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Saturday is finally here—and there was much rejoicing! The weekend has arrived, and with it, as always, plenty of new puzzles to solve, and some good TV shows and movies to reward yourself with after. I’ve listed these out in my handy weekend streaming guide, which you should absolutely take a look at right here:
Alright, let’s solve this Wordle!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
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The Hint: A fall guy.
The Clue: This Wordle has more consonants than vowels.
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’m a little sad because I very nearly got this one in three. If only I’d swapped the S and the T! STORE was a lucky opener, leaving me with 28 remaining words. LAYUP slashed this down to just two, though Wordle Bot had a stroke or something because when I was checking my score after getting the answer, even though it showed me having 2 words left, it gave me text saying I only had one. Clearly that wasn’t the case! I think I thought of PASTY instead of PATSY because when I was coming up with my second guess I thought of NASTY and HASTY and other AST words. Oh well, it was PATSY in the end. I’ll take all the blame for that.
Competitive Wordle Score
Both the Bot and I get 0 points today since we each guessed in four and tied. This leaves our May score at:
Erik: 5 point
Wordle Bot: -1 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 patsy apparently comes from the Italian name Patsy, short for Pasquale, which was used in vaudeville productions and early 20th-century slang to refer to a gullible or easily deceived individual. In America in the early 20th century, the word came to mean someone who was set up to take the blame.
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