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It’s kind of crazy how fast we’re moving through the 1000’s in Wordle. #1030 already! A month ago I was going on about how the 1000th Wordle just so happened to fall on the Ides of March. Now we’re almost halfway to May. I have birthday in just over two months, that I’m not particularly excited about. My 40s’ are going by too swiftly. I would like time to take a chill pill, please and thank you.
In any case, I hope you’re having a relaxing and lovely spring Sunday. Let’s knock out this Wordle, shall we?
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: You can advertise at great heights with this.
The Clue: Today’s Wordle has far more consonants than vowels.
Okay, spoilers below!
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The Answer:
Wordle Analysis
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I chose bread as my opening word because of today’s Strands puzzle. Seemed like a good opener, and today it was pretty lucky, leaving me with just 50 words and one green ‘B’. From here, I decided to just keep the ‘B’ and try out one of my favorite second guess words, boink. That gave me a second green box and the letter ‘I’ which I knew really limited my choices (though I didn’t know I only had four words remaining). I came up with a few, including blitz which I almost picked. I decided blimp was the better guess, with more common letters, and lucky for me, it was the Wordle!
Competitive Wordle Score
I get 1 point for guessing in three, and 1 for beating the Bot. It guessed in four. Silly Bot, Wordles are for kids! That’s 2 points for me. Huzzah!
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.
Today’s Wordle Etymology
The etymology of the word “blimp” has a somewhat amusing and uncertain origin, often attributed to informal or slang usage within military contexts. One popular theory suggests that the term originated during World War I, specifically around 1915. It is said that Lt. A. D. Cunningham of the Royal Naval Air Service fleetingly poked the envelope of a hydrogen-filled airship, which produced a sound described as a “blimp,” leading to its nickname. This sound-based, onomatopoeic origin story, though widely accepted, isn’t conclusively documented.
Another narrative suggests that “blimp” may have derived from a military shorthand or code, where “Type B-limp” was used to denote a non-rigid airship, distinguishing it from the more structurally firm “Type A.” This utilitarian shorthand might have evolved colloquially into the term we use today.
Despite the various stories and potential origins, “blimp” remains associated with lighter-than-air non-rigid airships and continues to carry a somewhat whimsical connotation that harks back to its less formal origins. The true etymological path of “blimp” is murky, with different theories often repeated, but none definitively proven.
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