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Well I need a vacation. From vacation. After an incredibly busy and exhausting trip through Washington D.C. and New York City, including museums, hot muggy treks through the city, and four Broadway shows—a genuinely wonderful trip—and a full day of travel over Labor Day, I am bushed. Wiped out. Rundown, sapped and jet-lagged. Utterly knackered.
Don’t get me wrong: This is not a complaint. Just a statement of fact. Travel is wonderful but it sure is wicked tiring!
Alright, let’s Wordle.
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: A light sound or a light head.
The Clue: This Wordle has two vowels in a row, and also two consonants in a row.
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 forgot I used CRONE as my opening guess yesterday (a CRANE-adjacent guess, just so I can be a little different from the Wordle Bot). I blame my forgetfulness on the aforementioned tiredness but oh well. I was left with 79 possible solutions which I promptly cut down to just 3 with SAINT. Alas, all three were just about equal chance: PAINT, FAINT or TAINT. I went with the more common letter—P—over ‘F’ or the double ‘T’. Alas, PAINT was not it. Thankfully, my next guess did the trick. FAINT for the win! Huzzah!
Competitive Wordle Score
Another wash. 0 points for guessing in four and 0 for tying the Bot. C’est la vie.
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 “faint” comes from the Latin “fingere” (to shape, pretend), evolving through Old French “feindre” (to feign) and Middle English “faint” (lacking strength). It originally meant weak or lacking in spirit and later came to describe a temporary loss of consciousness.
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