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I was on Twitter (ahem, X) earlier—really, saying “I was on X earlier” sounds like I was using drugs—and it struck me that people are awfully nasty and mean-spirited a lot of the time. I wish more people would take Bill and Ted’s maxim to heart and “be excellent to each other.” I also like to invoke Elwood P. Dowd from Harvey. He was played by Jimmy Stewart, and my favorite of his many quotations is:
“Years ago, my mother used to say to me, she’d say ‘In this world, Elwood—she always called me Elwood—‘In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.’ Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me.”
And so I do, and I try to follow in Elwood’s footsteps, and in Bill and Ted’s, and it really isn’t easy, because people can be stupid and infuriating (often while making big, enormous, potentially calamitous decisions for the rest of us) and on social media it’s hard to ignore. But I try, and all we can do is try.
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And now, dearest Wordlers, let’s solve today’s Wordle!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Where the Christmas elf lives when he’s not in the North Pole.
The Clue: This Wordle has far more consonants than vowels.
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.
I knew BRICK was going to be a bad opening guess, but I had my reasons for picking it, and while those weren’t very good reasons (and while I can’t share them because of confidentiality) I stuck to my guns. All grey boxes and 897 remaining solutions later, I questioned those guns. SLATE cut that number by 890 and I really thought I might strike gold with SHELL, but I was one letter off. SHELF was the Wordle, and I snagged it in four.
Competitive Wordle Score
0 points for me and for the Bot since we both guessed in four and tied one another, leaving our monthly totals at . . .
Erik: 23 points.
Wordle Bot: 7 points.
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 shelf comes from Old English scylfe or scelf, meaning a ledge or a flat piece of wood or rock projecting horizontally. It likely has Germanic roots, related to Old Norse skjalf (bench) and Middle Low German schelf (shelf or ledge). The original sense was something projecting or protruding, which evolved into the modern meaning of a flat surface for storage or display.
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