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Guessing Game: Buzzworthy Royalty

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
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Mar 2, 2023
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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya is the managing editor of Autostraddle and a lesbian writer of essays, fiction, and pop culture criticism living in Orlando. She is the former managing editor of TriQuarterly, and her short stories appear in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Joyland, Catapult, The Offing, The Rumpus, Cake Zine, and more. Some of her pop culture writing can be found at The AV Club, Vulture, The Cut, and others. When she is not writing, editing, or reading, she is probably playing tennis. You can follow her on Twitter or Instagram and learn more about her work on her website.

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  • hihello
    March 2, 2023 at 5:34 am

    okay the second word took me so long and probably shouldn’t have but no regrets, guessing game forever

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  • Arvan12
    March 2, 2023 at 5:40 am

    Proud of myself for getting that one even though I’ve never wanted Yellowjackets!

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  • Stacey
    March 2, 2023 at 6:39 am

    How did that take me so long when I actually got the hint for once.
    Buzzworthy Royalty
    🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢–🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢
    ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️🟢🟢–⚫️⚫️⚫️🟡⚫️
    ⚫️🟡⚫️🟢⚫️⚫️–⚫️⚫️⚫️🟡⚫️

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  • Kate
    March 2, 2023 at 7:09 am

    phew that was a tricky one

    Buzzworthy Royalty
    🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢–️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪
    🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡–️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪
    🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡–️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪
    🟡⚫️⚫️⚫️🟡🟡–️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪
    🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡⚫️–️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪
    ⚫️⚫️🟡🟡⚫️⚫️–🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢

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  • Cat
    March 2, 2023 at 9:01 am

    When the first word wasn’t the two words with all the letters I thought of, I got real mad. But I finally got it after 6 minutes (no I have not seen Yellowjackets)

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  • Angiles
    March 2, 2023 at 10:58 am

    Never seen Yellowjackets but the hint was enough for me to guess the second word right off the bat. The first word… was SUPER tricky without any context!

    Buzzworthy Royalty
    🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢–️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪
    🟡🟡🟢⚫️🟢🟢–️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪
    ⚫️⚫️⚫️🟡🟢🟢–️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪
    🟡🟡⚫️🟡⚫️🟡–️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪
    ⚫️🟡🟡⚫️🟢⚫️–️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪
    ⚫️🟡🟡⚫️🟡⚫️–🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢

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  • KH
    March 2, 2023 at 5:24 pm

    “Is that a word?” – YES in this moment for me YES!

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  • Lydia
    March 3, 2023 at 8:59 am

    Well that was super hard. Got it adter forever but aaalmost didn’t.
    Also I have never watched yellowjackets either

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  • Drake
    March 4, 2023 at 8:22 pm

    What the fuck does that mean?

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  • Sollemnia
    March 4, 2023 at 9:23 pm

    9 minutes and 51 seconds! Whooo this was very fun without context!

    Buzzworthy Royalty
    🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢–🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢
    🟢🟢⚫️⚫️🟢🟢–⚫️🟢⚫️🟢🟡
    ⚫️🟡🟡🟡🟢⚫️–⚫️🟢🟡⚫️⚫️
    ⚫️🟡🟡🟡🟢⚫️–⚫️⚫️🟡⚫️🟡
    ⚫️🟡⚫️🟡⚫️🟡–⚫️🟡⚫️⚫️⚫️

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