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Post by katlady on Sept 22, 2024 19:59:45 GMT
Do you prefer word or number puzzles?
I’ve always preferred numbers. I’ve never liked scrabble, word searches, crossword puzzles, etc. I will pick a number puzzle over a word puzzle most of the time. I’ve always done better in math classes over English classes. But, I do love to read. And one time, a college professor said I should consider English as a major. I am almost burst out laughing. I have started to do crossword puzzles, easy ones, only because I feel like I “need” to in order to stay sharp.
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Post by mymindseyedpea on Sept 22, 2024 20:28:41 GMT
I like both equally. I think I’d rather create a word puzzle over a number puzzle. But I love them numbers ☺️
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Post by melanell on Sept 22, 2024 21:00:29 GMT
I prefer word puzzles, but NOT crossword puzzles. To me those are more trivia in many cases. I also dislike the ones where they give you the word CASTLE and you're supposed to change it to KNIGHT in 5 steps. It always seems impossible to me.  But I like all sorts of other word puzzles--word searches, word scrambles, cryptograms, fill-in style crossword grids, etc. On the flip side, I do like a nice sudoku on occasion. I love logic puzzles, too, but again, I prefer the tell me a story and 5 facts, and I deduce whatever you want me to deduce style as opposed to a figure that has to be manipulated. I often say that part of the reason I love genealogy is because to me, it's part history and part logic puzzle. For me, no vacation is complete if I don't have a Dell Variety Puzzle book packed in my bags. |
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Post by lisae on Sept 22, 2024 21:26:56 GMT
I like both but I do more word puzzles. They seem to be easier to come by. Also the number ones tend to have a pattern and once you figure that out, they get boring.
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Post by christine58 on Sept 22, 2024 22:17:58 GMT
I play Wordle and Connections and a new one called Strands. All word ‘puzzles’
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Post by malibou on Sept 22, 2024 22:45:51 GMT
I like number puzzles!
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Post by gillyp on Sept 22, 2024 22:53:41 GMT
I love logic problems the most then words then numbers, which is odd because I love numbers in every day life. I can not bear sudoku to the extent I glaze over on seeing the grid.
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Post by GamGam on Sept 23, 2024 14:52:52 GMT
I play Wordle and Connections and a new one called Strands. All word ‘puzzles’ Fun puzzles 😊. And I also play Tiles. |
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Post by lainey on Sept 23, 2024 15:12:02 GMT
Numbers are my nemesis so I prefer word puzzles.
I can't read numbers properly (threes and fives are the worst) so doing a number puzzle is not fun for me.
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Post by peasapie on Sept 23, 2024 15:28:59 GMT
I got into NYTimes Sudoku last year because it was a challenge for me - I had no idea how people solved them and I set about learning the strategies. Now I love them as much as the word puzzles. I can often do the hardest ones using logic, which gives my brain a good workout.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Sept 23, 2024 15:30:31 GMT
I picked word puzzles but in reality I like picture (jigsaw) puzzles the best! Especially the ones with words on them because those parts are the easiest to complete first.
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Post by katlady on Sept 23, 2024 16:11:02 GMT
I got into NYTimes Sudoku last year because it was a challenge for me - I had no idea how people solved them and I set about learning the strategies. Now I love them as much as the word puzzles. I can often do the hardest ones using logic, which gives my brain a good workout. I think that is why I like number puzzles. You do need to use logic, and I like logic puzzles too. I am playing Number Sums on my phone. The numbers in the row and columns have to add up to certain numbers. There is logic involved, and up to a certain point, you can eliminate numbers just by applying that logic, without even doing any math. |
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Post by epeanymous on Sept 23, 2024 16:28:30 GMT
Every morning while the coffee brews I do Wordle, Connections, the crossword mini, and Strands on NYT, and I also do Waffle, which isn’t NYT. If I have time I also do the regular NYT crossword, but I don’t always have time.
So word puzzles, definitely!
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Post by peano on Sept 23, 2024 18:22:24 GMT
Word puzzles definitely, but I always enjoyed doing logic problems too, but those are essentially word problems.
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Post by 3boysnme on Sept 23, 2024 19:09:38 GMT
I love Sudoku and work them in spare time. But I do also love Wordle. I don't like Crossword puzzles, or the kind of Sudoku that you have to math. LOL! I like logic type puzzles, but not enough to actually buy them.
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Post by aprilfay21 on Sept 23, 2024 19:13:47 GMT
I can't really say I prefer one over the other, but I sort of have a mental system. Every morning I play Wordle, Connections, and Strands. All word games. At night before bed I play Wordscapes (word) of the day, and then regular solitaire (numbers) until I'm ready to put my phone down. During downtime during the day I play either Solitaire Grand Harvest or Match Factory (image matching). I'm a bit all over the place.
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Post by grammadee on Sept 23, 2024 19:18:58 GMT
I alternate between sudoku and Word Find; various Solitaire card games and Phrazzle. Sometimes I throw in Blockdoku or Mahjong if I want to throw in some shape matching.
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Post by KiwiJo on Sept 23, 2024 20:38:23 GMT
Another daily word puzzler here - me morning routine is: Wordle, Waffle, Susie, Phrazle, Connections, Quordle
(The Susie word game is my favourite because I can approach it as a total logic AND word puzzle).
And then I do three GEOGRAPHY puzzles which I also really enjoy…
Worldle, Globle, and Tradle.
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Post by mollycoddle on Sept 23, 2024 22:31:32 GMT
Always word puzzles. I don’t think that I have ever done a number puzzle. I suspect that it would irritate me.
ETA: I tried Waffle, but I don’t understand it, and the directions were poor. My problem is that I have no patience.
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Post by huskergal on Sept 23, 2024 22:37:07 GMT
I'm all words.
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Post by AussieMeg on Sept 23, 2024 23:00:26 GMT
I like both but I do more word puzzles. They seem to be easier to come by. That's what I was going to say! I do both, but I definitely have more word games on my phone. |
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Post by wordyphotogbabe on Sept 23, 2024 23:57:29 GMT
I avoid numbers in any form at all costs. My brain just doesn't "hold" them the same way it does words. Addresses, phone numbers, passcodes -- anything that is more than 3 numbers in a row is lost to me forever. I know my Social Security number and my own address and phone number and that's it!
I'm a terrific crossword puzzler. Word searches are fine but not my first choice.
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