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The first Tuesday of June is upon us and apparently I’ve brought rain back with me from Scotland. It’s quite lovely, actually. There’s never enough rain in these high desert mountains. I’ll take every drop I can get, and so will our poor, dry forests. Rain also means more time to spend indoors solving puzzles! Let’s solve today’s Wordle, shall we?
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Taking care of business.
The Clue: This Wordle begins with a vowel.
Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!
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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 almost guessed ELDER as my opening guess today because I was writing about Elden Ring, but then I disliked using two E’s and so I came up with a different word that had some similar letters: DEALT. This left me with just 36 remaining words but I chose to try all new letters for my second guess, CHOIR. Two options remained: VAPID or ADMIN. I chose the latter because I was 99% sure VAPID had already been a Wordle. Luckily for me, I was right!
Competitive Wordle Score
The Bot and I keep trading days. I win, then it wins, then I win. Today I get 1 point for guessing in three and 1 point for beating the Bot. The Bot gets 0 for guessing in four and -1 for losing to me. Our June totals are:
Erik: 3 points
Wordle Bot: 0 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
“Admin” is a clipped form of “administrator,” which itself comes from Medieval Latin administrator (“one who manages”), based on Latin administrare (“to manage, attend to”), a compound of ad‑ (“to”) + ministrare (“to serve”), from minister (“servant”).
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