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Saturday is here again. The weekend spreads out before us filled with promise. It’s a three-day weekend, also, thanks to Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Day is this Monday and kids have the day off school and plenty of others get the day off work. I’ll probably come up with a list of movies to watch over the weekend to celebrate the great man. And we have a Wordle to solve!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Goofy.
The Clue: This Wordle has a double letter.
Okay, spoilers below!
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The Answer:
Wordle Analysis
Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here.
BLADE wasn’t as bad a guess as I assumed it would be when it only turned over one yellow box. I learned later that just 120 words remained—out of like 2,300—so that’s not atrocious by any means. FILMY cut that down to 5, which wasn’t ideal, and SILKY cut it down to 2, though I could only think of one: SILLY, thank goodness, because it was the Wordle! Huzzah!
Competitive Wordle Score
I get 0 points for guessing in four and and 0 for tying the Wordle Bot. Zeroes all around!
How To Play Competitive Wordle
- Guessing in 1 is worth 3 points; guessing in 2 is worth 2 points; guessing in 3 is worth 1 point; guessing in 4 is worth 0 points; guessing in 5 is -1 points; guessing in 6 is -2 points and missing the Wordle is -3 points.
- If you beat your opponent you get 1 point. If you tie, you get 0 points. And if you lose to your opponent, you get -1 point. Add it up to get your score. Keep a daily running score or just play for a new score each day.
- Fridays are 2XP, meaning you double your points—positive or negative.
- You can keep a running tally or just play day-by-day. Enjoy!
Today’s Wordle Etymology
The word silly originates from the Old English word sǣlig, meaning “happy,” “fortunate,” or “blessed.” It’s gone on quite a linguistic journey over the centuries. Over time, its meaning shifted through Middle English to signify “pious” or “innocent.” By the late Middle Ages, it took on connotations of being “naive” or “weak,” eventually evolving into its modern sense of “foolish” or “absurd” by the 16th century.
On second thought, let’s not go to Camelot. It’s a silly place.
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