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My November cold continues into another chilly, though somewhat less wintry, day. I am the tissue industry’s biggest advocate at the moment. I refrain from taking medicine as much as possible, but I think I’ve gone through two boxes of Kleenex.
As such, I will keep this preamble brief, lest I sneeze all over my keyboard. Let’s solve today’s Wordle, shall we?
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Eight.
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.
A tricky Wordle today. My opening guess, SPOIL, left me with over 300 possible remaining solutions, and OVARY only slashed that to 11, though my instinct to put the ‘O’ out front was on point. OUNCE might have been better in that second guess than the third, but at least it left me with just one remaining word: OCTET for the win!
Competitive Wordle Score
I get -1 for guessing in four and somehow the Wordle Bot got this one in three (I think it cheats!) so I get -1 for that, continuing my losing streak with another -2. Ouch.
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 octet originates from the Latin word octo, meaning “eight.” It first entered English in the 19th century via the French word octet, which referred to a group or set of eight, especially in music for an ensemble of eight performers. Later, it was adopted in other contexts to signify any group of eight items, notably in computing to describe a set of eight bits.
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