been included as long as I recall.
I don’t do Strands or Letter Boxed. I do Spelling Bee, Wordle, Connections, and all the crosswords. So many crosswords, not just NYT, but many other pubs (New Yorker, Atlantic, Vox, Slate, LAT, NY Magazine). I’m a junkie.
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You might enjoy Shuffalo, but IDK if you need a subscription.
