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Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat. Please—pretty please—put a penny in the old man’s hat. Though, I suspect giving an old beggar a penny might not be met with much gratitude. A penny doesn’t go quite as far as when that Christmas tune was written. The first instances of Christmas Is Coming were published in 1885, though it’s likely the song had been around for some time before then. There is no known composer or lyricist, so it’s effectively a part of folklore at this point.
Curiously, accounting for inflation, a penny in 1885 would only be worth 33 cents now, so it wasn’t exactly much even then. You’d have to go back to around 1838 for a penny to be worth the equivalent of one dollar today.
Of course, if we’re speaking of British pennies, a penny in 1885 would be worth £1.61 in today’s British pounds. That’s a much more generous sum.
Alright, enough of that. Wordle time!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Strong, big.
The Clue: This Wordle has far 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.
SUPER was not a super guess, but I’ve been thinking about the recent Superman trailer and it seemed like a decent opener. With 237 remaining solutions, I thought wrong. I chose RATIO to see if I could move the ‘R’ into green and rule out the rest of the vowels (other than Y, which is only a half-vowel). At this point, I knew the word had to have an ‘A’ so I went with DRAWN and, thankfully, turned up four green boxes. Only one word remained: BRAWN for the win! There have been a lot of ‘B’ words lately. I should have gone with that.
Competitive Wordle Score
I get 0 points for guessing in four and -1 for losing to the Bot, who got this one in just three. 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 “brawn” comes from the Old French “braon”, meaning “fleshy part, muscle,” which itself derived from the Late Latin “bracchium” meaning “arm” (from classical Latin “bracchium”). Over time, “brawn” came to refer to physical strength or muscularity in English, evolving from its initial association with meat or muscle.
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