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It’s Wordle Wednesday, which means we get an extra riddle, logic puzzle or brain teaser to spice up today’s Wordle.
Here’s today’s riddle:
Walk on the living, they don’t even mumble. Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble. What are they?
I’ll post the answer in tomorrow’s guide. Feel free to shoot me a DM on Twitter and Facebook if you figure out the answer!
Alright, let’s do this Wordle!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: A tight spot, or a tiny amount.
The Clue: This Wordle ends in three consonants.
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 guessed magic because trailers for both Amazon’s Rings Of Power and HBO’s House of the Dragon just dropped (click those links for posts I wrote about both of them, and the trailers themselves). Magic was in the air with all that fantasy!
Magic wasn’t a bad guess, either, leaving me with two yellow boxes and 71 remaining potential solutions. I was able to slash that number to 10 with birch, though from here I was in quite a pickle with three green boxes and lots of letter combinations to fill the final two.
Whelp was my attempt to narrow the field since I could think of at least two words that had a ‘P’ or a ‘W’ in them. I was left with pitch or pinch and luckily chose the right one for the win.
Competitive Wordle Score
The Wordle Bot was luckier still, guessing in three. I get 0 points for guessing in four and -1 for losing to the Bot. C’est la vie!
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 word “pinch” originates from the Middle English word “pinchen,” which comes from the Old North French “pinchier,” meaning “to squeeze, pinch, nip.” The Old North French term itself derives from the Vulgar Latin “*punctiare,” which is related to the Latin “punctum,” meaning “a point, puncture.” This etymology reflects the action of pinching as applying pressure or squeezing something tightly, often to a small point or area. The word has been used in English since at least the 14th century in various senses related to squeezing, gripping, or pressing something between fingers or other objects.
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