Puzzling message

Every day my wife and I exchange messages. The problem is that these messages are growing ever longer. With the introduction of the New York Times' Connections game my daily message this morning consisted of:

DAILY #252
181 from 16 words
❇️1️⃣❇️❇️❇️
❇️❇️❇️❇️❇️
❇️❇️🆓❇️❇️
❇️❇️❇️❇️❇️
❇️❇️❇️❇️❇️
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LIGHTNING #252
162 from 17 words
2️⃣2️⃣❇️2️⃣❇️
❇️❇️❇️❇️❇️
❇️❇️🆓❇️❇️
1️⃣🟩❇️🟩❇️
❇️❇️❇️❇️❇️
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Wordle 797 5/6

🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I solved the 8/25/2023 New York Times …

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