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Wordle, Wordle, Wordle. It’s kind of amazing how many of these we’ve done already and how many there still are to solve. 1,263 Wordles are in the bag, but that means we have roughly 1,000 more five-letter words to solve before . . . whatever comes next. I suppose the NYT could shuffle the words and start over, or we could begin 6-letter Wordle or something like that. We’ll see in roughly three years! For now, let’s solve today’s!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Earthquake ground, or lousy reasoning.
The Clue: This Wordle has more consonants than vowels.
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 did better than I expected today. CRATE left me with 61 words, but I wasn’t sure at the time only having unlocked a single green ‘A’. I went for all new letters for my second guess, BOINK, and didn’t fare much better. One green box, one yellow box. I had no idea only two words remained and guessed the only one I could come up with: SHAKY for the win!
Competitive Wordle Score
I’m on a roll. I get 1 point for guessing in three and another for beating the Bot, who took four tries today.
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 shaky originates from the verb shake, which comes from the Old English sceacan, meaning “to move quickly, depart, hasten,” or “to vibrate.” This word is rooted in the Proto-Germanic skakaną, meaning “to shake, swing, or move.”
The adjective shaky emerged in the 17th century to describe something unsteady or trembling, both in a literal and figurative sense, deriving its meaning from the verb’s sense of instability or vibration.
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