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It finally snowed, I’m happy to report, though not a lot. I’ll take anything we can get at this point. It’s quite lovely, the first snowfall of the year. There’s something so calming about it. We won’t be building any snowmen, and I doubt this will help much at the ski hill, but it’s better than nothing.
Let’s solve this Wordle!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Sign of sickness.
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.
Things started out rather badly for your humble narrator today. SPOUT gave me all grey boxes and a whopping 775 remaining solutions remained. CRANE slashed that down to 53, which is still quite a few. I thought I might luck out with FIERY, but even here I was left with two possible solutions: FEWER and FEVER. My gut told me FEVER, and lucky for me that was the Wordle!
Competitive Wordle Score
A total wash today. 0 points for guessing in four and 0 for tying Wordle Bot. Oh well!
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 “fever” comes from the Latin word febris, meaning “fever” or “heat.” It is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root dhegh- or dhegʷ-, which means “to burn” or “to warm.” The word passed into Old English as fefor or fefer, influenced by Old French fievre, before evolving into the modern English “fever.”
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