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It’s Thor’s Day, which means that on top of our daily Wordle, today is the day I give you the answer to yesterday’s Wordle Wednesday Challenge. I came up with a pretty tricky holiday puzzle for you all to solve to keep things spicy as we head into Christmas break.
This was the puzzle:
Santa’s Chimney Challenge: Christmas Legends Edition
Santa Claus must deliver presents to five Christmas-themed houses, each belonging to a legendary holiday character. Each house has a different-sized chimney, and each gift has a specific size that fits only into certain chimneys.
The Houses:
- Frosty’s Snow Fort
- The Grinch’s Cave
- Rudolph’s Retreat
- Scrooge’s Mansion
- Krampus’s Kastle
The Chimney Sizes (one per house):
- Huge
- Large
- Medium
- Small
- Tiny
The Gift Sizes:
- Very Big
- Big
- Medium
- Small
- Very Small
Clues to Solve the Puzzle:
- The Very Big gift cannot fit in the Medium or smaller chimneys.
- The Grinch’s chimney is bigger than Frosty’s but smaller than Scrooge’s.
- The Small gift fits perfectly in Frosty’s chimney.
- The Very Small gift can only fit in Krampus’s chimney.
- Rudolph’s chimney is Medium-sized.
- The Big gift cannot fit in Krampus’s chimney.
- Scrooge has the biggest chimney.
Objective: Determine which chimney size belongs to each character and match the correct gift to the corresponding house.
The answer:
- Scrooge has the Huge Chimney and gets the Very Big present.
- The Grinch has the Large Chimney and gets the Big present.
- Rudolph has the Medium Chimney and the Medium present.
- Frosty has the Small Chimney and the Small present.
- Krampus has the Tiny Chimney and the Very Small present.
Good job to those of you who solved this! Now let’s do this Wordle!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Large and unwieldy.
The Clue: This Wordle begins with a consonant.
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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.
Super duper lucky today for your humble narrator. I started with SCARE because of all the juicy common letters and was not disappointed. A green ‘S’ and two yellow boxes left me feeling pretty confident, though at this point I was hoping for a 3-guess game. STRAY was actually the first word that came to mind as I juggled my yellow boxes and while I very nearly went with all new letters for my second guess, I decided to go with my gut instead. Lucky me, STRAY was the Wordle! Huzzah!
Competitive Wordle Score
I get 2 points for guessing in two and 1 point for beating the Wordle Bot, who took three tries today. 3 points for me! Hizzle-dee-dee!
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 “stray” comes from the Old French verb estraier or estraier, meaning “to wander” or “go astray,” which in turn derives from the Vulgar Latin estragare (“to scatter” or “to stray”). This is likely based on the Latin root extrā (“outside” or “beyond”). The word was adopted into Middle English in the 14th century, initially as both a verb (“to wander”) and a noun (“one who wanders”). Over time, its usage expanded to include animals or objects that are lost or wandering.
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