Today is not only Wordle Wednesday, it is officially the first full day of spring. If you go by the equinox, winter ended Tuesday evening so the first day of spring was yesterday. But today is the first full day, and I expect the gods of sunshine and butterflies to warm us with their fuzzy glow. Because yesterday looked like the dead of winter around these parts.
So happy spring! Happy new season! A part of me thinks we should have more than four official seasons, however. Early spring and late autumn both lay heavily in the shadow of winter. Early autumn, when the days are still warm but cool nights conspire with changing leaves, is perhaps the best time of the year—though summer monsoon season is hard to beat.
Of course, that only applies to certain climes. Plenty of places have no winter at all. I digress.
We have a riddle to solve for Wordle Wednesday, then it’s on to the Wordle itself.
The Riddle: The man who makes me doesn’t want me, the man who buys me doesn’t need me, and the man who needs me doesn’t know it yet. What am I?
The answer tomorrow. For now, let’s do this Wordle!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Slang.
The Clue: This Wordle ends with a vowel.
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The Answer:
Wordle Analysis
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This was a bit of a tricky word. I find it somewhat amusing that I got that yellow ‘O’ on my first guess and then ping-ponged it three more times before I could get it—or any other box—into green.
Chore is always on my mind, because one of my main chores ist getting my kids to do their chores, for which there are always a thousand excuses or “I’ll get to it in a little bit” but then, of course, miraculously forgotten.
Baton was an attempt to move the ‘O’ and find what I presumed would be another vowel. It was just the wrong one. Same with sound. Both these words just bounced the ‘O’ and ‘N’ around into new yellow boxes. But by this time, at least, there was only one remaining possible solution left and eventually it came to me: lingo for the win!
Competitive Wordle Score
I get 0 points for guessing in four and -1 for losing to the Bot, who got this one in just three today. -1 total. No huzzah for me!
Today’s Wordle Etymology
The word “lingo” originates from the mid-17th century, and its etymology is somewhat uncertain, though it’s believed to have come from the Portuguese word “lingoa,” meaning “language” or “tongue.” The Portuguese term itself stems from the Latin “lingua,” which has the same meaning. “Lingo” is used informally in English to refer to a foreign language or a form of speech regarded as unfamiliar to the speaker, as well as the jargon or slang of a particular group or profession. This word reflects the blending of cultures and languages, embodying the concept of communication that might seem obscure or difficult to understand to those not familiar with a specific “lingo.”
