After a rainy couple of days, fall has finally fallen in earnest. The leaves are changing fast, which means I’m going to need to spend the next week or so getting as many hikes in as humanly possible. Aspen groves in autumn are truly a sight to behold. We don’t have quite the variety of foliage you’d find in Maine, but we do have this:
Not too shabby!
In any case, it’s another beautiful day! Go outside and frolic! Breathe it all in!
Let’s do this Wordle!
How To Solve Today’s Word
The Hint: Not fast.
The Clue: This word has more consonants than vowels.
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See yesterday’s Wordle #842 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.
I keep getting my Wordle in three guesses every day lately, which I’m not complaining about. Unfortunately, it seems Wordle Bot is doing the exact same thing so we keep tying!
My opening guess—beard—slashed the remaining possible solutions down from 2,300 or so to just 111, but all I knew at the time was that I had one lonely ‘A’ in green. I decided to go with all new letters to narrow the field for my second guess. Lucky for me spoil turned up three more green boxes.
With S[ ]AIL it wasn’t hard to come up with what I believed would be the correct answer—and it was! SNAIL for the win!
Today’s Score
Another tie game between me and the Wordle Bot. 1 point for guessing in three, 0 for tying. 1 point total! Huzzah!
Today’s Wordle Etymology
The word “snail” has an interesting etymology. It comes from the Middle English word “snaile,” which was derived from the Old English word “snægl.” The Old English word “snægl” is believed to have Germanic origins, with connections to the Old High German word “snegel” and the Old Norse word “snigill.”
The exact root of the word “snail” in its early Germanic forms is not entirely clear, but it is thought to be onomatopoeic in nature, imitating the sound or motion of a snail as it moves slowly along. Over time, the word evolved into “snail” in Middle English, and it has remained the common name for these slow-moving gastropod mollusks in the English language.
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
