I also got the NY Times branding for the first time today and a reminder of the rules and policies etc. I won't be surprised when the ads start popping up.
I got one letter in the wrong place in the 1st row and in fact got frustrated with it today and plonked in letters which I knew were wrong to get to the end.
I have a confession to make. I got to the last row and had three in the right place but didn’t want to fail so I used a crossword solver. I know. Mea Culpa.
I haven’t done today’s Wordle yet, but do you have friends who send you all the new versions. The latest I received is Byrdle rbrignall.github.io/byrdle/. I didn’t read the rules at first, just sat trying to think of other 5 letter birds besides robin!
Callistemon I had to do that too (re-use a wrong letter just to write a proper word and hope to get a green letter along the way). I got it in 6 too but did nearly give up.
In Wordle unlimited yesterday was a Greek word and it wasn’t omega or alpha but one I had not come across, perhaps those more educated than me would know it but I didn’t and thought that was a bit ‘off’