How to solve today’s Wordle.
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It’s Saturn’s day at last. The first weekend of July, Julius Caesar’s month. Augustus, his nephew, gets August. No other mortal in the history of planet Earth, gets a month all their own. This should clue you in to just how important these men were in the big scheme of things, or at least the big scheme of Western Civilization.
Julius Caesar wasn’t just an emperor—in fact, he never adopted that title at all, though his detractors (and assassins) called him a tyrant. He was also a prolific historian. The oldest written record of druids and druidic culture comes to us by way of Caesar, whose Commentarii de Bello Gallico (written in the third-person) describes the Gallic Wars and describes in great detail the druids and their importance in Gaul, a region that encompasses much of modern day Europe.
Druids of Ole England, Joseph Martin Kronheim, 1868, George A Smathers Libraries
If you ever had a doubt about the truth of “history is written by the victors” the druids should alleviate you of it; by the second century they were all but wiped out after emperors Tiberius and Claudius suppressed and effectively exterminated them. Then again, despite being their undoing, the Romans are also the only historians to keep any record of their existence at all. There’s a grim irony here.
But I digress. Let’s do this Wordle.
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: A derisive chuckle.
The Clue: This Wordle has a double letter.
Okay, spoilers below!
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The Answer:
Today’s Wordles
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 decided to carry on a theme I established in yesterday’s Wordle today. FLAME was my opener and quite a good one, though I didn’t realize how good until I did the Wordle Bot analysis that showed just 27 words remained. All I knew at the time is that I had a yellow ‘F’ and the two most common vowels were out.
From here I tried SHOUT in order to nab some vowels and rule out more common consonants and this gave me a green ‘S’ and a green ‘O’ and, I later learned, left me with just two choices: SCOOP and SCOFF.
I actually only thought of SCOOP and guessed that. Lucky me, that was the Wordle!
Competitive Wordle Score
I get 1 point for guessing in three but zero for tying the Bot—again. I’ll take a point!
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 “scoff” has an interesting etymology, tracing back to both Middle English and Old Norse origins.
- Middle English: The word “scoffen” meant to mock or jeer.
- Old Norse: The word “skūfa” means to push away or reject.
Over time, the word evolved to convey a sense of mocking or derisive speech or behavior, typically implying that someone is making fun of or showing contempt for something or someone.
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