Foetal accident
More controversy over five-letter words in Wordle. On 9 May, some users found that the answer was FETUS. The NYT claimed that this was coincidental. Nevertheless, the bonkers brigade thought that it was a deliberate attempt to comment on the US abortion debate.
In a statement, the New York Times did not specify the answer, saying only that some users may see "an outdated answer that seems closely connected to a major recent news event".
The NYT has since dropped FETUS from its list. Which is just as well, because FOETUS isn't a five-letter word anyway.
Meanwhile, my 83 streak was brought to an end by HOMER. WTF? (confused)
HOMER: a home run or homing pigeon, apparently; not the Greek philosopher or patriarch of a jaundiced cartoon family. FFS! (mad)