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The weekend is over. That’s a bummer, but we have a three-day Memorial Day weekend coming up next. Huzzah!
I had a super busy weekend getting exercise and working around the house and doing yard work and cooking food and somehow still managing to get some D&D time in with my gaming group. I caught up on the show Sugar on Apple TV+ and started Dark Matter, also on Apple TV+. I’m wicked behind on all my reviews but I’m hoping to catch up this week. I’ll tell you one thing: Getting back in shape is hard, and leaves me super drained, but I figure it’ll start getting easier the more consistent I am. Saturday night I went to bed at 10pm and slept until 9am the next morning. That’s how wiped out I am . . . .
You know what’s a fun thing to do when you’re physically exhausted? Wordle. Let’s do it!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Not mean.
The Clue: This Wordle pairs nicely with Wordle Bot’s favorite starting word.
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.
Usually PLATE is a pretty good opener, but today it left me high and dry with 334 words remaining. I should have picked CRANE, which has all but one of today’s letters in it!
CHOIR slashed that number down to just 3 words and left me with a green and two yellow boxes. I could honestly only come up with one word, and lucky for me it was the Wordle. NICER for the win! How nice!
Competitive Wordle Score
I get 1 point for guessing in three but lose it right away to the Bot, who managed to guess in just two. That dirty rotten scoundrel!
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.
Today’s Wordle Etymology
The word “nicer” is the comparative form of the adjective “nice.” To understand its etymology, we need to look at the history of the word “nice” itself:
- Middle English: The word “nice” comes from the Middle English word “nice,” which meant “foolish” or “silly.”
- Old French: This Middle English word was borrowed from Old French “nice,” which also meant “foolish” or “stupid.”
- Latin: The Old French word comes from the Latin word “nescius,” which means “ignorant” or “unknowing.” “Nescius” is derived from the Latin verb “nescire,” meaning “not to know” (from “ne-” meaning “not” and “scire” meaning “to know”).
Over time, the meaning of “nice” shifted significantly. By the late Middle Ages, it began to take on more positive connotations, evolving through meanings such as “timid,” “fussy,” and “fastidious” to its modern sense of “pleasant,” “agreeable,” or “kind.”
The comparative form “nicer” follows standard English grammar rules for forming comparatives of adjectives. Thus, “nicer” retains the evolved positive meaning of “nice” while indicating a higher degree of that quality.
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