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Monday is back, more’s the pity. It’s not that I care at all about the weekend or the work week when it comes to work. I work every day. I make no distinction. Often my weekends are busier than my week because so much stuff is out over the weekend and I’m packing in family and friend time and all the rest. Monday might be the start of my actual weekend in some ways!
But I do have to get up to get kids to school and at this point, after a hectic weekend, I could really use some extra sleep. Oh well!
Let’s solve this Wordle!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: The full spectrum.
The Clue: This Wordle begins and ends with a consonant.
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.
TROPE didn’t get me off to the best start, but it wasn’t the worst, either. With 154 words, anything was possible. Alas for your humble narrator, STAIN didn’t do the trick, leaving me with a whopping 20 words and only two yellow boxes. I suppose I blamed myself at this point, because the best word I could come up with was FAULT and that did the trick—or very nearly. Only one word remained: GAMUT for the win!
Competitive Wordle Score
Total wash today. I get 0 points for guessing in four and since the Wordle Bot also guessed in four, I get 0 for the tie. Big fat zeroes all around!
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 gamut originates from medieval music theory. It comes from the combination of “gamma,” the Greek letter used to represent the lowest note in the musical scale, and “ut,” the first syllable of a medieval hymn that used solfège (a method of teaching music). Over time, gamut expanded to mean the full range of notes, and later it was used more generally to describe any complete range or spectrum.
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