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TGIF! It’s the last day of the work week. The weekend is almost here. It’s also 2XP Friday for all you Competitive Wordle players out there. Double your points, good or bad, and let the chips fall where they may!
I wonder if you could somehow incorporate Wordle and poker into a game? I suppose that would be tricky, though a friendly bet on a daily Wordle might be interesting. Anyways, let’s solve today’s!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Garlic, separated.
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.
I picked a very similar word (FLAKE) to my opening guess yesterday (FLAME) without really meaning to, but I’m glad I did. I had just 20 remaining solutions and two green boxes. I decided to go with all new letters for my second guess, SCION, which slashed that number down to just 1: CLOVE 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 2 points! 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
Clove (spice): Derived from Old French clou de girofle (“nail of the clove tree”), with clou meaning “nail” due to the spice’s shape. Clou comes from Latin clavus (nail). The word was shortened to clove in English by the late Middle Ages.
Clove (past tense of cleave): Comes from Old English clufan, the past tense of cleofan (“to split or divide”), related to Proto-Germanic kleubaną and Proto-Indo-European gleubh- (to tear apart). This is also where the term “clove of garlic” is derived.
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