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Back when I was a kid, the days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve were a kind of magical time. School was out. There was always snow on the ground. There was always lots of good food and family gatherings and extra time to spend with new toys.
Now, I find myself wading through a kind of winter melancholy each year around this time. A week of mild gloom. It’s almost like a spiritual Christmas hangover. All that anticipation and build-up leading to the Big Day and then it’s over, wrapping paper littering the floor. Back to work. Back to life. Back to this liminal week wedged and contorted between two of the year’s biggest holidays.
And a Wordle to solve, of course. Shall we?
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Publicly denounce.
The Clue: This Wordle begins 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.
GRADE did much better than I expected it to, leaving me with just 49 remaining possible solutions and three yellow boxes. I tried juggling those with CIDER, but they all came back yellow, with a new yellow ‘C’ in the mix. Fortunately, only one solutioned remained and eventually I tracked it down. DECRY for the win!
Competitive Wordle Score
I get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying Wordle Bot.
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 “decry” comes from the Old Frenchdescrier, meaning “to cry out, announce, or denounce.” This, in turn, derives from the prefix des- (meaning “down” or “away”) and crier (meaning “to cry or proclaim”). In English, by the late 16th century, decry took on the meaning of publicly condemning or criticizing something.
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