It’s lazy Sunday at last. Time to doff your work gloves, pack up your typewriters, put away your mops and brooms, set aside your studies, kick off your boots and chill out and relax.
Winter is upon us and the time is ripe to kill time with a good movie or show. We’re headed to see The Boy And The Heron Sunday afternoon, the latest Studio Ghibli animated movie. I’m very excited. I’ve never seen a Studio Ghibli film in the theater before!
I’m tempted to make it a double feature and go see Die Hard as well, which is back in theaters for its 35th anniversary. There’s an age-old debate over whether or not it qualifies as a Christmas movie which is silly for two reasons: First, it only matters if the person watching the movie considers it a Christmas movie or not; second, of course it’s a Christmas movie!
Oddly enough, despite the fact that there are tons of Christmas films out there, the good ones are few and far between. I love a good Christmas movie, I just think the bad ones outnumber the good. So let Die Hard supplement the ranks of great yuletide cinema, says I!
Okay, Wordle time!
How To Solve Today’s Word
The Hint: Fences, bike locks, prisons.
The Clue: This word has more consonants than vowels.
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See yesterday’s Wordle #903 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.
I feel pretty good about today’s guessing game. Spine wasn’t the best possible first guess, but I got two yellow boxes and discovered later that only 60 words remained.
Brain was bang-on, leaving me with three green boxes in a row. The words I first came up with at this point were already spoken for. Stain had an ‘S’ which I knew couldn’t work, for instance. So I went with chain and got the Wordle. Huzzah!
Today’s Competitive Wordle Score
I get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying Wordle Bot. 1 point! I’ll take it!
Today’s Wordle Etymology
The word ‘chain’ has an interesting etymology that traces back to ancient languages. It originates from the Latin word “catena,” which means a chain or a connected series. This Latin term is believed to have roots in the earlier Proto-Indo-European language, which is the ancestor of many modern languages in Europe and Asia.
The Proto-Indo-European root *kat- is thought to signify ‘to bind’ or ‘to entangle,’ which is fitting given the nature of a chain. Over time, as Latin evolved and influenced various languages, this root word took different forms. In Old French, it became “chaeine” or “chaaine,” and later, in Middle English, it was adapted as “cheyne” or “chain.”
This journey of the word through multiple languages and time periods reflects how it has retained its fundamental meaning related to binding or linking together, which is the essential function of a physical chain. The word ‘chain’ in English, as we know it today, has been used since around the 14th century.
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.
Read the full article here
