It’s the weekend! All my weekend Wordlers, it’s time to kick back and relax and soak in the last bit of sunshine and warmth early autumn has to offer.
The weather here has actually been strikingly lovely. It gets brisk at night—low 40s or high 30s—but the days are languishing in the mid-to-upper 60s and dipping their toes into the low 70s. It’s quite lovely if you’re into hiking or biking or whatever other outside activity floats your boat. Including boating, I’d imagine.
I’ve been out hiking quite a bit recently. I remember all too keenly the dark, cold, snowy winter we had. Trapped in ice and darkness for days. Shoveling huge mounds of snow just to make a path to the mailbox. I don’t want to spend too much time in these last lovely days inside at a computer missing out. Winter is coming.
For now, let’s do this Wordle!
How To Solve Today’s Word
The Hint: Strings.
The Clue: This word ends with a vowel.
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See yesterday’s Wordle #839 right here.
Wordle Bot Analysis
After each Wordle I solve I head over to the Wordle Bot homepage to see how my guessing game was.
After my first guess or two today I thought I was in big trouble. Whine only got me a single yellow box, and scour didn’t help much: I now had a yellow ‘I’ and a green ‘O’ and really nothing else to show for it.
It turns out that scour actually narrowed my possible choices down way more than I realized, slashing 193 potential solutions down to just 5. I came up with two possible words: avoid and viola. I figured, I should avoid avoid so I went with viola, which is just a much better word all around. Lucky for me, it was also the winner!
(Later Wordle Bot revealed the other possible words: aioli, ovoid, and aboil, none of which I thought of because they’re all pretty weird words. I get aioli when I’m out to eat sometimes, but it’s not something that I think of regularly. The other two? No way).
Today’s Score
Not as good as guessing in two, but still a very good day for me. I get 1 point for guessing in three and 1 point for beating the Bot, who took four guesses this time. 2 points for yours truly! Huzzah!
Today’s Wordle Etymology
- Latin: The word “viola” is derived from the Latin word “vīola,” which means “violet” or “violet-colored.” In Latin, “vīola” was used to refer to the violet flower and its purple color.
- Old French: From Latin, the word “viola” was borrowed into Old French as “viole.” In Old French, “viole” referred to both the violet flower and a musical instrument with strings.
- English: The word “viola” entered the English language from Old French, still carrying its dual meanings of both the flower and the musical instrument. Over time, the term “viola” became specifically associated with a particular group of stringed musical instruments that are slightly larger than violins and smaller than cellos.
Play Competitive Wordle Against Me!
I’ve been playing a cutthroat game of PvP Wordle against my nemesis Wordle But. Now you should play against me! I can be your nemesis! (And your helpful Wordle guide, of course). You can also play against the Bot if you have a New York Times subscription.
Here are the rules:
- 1 point for getting the Wordle in 3 guesses.
- 2 points for getting it in 2 guesses.
- 3 points for getting it in 1 guess.
- 1 point for beating me
- 0 points for getting it in 4 guesses.
- -1 point for getting it in 5 guesses.
- -2 points for getting it in 6 guesses.
- -3 points for losing.
- -1 point for losing to me
You can either keep a running tally of your score if that’s your jam or just play day-to-day if you prefer.
Read the full article here