It’s Wordle Wednesday! The very first Wordle Wednesday of March!
This means that on top of guessing today’s Wordle, we’re also going to do a riddle, logic puzzle or brain teaser. I give these out every Wednesday and then provide the answer in Thursday’s guide.
Here’s today’s tricky one:
There are 100 lockers in a row. They are all closed. A person walks down the row and opens every locker. Then, another person walks down the row and closes every second locker beginning with the second locker. After that, a third person walks down the row and either opens or closes (depending on whether it’s open or closed) every third locker, beginning withe the third locker. This continues until 100 people have walked down the row. At the end, which lockers are open?
Let me know if you can figure this one out and I’ll post the answer tomorrow.
Let’s do this Wordle!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Onions have this power.
The Clue: This Wordle begins with a consonant.
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The Answer:
Wordle Analysis
Every day I check Wordle Bot to see how I did. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here.
This Wordle went much better than I expected after my opening guess. Bones did not do well (sort of like Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones video game appears to be floundering). With just one yellow box and 367 words remaining, I took my second guess back to school and guessed teach.
This was a significant improvement over my opener and only one possible solution remained: teary. I am teary, crying tears of joy!
Competitive Wordle Score
I get 1 point for guessing in three and 1 for beating the Bot (who probably would have gotten it in three if trace had still been the Bot’s preferred word). It took Wordle Bot 4. That’s 2 points for me! Huzzah!
Today’s Wordle Etymology
The word “teary” comes from the combination of the noun “tear” (as in a drop of liquid from the eye) and the suffix “-y.” The noun “tear” itself has a long history in the English language, tracing back to Old English “tēar,” which in turn comes from Proto-Germanic *tahraz, related to Old Norse “tár,” Gothic “tagr,” Old High German “zahar,” and German “Zähre.” These terms all refer to a drop of liquid from the eye, commonly produced as a result of emotions such as sadness, joy, irritation, or other factors.
The suffix “-y,” on the other hand, is used in English to form adjectives, indicating that something is characterized by or full of something else. Therefore, “teary” means characterized by or full of tears, often used to describe eyes that are wet with tears or the state of being on the verge of crying.
So, the etymology of “teary” reflects a direct development from the word “tear,” with the adjective-forming suffix “-y” added to convey the presence or abundance of tears. This construction is consistent with many adjectives in English that describe a state or quality relating to a specific noun.
