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Friday, glorious Friday. Not only the end of the work week, but 2XP Friday for Competitive Wordle players. You can double your points! You can also double your negative points, so best of luck to you all.
Let’s solve this Wordle!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Bad decor.
The Clue: This Wordle begins with a consonant.
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 played this pretty well despite a bad start. GRIEF was a terrible opener, leaving me with a whopping 561 remaining possible solutions. CLOAK slashed that to just three—WACKY, TACKY and HACKY. I didn’t think of HACKY so as far as I knew I was flipping a coin. I wasn’t feeling particularly WACKY or TACKY today, so I went with what seemed the likelier option and I was right! TACKY for the win!
Competitive Wordle Score
I get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying the Bot. Double that for 2XP Friday for a 2 point game. Huzzah!
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 tacky originated in the U.S. in the early 19th century, initially used to describe something sticky or adhesive (like tackiness in glue). Over time, it came to describe things that were cheap, gaudy, or in poor taste, likely drawing on the sense of something unpleasantly sticky or low quality. This figurative use became popular by the 20th century, giving it the modern connotation of being tasteless or unrefined.
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