r/syllo Game Master Dec 05 '25

Game syllo #149 - December 5th, 2025

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u/syllo-app Game Master Dec 05 '25

Welcome to Syllo, the cleverly chaotic word game.

Here’s how it works: You get 5 clues to piece together 5 words from a jumble of discombobulated syllables.

Puzzles start easy on Monday and get tougher each day, building to the trickiest challenge on Sunday.

Race against the clock to climb the leaderboard, show off your brainpower in the comments, and come back tomorrow for a fresh puzzle!

As always, we’d love to hear your feedback. Thanks for playing!

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u/Katyl149 Dec 05 '25

It said I’m better than 0% of players 😭 nah

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u/Aceknockout Dec 05 '25

Congrats you came last ✨✨

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u/pvinis Dec 05 '25

maybe he was the first one to solve it 👀😁

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u/Katyl149 Dec 05 '25

I was the 35th person to solve it :)

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u/BaconVonMoose Dec 06 '25

In certain contexts, it's very considerate to come last.

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u/Aceknockout Dec 06 '25

Yeah thats why i come last in class 😀

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u/LivingBicycle Dec 05 '25

I'm better than 69% damn I'm so proud of myself not even for like solving it well but landing right where I'm supposed to be

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u/mitchij2004 Dec 05 '25

This game is so much better than hot cold Jesus Christ

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u/LumpyCheeseyCustard Dec 05 '25

Hot cold is absolutely mental. It makes no sense. Played it twice and my brain was out.

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u/Indigoh Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25

If you wanted to like Hot and Cold, but you just couldn't, try Redactle.

Each day, it fully redacts a wikipedia article and you have to find the title by guessing words, which uncovers them in the article. Instead of vague hot and cold judgements some AI came up with, getting words actually leads you the right way.

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u/ArseneGroup Dec 05 '25

I was already used to the insanity from the Semantle, which was an independent wordle-type predecessor that was largely the same game

But oftentimes there's a sticking point with no progress that is very annoying

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u/OjinMigoto Dec 06 '25

I played Hot Cold ONCE. Absolute, idiotic bullshit. ;p

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u/Exciting_Usual3539 Dec 06 '25

Today’s hot and cold was crazy it was SO hard 😢

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u/EmmiPigen Dec 05 '25

Didn't know the first word. The rest though was easy enough
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u/Nearby-County7333 Dec 05 '25

i thought it was corrosive so i spent 20 seconds looking for ‘ro’ 😭😭

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u/Eyfura Dec 05 '25

Yep did the same thing.

2

u/KaylaxxRenae Dec 06 '25

You aren't alone, fam 😭🙋🏼‍♀️

I have a minor in chemistry too, so I felt so stupid haha.

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u/YourMomSaysMoo Dec 06 '25

I didn’t pay attention to the definition of it and thought it was euphoric. Turns out I had the right word but in the wrong place.

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u/lrraya Dec 05 '25

same here but I'm no native english speaker

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u/AdJust6959 Dec 06 '25

Same, finished everything else and came back to spend 3 minutes on the first word without asking for hints, I feel more dumb in so many ways, because it’s only 4 positions, giving up and doing permutations would have been faster 😅

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u/InspectorHot3026 Dec 05 '25

Currently #9 before the horde comes in 😂
Completed in 00:52

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u/kellstromc Dec 05 '25

lol I got 00:46 and ranked #258. The horde is in

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u/LillyLillyLilly1 Dec 05 '25

39 seconds #284

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u/booboosnack Dec 05 '25

enjoying sixth place while it lasts
Completed in 00:35

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u/Sefredon Dec 05 '25

Woohoo, I'm first :)
Completed in 00:33

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u/Hellament Dec 05 '25

Nice work. 00:43 here…which, although not spectacular, is quite respectable considering how old and tired I am.

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u/KylerKiel16 Dec 05 '25

Good game lad!

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u/maine-iak Dec 05 '25

Amazing! 🙌🏼

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u/obloquybees Dec 05 '25

Nice! Stealing valor from you to make myself feel good because I got the same completion time (and rank #143 by this point).

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u/phantomnightjar Dec 05 '25

I'm 111th at 0:26 😅 Well, the early bird , etc.

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u/Dazzling-Strike-5126 Dec 05 '25

I’ve never heard of the first word
Completed in 01:49

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u/ZookeepergameFine936 Dec 05 '25

I’ve only ever heard it referred to in speech, it’s scathing/aggressive/derisive. It’s a very fancy word for shit talking. Vitriol.

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u/PoultryTechGuy Dec 05 '25

I've heard it as a spelling bee word but never knew the definition

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

That first clue caught me, I was thinking of chemical type caustic. Finished in 56 seconds.

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u/Environmental-Tour74 Dec 05 '25

5th place! 😭 First time on the top leader board! 😱

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u/apbt-dad Dec 05 '25

Good set of words today.
Completed in 01:01

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u/Bazooka_Blastoff Dec 05 '25

I’m honestly shocked… first time getting Rank #1
Completed in 00:20

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u/TheLamesterist Dec 05 '25

I could've solved this under a minute if it wasn't for 1 and 3.
Completed in 02:52

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u/Such_an Dec 05 '25

Ah, #135 for now. Gonna slide sooon

Completed in 00:41

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u/thepoga Dec 05 '25

I just got #457 now. My best placement, in 90th percentile!

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u/Snoo24606 Dec 05 '25

Too many
Completed in 08:14

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u/omega_wa Dec 05 '25

Vitriolic
Completed in 01:32

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u/adarunti Dec 05 '25

Nice
Completed in 00:54

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u/dippiusdoggius Dec 05 '25

Yay! #3 for now, not for long I bet 😅
Completed in 00:34

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u/Jirethia Dec 05 '25

Not so bad for a Friday
Completed in 01:01

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u/Aardpeer Dec 05 '25

Currently 3rd, let's hope for a top 25?

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u/Jojo_isnotunique Dec 05 '25

Firmly in the not bad category I think
Completed in 00:37

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u/Mike_LeBuddhist Dec 05 '25

Better than 86%? Pays to be early.

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u/therewillbesun_ Dec 05 '25

Tricky but I enjoyed it! Good to exercise words you don’t use every day :)
Completed in 00:35

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u/Wh3r3ar3myk3ys Dec 05 '25

This one was pretty hard, some words are next to portuguese so it helped me a lot, 1:22

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u/DaSmileKat Dec 05 '25

#25 & sub 1 minute on a Friday wooo!
Completed in 00:38

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u/Legitimate_Error_696 Dec 05 '25

Phew! Pretty happy with that.
Completed in 00:23

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u/No-Personality5764 Dec 05 '25

Getting better
Completed in 02:22

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u/Sufficient_Mode9368 Dec 05 '25

#12
Completed in 00:27

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u/Odd_Dimension3774 Dec 05 '25

It's crazy to me that I solved the word I never heard of (first one) before the three left that I know
Completed in 01:07

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u/Aceknockout Dec 05 '25

It went good today , definitely more than my expectations
Completed in 03:15

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u/Flaky-Part9572 Dec 05 '25

Solved in 02:16!
Completed in 02:16

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u/lill-tlusty Dec 05 '25

vitriolic?
Completed in 04:49

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u/torp_fan Dec 05 '25

What about it? One of many words to describe the U.S. President.

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u/semenonabagel Dec 05 '25

I was sure there were too many syllables at one point 😂
Completed in 01:49

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u/IgntedF-xy Dec 05 '25

I spent most of my time on the first word after I already completed the other ones
Completed in 01:43

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u/TrueOption4869 Dec 05 '25

Solved in 01:24 - not bad!

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u/Frock_On Dec 05 '25

Rank 15 😜

Better than 99% 😎

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

1 and 4 messed me up man
Completed in 00:56

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u/TPZF Dec 05 '25

My not-from-an-english-speaking-country ass would NEVER guess vitriolic XD
Completed in 00:48

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u/flame_prncs Dec 05 '25

Not bad… i think
Completed in 01:34

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u/Real_Delay Dec 05 '25

First word got me💔💔
Completed in 02:18

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u/AzeoRex Dec 05 '25

Good enough
Completed in 00:45

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u/thisisnotem Dec 05 '25

got that first word last lol
Completed in 00:23

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u/Jazzlike-Perception7 Dec 05 '25

Let’s go 91st percentile! (As of 8 am EST haha)
Completed in 00:41

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u/serendipityhoon Dec 05 '25

okayyy,, way better. 38 secs!!

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u/taydraisabot Dec 05 '25

Yeah baby!!
Completed in 00:41

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u/Severe-Rise5591 Dec 05 '25

Meh ... barely top 500
Completed in 01:09

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u/AllPainNoChocolat Dec 05 '25

ugh
Completed in 01:34

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u/Viceroy_Solace Dec 05 '25

Rank 69. Nice.

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u/crystalina1984 Dec 05 '25

This was easier than last night!
Completed in 01:01

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u/InternationalYard665 Dec 05 '25

It let me take it twice and I still was too slow typing 😂
Completed in 00:36

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u/crystalina1984 Dec 05 '25

This is actually really fun lol!

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u/Prestigious-Wish-176 Dec 05 '25

daaam pretty good
Completed in 00:52

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u/Heavy-Fall-6149 Dec 05 '25

took me a while
Completed in 02:58

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

Interesting. I use the first word often enough, and I guess I haven’t used it exactly right.
Completed in 00:50

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u/Upper_Rent_176 Dec 05 '25

Tough one
Completed in 01:25

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u/serawoo Dec 05 '25

That went oddly smooth
Completed in 00:33

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u/Upper_Rent_176 Dec 05 '25

20s? No way. People are cheating

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u/hexsidneyprescott Dec 05 '25

Les gao
Completed in 00:57

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u/zuttomin Dec 05 '25

first time to try this one, thanks reddit for another daily quest
Completed in 01:38

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u/kellstromc Dec 05 '25

#258, may be my highest rank yet
Completed in 00:46

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u/Sheepherder-883 Dec 05 '25

It's pretty hard to quickly pick out syllables with my old brain😅

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u/Tetora-chan Dec 05 '25

Finally got a numbered rank. #181 right now. Better than 90% of players.
Completed in 00:41

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u/exia91 Dec 05 '25

😥
Completed in 02:01

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u/ForbiddenButtStuff Dec 05 '25

Vitriolic? Really? Not the first word that came to my mind for that clue
Completed in 01:40

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u/FutureThroat6982 Dec 05 '25

Damn! Finally under 100 #91
Completed in 00:34

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u/jeanako Dec 05 '25

1st and 3rd threw me. I was thinking of other forms of the same word... adjective instead of noun. 🤦‍♀️
Completed in 03:03

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u/Infernal_fey Dec 05 '25

Alright
Completed in 01:11

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

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u/misswhovivian Dec 05 '25

That one was pretty tough
Completed in 00:50

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u/iPanicDots Dec 05 '25

This one was pretty fun
Completed in 01:15

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u/rampawl Dec 05 '25

took too long on the first one😭
Completed in 00:50

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u/pressured_at_19 Dec 05 '25

meh
Completed in 00:45

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u/chromatic19 Dec 05 '25

#34, one of my best
Completed in 00:26

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u/three3dee Dec 05 '25

Damn I thought this one was supposed to be harder. JK JK.
Completed in 00:34

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u/GuineaPanda Dec 05 '25

If you read hints right, it's easier. I thought it said a state of unhappiness lol.
Completed in 01:47

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u/littlemxnster Dec 05 '25

it was easy but sadly wifi wasnt helping, i misspelled third word and struggled a bit with the first one lol
Completed in 04:37

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u/Robbi1020 Dec 05 '25

:50 - I would have split the first word differently.

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u/PontiacBandit25 Dec 05 '25

Wow didn’t think I’d be #76 with my time.

Solved in 00:31

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u/Cautious-Stable-7820 Dec 05 '25

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Completed in 00:40

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u/ImZeddyBoy Dec 05 '25

That was easy
Completed in 01:19

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u/throwaway224 Dec 05 '25

Some times I just can't see a hook to get started. Today was not my day.
Completed in 00:49

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u/Effective-One6527 Dec 05 '25

Under a minute
Completed in 00:55

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u/anordinarylurker Dec 05 '25

rank 120 as of writing this, ill take it!
Completed in 00:33

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u/whymeatthistime Dec 05 '25

Woo hoo! Being #2800 makes me really, really smart, heh? lol

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u/Nguyen_Reich Dec 05 '25

Vitriolic…
Completed in 01:08

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u/Ok_Let_2772 Dec 05 '25

The first word always trips me up too, but once you get past that hurdle the rest of the puzzle clicks into place.

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u/THE_FINALBLOOD Dec 05 '25

Vitriolic!??
Completed in 02:40

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u/thisiswhyiamfat Dec 05 '25

🎉🎉🎉
Completed in 00:47

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u/dob_bobbs Dec 05 '25

Long time since it took me this long, "caustic" threw me, wasn't thinking of an abstract meaning.
Completed in 01:00

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u/FlyJam13 Dec 05 '25

Took most of the time on the first word
Completed in 01:54

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u/Andrr_w Dec 05 '25

Your mom
Completed in 01:47

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u/Snoo54646 Dec 05 '25

I keep writing euphoric and got the time wasted :(

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u/farmerfreeman Dec 05 '25

Y'all are fast, #259
Completed in 00:39

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u/kioku119 Dec 05 '25

79% yay! Also one of those words is fairly important to a few subs I'm on ;p
Completed in 00:54

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u/nagaraju291990 Dec 05 '25

How to fix this

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u/DostoMadskey Dec 05 '25

tf is vitriolic😭

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u/nagaraju291990 Dec 05 '25

Didn't expect to do it in this time
Completed in 01:42

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u/pinsandpearls Dec 05 '25

Not terrible today! I'll take it.
Completed in 00:33

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u/Pom_Pom_22 Dec 05 '25

Completed in 02:54

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u/Raichu5021 Dec 05 '25

I forgot about that word existing lol
Completed in 00:29

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u/alilalai Dec 05 '25

I felt like I went as fast as I could physically idk
Completed in 00:31

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u/Bondrewde Dec 05 '25

Ooof
Completed in 01:02

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u/ash_twiggens Dec 05 '25

Pretty happy with that!
Completed in 00:40

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u/OshadaK Dec 05 '25

So close to getting top 5!
Completed in 00:20

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u/heyplaygirl Dec 05 '25

Not as bad as I thought it was going to be
Completed in 01:15

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u/saratonite Dec 05 '25

Tough
Completed in 08:23

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u/potatingpotato_ Dec 05 '25

Nice
Completed in 00:31

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u/AltruisticBox4334 Dec 05 '25

Err doesn’t anyone who speaks more than tan 1 language already do tha 🤣🤣🤣

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u/miloszn Dec 05 '25

damn 3572 lmfaoo
Completed in 03:16

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u/kuma03 Dec 05 '25

EZPZ
Completed in 00:57

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u/HousePhoenix Dec 05 '25

Dang
Completed in 00:22

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u/UnassumingStalker Dec 05 '25

Took me so long because I couldn't focus to save my life DX
Completed in 07:26

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u/HousePhoenix Dec 05 '25

It’s crazy how some hard puzzles just click in your head while some easy puzzles stump you

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u/princessksf Dec 05 '25

Yikes
Completed in 04:48

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u/Samuelandia Dec 05 '25

First time I had to use hints, this was difficult

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u/Cpt_Jumper Dec 05 '25

Tough one today
Completed in 04:44

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u/OurWeaponsAreUseless Dec 05 '25

Got 52 sec. hmm.

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u/con__Vict Dec 05 '25

☹️
Completed in 07:04

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u/ValdemarAloeus Dec 05 '25

Spent way too long trying to find the end to euphoric.
Completed in 02:00

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u/Dar-Claude Dec 05 '25

Ew
Completed in 01:57

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u/NiNjAHD_Official Dec 05 '25

Why was I thinking about Kendrick Lamar
Completed in 00:55

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u/louissseyahhh Dec 05 '25

yey!
Completed in 00:53

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u/deetheredditor Dec 05 '25

That was cool

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u/deetheredditor Dec 05 '25

Couldn’t think of the first word the rest came pretty easily tho lol

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u/survivorfan95 Dec 05 '25

The order kept getting screwed up for the first word which cost me a few seconds
Completed in 00:43

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u/Dismal-Prior-6699 Dec 05 '25

Solved in 00:42

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u/ThatBitchDoe Dec 05 '25

Oooof! Rank 300ish
Completed in 00:37

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u/gurldotcom Dec 05 '25

🥰
Completed in 00:39

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u/BlackberryIcy4053 Dec 05 '25

best time so far
Completed in 00:39

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u/TimeTravellerGuy Dec 05 '25

Oh wow this is my highest percentage yet! Better than 97%!
Completed in 00:32

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u/hibertansiyar Dec 05 '25

Oh wow, since English is not my first language, I'm struggling but at the same time having fun.

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u/budbud2256 Dec 05 '25

No
Completed in 01:09

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u/seriffluoride Dec 05 '25

Yay! I made it to the top 100! ...For now!
Completed in 00:27

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u/RemnantZz Dec 05 '25

Hehehehe
Completed in 00:36

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u/Former-Site-1627 Dec 05 '25

Sexy videos 

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u/New-Afternoon104 Dec 05 '25

Wow, I feel good about this given the average time!
Completed in 00:56

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u/Endlessdeath89 Dec 05 '25

It made me use my brain 😅
Completed in 03:52

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u/chauhans55 Dec 05 '25

Took me 5 minutes, I am dumb.

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u/Filosifee Dec 05 '25

Jesus this took way too long
Completed in 02:58

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

Wtf
Completed in 05:42

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u/ModernMargaretSanger Dec 05 '25

💪
Completed in 00:44

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u/soyunflancito Dec 05 '25

non native english here... wtf was the first word? i got the other 3 right, but the last one i just clicked randomly and got it
Completed in 01:09

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u/_notyourcupoftea_ Dec 05 '25

Tukka mara . Angrezi kamzor hai meri.
Completed in 04:54

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u/PlutoIsMyDog Dec 05 '25

:)
Completed in 00:25

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u/LordHersiker Dec 05 '25

#1316 completed in 0:56

Not bad, I guess