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It’s the first Thor’s Day of 2025 and I’m still having trouble believing it’s the new year already. This whole holiday season has been a bit dreamlike for me. There’s an unreality about it all that I’m not quite sure how to describe.
In any case, yesterday was Wordle Wednesday and I accidentally gave you the wrong riddle—one I’d given in a recent Wordle Wednesday post! I’ll do the one I meant to do today next week instead. Oops! Here’s the riddle:
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes out first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
The answer is darkness.
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Pick.
The Clue: This Wordle ends with a vowel.
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.
DRAIN was not a great guess today, leaving me with five grey boxes and 438 remaining solutions. SPOUT slashed that number to 8 and brought some more color to the board. I thought I might CLOSE it out on guess #3 but that was not to be. If only I had CHOSE(N) a different word!
Competitive Wordle Score
I get 0 for guessing in four and -1 for losing to the Wordle Bot, who guessed in three 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
Chose is the simple past tense of choose. The word “choose” comes from Old English “cēosan”, meaning “to select or decide.” This traces back to Proto-Germanic “keusaną”, which also meant “to choose” or “taste.” The root can be linked to the Proto-Indo-European “ǵeus-“, meaning “to taste or relish.” Over time, the meaning evolved from the idea of tasting or trying to the broader concept of selecting or making decisions.
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