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Thomas McGreevy

@thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social

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I live in Toronto, Canada. Have loud internal voices. Post puzzle results and occasional opinions. Repost happy things, politics, mental health. 🙏💚🍦🙂 are my favourite emojis. #NCFC

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Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 1m

I don't think so. I'll give it a try. I'm not sure I can think of six letter words anymore 🤣. Thanks Norree

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 3m

I played squares.org #599:
23/31 words

Squares - Daily Word Game

Play the Squares game! Connect letters in a grid to create words. A new puzzle is available every day!

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 28m

I played squaredle.com 10/18:
*35/35 words
🎯 Perfect accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 1

Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 1h

That third question completely shocked me.

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 1h

🙏 thank you

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you, and ditto. That puzzle just slips away so subtly.

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 1h

Ditto

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 2h

I played squaredle.com/xp 10/18:
*25/25 words (+3 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 29% by accuracy

Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 3h

#waffle1367 2/5

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🔥 streak: 7
wafflegame.net

The waffle-shaped daily word game.

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 3h

Antiwordle #1350
6 guesses

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🟥⬛🟨⬛🟨
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Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 3h

#Ablatonyms 34
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Moves: 7
Elapsed Time: 00:01:02
Score: 100
degroof.github.io/ablatonyms.h...

degroof.github.io

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 3h

#crosswordle 1063 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️
🟩⬜️🟩⬜️🟩🟩🟩
🟩⬜️🟩⬜️🟩⬜️🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜️🟩
⬜️⬜️🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️🟩

Streak: 10🔥

crosswordle.com

Crosswordle: Quick Daily Crossword Logic Puzzle

Crosswordle offers free daily crossword logic puzzles that fans of Wordle® will enjoy. Solve each puzzle by swapping letters horizontally and vertically.

crosswordle.com

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 3h

Artle #Artle October 18, 2025 🎨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 www.nga.gov/Artle

Artle – the daily art exploration game.

Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 3h

[Bracket City]
October 18, 2025

www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke...

Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 2

Total Score: 96.0
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Bracket City - The Atlantic

Solve nested clues to reveal a satisfying fact about this day in history. Climb the ranks from tourist to kingmaker (or beyond?).

www.theatlantic.com

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 3h

Rankle #277 3/4
“Just keep swimming”

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www.rankle.app

From the old testament to Disney in the same week? Why not 20th Century Asian writers, women prime ministers, WW2 war criminals, American wars, etc?

Rankle – a daily ranking puzzle game

Rank 6 things in 4 guesses. There's a new puzzle every day.

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 4h

Hang Five 804
❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 ✅
100%

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 4h

Babelle #1324 X/6 (89%)
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛➡️
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛↗️
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛↖️
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛➡️
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛↖️
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babelle.terrylaire.fr

Babelle : guess in which country this city is located

Babelle, a country-guessing game with a city as first clue

babelle.terrylaire.fr

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 4h

#whendle no998
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FAIL 0pts

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 4h

Test Of Times #79 (X/3)
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#testoftimes testoftimes.com

Test of Times is a fun online game where people can learn more about history through photos. A new photo is added daily where individuals attempt to guess the correct year the photo was taken.

testoftimes.com

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 4h

Flashback for October 18, 2025

26 points
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Play here:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Oct. 18, 2025

Can you sort 8 historical events?

www.nytimes.com

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 4h

Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica

Oct. 18, 2025

T I G H T R O P E
✅ ✅ ✅ 💔 ✅ ✅ ✅ 💔 ✅ 🎉

My Score: 1800
www.britannica.com/quiz/tightrope

Tightrope, a Daily Trivia Game | Britannica

A daily trivia game with 9 interesting questions. If you get three wrong…you lose. Question categories include science, arts, history, animals and math.

www.britannica.com

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 4h

Quintalist #429 5/5
Batman
1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣
2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣
⬜⬜⬜3️⃣3️⃣
4️⃣4️⃣4️⃣4️⃣4️⃣
⬜⬜5️⃣⬜5️⃣
Streak: 7
quintalist.com
#quintalist

Quintalist - Daily Ranking Challenge

Correctly answer the Daily Question in 5 tries or fewer. Select 5 choices and click Submit. Play each day!

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 4h

squareword.org 1356: 8 guesses

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🟨🟨🟨🟩🟨
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<6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥
#squareword #squareword1356

A two-dimensional word game

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 4h

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Oct 18th 2025) in less than 44 minutes
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cluesbysam.com

A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!

Thomas McGreevy @thomasmcgreevy.bsky.social · 6h

Worked well today

Doddle board for today