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How To Solve Today’s Wordle
Not only is it 2XP Friday for Competitive Wordle players—double your points, positive or negative!—I have the answer for yesterday’s brain-teaser. I usually do these on Wordle Wednesdays but I forgot this week, so we did one on Thursday instead. This was the puzzle:
Odin has challenged five Norse gods—Thor, Loki, Freyja, Tyr, and Baldur—to each build their own mighty mead hall in Valhalla. Each hall is made from a different material (wood, gold, bones, stone and ice) and has a different capacity (measured in barrels of mead: 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000).
No two gods share the same material or capacity.
Can you figure out which god built their hall with which material, and how many barrels of mead each one holds?
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Clues:
- Thor did not use stone, and his hall does not hold 5000 barrels.
- Freyja’s hall is made of either ice or gold.
- The hall made of bones holds more than Loki’s hall, but less than the one made of gold.
- The 3000-barrel hall is made of stone.
- Tyr built either the smallest or the largest hall.
- Thor’s hall was smaller than Baldur’s.
The answer is:
- Thor — Wood — 1,000
- Freyja — Ice — 2,000
- Loki — Stone — 3,000
- Tyr — Bones — 4,000
- Baldur — Gold — 5,000
Alright, onto the Wordle!
How To Play Wordle
Wordle is a daily word puzzle game where your goal is to guess a hidden five-letter word in six tries or fewer. After each guess, the game gives feedback to help you get closer to the answer:
- Green: The letter is in the word and in the correct spot.
- Yellow: The letter is in the word, but in the wrong spot.
- Gray: The letter is not in the word at all.
Use these clues to narrow down your guesses. Every day brings a new word, and everyone around the world is trying to solve the same puzzle. Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator. See rules for Competitive Wordle toward the end of this post.
Today’s Wordle Hints And Answer
Wordle Bot’s Starting Word: SLATE
My Starting Word Today: SPORE (153 words remaining)
The Hint: Add a property to something.
The Clue: There are more vowels than consonants in this Wordle.
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 wasn’t very lucky with SPORE, which gave me a green E and left me with 153 possible solutions. I tried to think of a good word that cut the ‘E’ out of it for my second guess, but ended up settling on AGILE. That cut the remaining words down to just 9. UNTIE gave me one more yellow box and left me with just one possible solution: IMBUE for the win!
Competitive Wordle Score
The Bot and I each get 0 points for guessing in four and 0 for tying. You can’t double that for 2XP Friday. Our totals for August remain:
Erik: 4 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
The word “imbue” comes from the Latin imbuere, meaning “to moisten” or “to saturate.” This passed into Old French as embue, and then into English in the late Middle Ages. Over time, the meaning broadened from literally soaking something to figuratively infusing it with qualities like emotion, meaning, or spirit.
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