{"id":19023,"date":"2025-06-03T18:37:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/taking-word-wheel-to-another-two-levels-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T18:37:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:37:32","slug":"taking-word-wheel-to-another-two-levels-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/taking-word-wheel-to-another-two-levels-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Word Wheel to another two levels | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From excellence to genius | Effortlessly superb | Time flies | Describing misogyny | Unwanted Americanisms<\/p>\n<p>I note that you have changed the achievement levels of your Word Wheel puzzle in the print edition, expanding from three (average, good and excellent) to five (beginner, good, brilliant, superb and genius). I appreciate the promotion from excellence to genius that this implies, but tend to the opinion that you have overestimated my abilities, which I suspect to be no better than superb, and on some days merely brilliant. Also, I am surprised at the paltry target that you have set for beginners. If you can\u2019t make more than one word from nine letters, you are not a beginner at Word Wheel, but at basic literacy.<br \/><strong>Chris Walsh<\/strong><br \/><em>Reading<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 I\u2019m delighted to discover that I have gone from being \u201caverage\u201d to being \u201csuperb\u201d in the course of just four days (Word Wheel, Friday\u00a0to\u00a0Monday), without any\u00a0effort on my part.<br \/><strong>Ruth Cartlidge<\/strong><br \/><em>Okehampton, Devon<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2025\/jun\/03\/taking-word-wheel-to-another-two-levels\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b5597df55eeee4282e45ea6e3a0b2a3b0c596a3d\/1219_0_6141_4912\/master\/6141.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=82d4037a2e0d249c4a5c6ff734c76c63\" title=\"Taking Word Wheel to another two levels | Brief letters\" \/>From excellence to genius | Effortlessly superb | Time flies | Describing misogyny | Unwanted Americanisms<br \/>\nI note that you have changed the achievement levels of your Word Wheel puzzle in the print edition, expanding from three (average, good and excellent) to five (beginner, good, brilliant, superb and genius). I appreciate the promotion from excellence to genius that this implies, but tend to the opinion that you have overestimated my abilities, which I suspect to be no better than superb, and on some days merely brilliant. Also, I am surprised at the paltry target that you have set for beginners. If you can\u2019t make more than one word from nine letters, you are not a beginner at Word Wheel, but at basic literacy.Chris WalshReading<br \/>\n\u2022 I\u2019m delighted to discover that I have gone from being \u201caverage\u201d to being \u201csuperb\u201d in the course of just four days (Word Wheel, Friday\u00a0to\u00a0Monday), without any\u00a0effort on my part.Ruth CartlidgeOkehampton, Devon Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From excellence to genius | Effortlessly superb | Time flies | Describing misogyny | Unwanted Americanisms I note that you have changed the achievement levels of your Word Wheel puzzle in the print edition, expanding from three (average, good and excellent) to five (beginner, good, brilliant, superb and genius). 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