Yesterday was Wordle Wednesday, which meant I gave you all an extra puzzle to solve in the form of a little riddle. Today, on this fine day of Thor, I give you the answer (and then we’ll get on to the Wordle!)
Here’s the riddle:
If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?
The Answer:
Basically the trick here is that we’re talking about a clock face, which is how you add 11 and 2 and get 1. So if you start with 9 and add 5 you get 2. That’s the answer!
Alright, let’s do this Wordle!
How To Solve Today’s Word
The Hint: Neither sitting nor standing.
The Clue: This word is past-tense.
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See yesterday’s Wordle #844 right here.
Wordle Bot Analysis
After each Wordle I solve I head over to the Wordle Bot homepage to see how my guessing game was.
Lots of luck for me today. Bad luck followed by good. My opening guess was fine, but candy left me with 196 remaining words and just one yellow box.
Then I screwed up big time. I wanted to continue the sweet theme and typed out sugar, accidentally using the ‘A’ twice. Hey, I make mistakes okay! I’m only human!
This was a swing and a miss. Not only did I get all grey boxes, I didn’t even find out where the ‘N’ went. Yuck.
My third guess, however, was much better. Liken eliminated the last vowels, giving me the ‘E’ and in a stroke of good luck, ensuring that I wouldn’t guess kneel, which I think I’d probably have guessed before knelt, otherwise. At this point, all I could come up with was knelt and sure enough that was the Wordle! Huzzah! (Wordle Bot later informed me that knell was also an option, which is even more obscure than knoll, which remains probably my biggest Wordle guide for traffic ever and even trended on Twitter when that was the Wordle answer!)
Today’s Score
I finally lost to the Bot after a long streak tying it. I guessed in four which gives me 0 points and the Bot got it in three, which means -1 for yours truly. Oh well!
Today’s Wordle Etymology
The word “knelt” is the past tense and past participle form of the verb “kneel.” The etymology of “kneel” can be traced back to Middle English “knele,” which is derived from the Old English word “cneowlian.” The Old English term “cneowlian” itself is a derivative of “cneo,” which means “knee.” Over time, the spelling and pronunciation of the word evolved, leading to the modern form “kneel” and its past tense “knelt.”
Play Competitive Wordle Against Me!
I’ve been playing a cutthroat game of PvP Wordle against my nemesis Wordle But. Now you should play against me! I can be your nemesis! (And your helpful Wordle guide, of course). You can also play against the Bot if you have a New York Times subscription.
Here are the rules:
- 1 point for getting the Wordle in 3 guesses.
- 2 points for getting it in 2 guesses.
- 3 points for getting it in 1 guess.
- 1 point for beating me
- 0 points for getting it in 4 guesses.
- -1 point for getting it in 5 guesses.
- -2 points for getting it in 6 guesses.
- -3 points for losing.
- -1 point for losing to me
You can either keep a running tally of your score if that’s your jam or just play day-to-day if you prefer.
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