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Friday is here at last—TGIF!!—and here in the mountains of the great southwest, it is finally snowing. It’s probably too little, too late given how dry this winter has been, but we’ll take what we can get!
In any case, I have snowmen to build and shoveling to do, so let’s solve this Wordle!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Army
The Clue: This Wordle has a double letter.
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’d say that today, instead of taking a bite out of crime, CRIME took a bite out of Wordle. Or something. My opener left me with just 83 possible solutions and one green box. I picked all new letters for my second guess, SPOUT, and narrowed the remaining choices to just two words, though I only came up with one: TROOP for the win! PROTO was the other possible answer, but that never even crossed my mind.
Competitive Wordle Score
I get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying the Bot. The Bot gets the exact same score.
March Running Total: 10 points.
Wordle Bot Running Total: -3 points.
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 “troop” comes from the Old French trope (12th century), meaning “band” or “company,” which itself derived from the Medieval Latin troppus, possibly of Germanic origin. It originally referred to a group of people or soldiers and later extended to refer to groups of animals (e.g., a troop of monkeys). The military sense of “troops” as in “soldiers collectively” emerged in the 17th century.
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