Speaking of cool games, let’s play this Wordle!
How to solve today’s Wordle
Hint: Big in Japan.
Clue: This Wordle has a double letter.
Okay, there are spoilers below!
Wordle Analysis
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I’ve been so bored with these words lately. I don’t think I’ve ever done so many 5-try wordles in such a short amount of time before. Maybe I’m doing it in a hurry, or maybe I just have bad luck. I guess if you’re going to get unlucky, it might as well be with a puzzle game and flying across the country instead.
SPORE gave me all the grey boxes and 381 remaining possible solutions. CHAIN narrowed it down to 29 – still not great – but at least I had some yellow boxes I could move around. I thought GAUNT would be a good choice, and it actually was, but I still had three words to choose from: TANGY, MANGY and MANGA. I picked the word I thought would eliminate the most people, and hopefully that would be the winner.
Alas, no winner-winner chicken dinner for your humble narrator. MANGA was the wordle, which really surprised me.
Competitive Wordle Scores
Like yesterday, I get -1 for guessing in five and -1 for losing to the bot, which made four attempts today. -2! Again! Oh wow!
How to play competitive Wordle
Guessing 1 gives 3 points; guessing 2 gives 2 points; guessing 3 gives 1 point; guessing 4 gives 0 points; guessing 5 gives -1 point; guessing 6 gives -2 points and missing the Wordle gives -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 this up to get your score. Keep a daily running score or just play for a new score every day.
Today’s Wordle Etymology
The word “manga” (漫画) is of Japanese origin and is made up of two kanji characters: “漫” (man) and “画” (ga). Here is a description of each component:
- 漫 (man): This character can mean “whimsical,” “sudden,” or “unfinished.” It conveys a sense of something being informal or free-flowing.
- 画 (ga): This character means “picture” or “drawing.”
When combined, “manga” (漫画) roughly translates to “whimsical drawings” or “impromptu sketches.” The term began being used in Japan in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to describe humorous and satirical illustrated works. The modern use of “manga” refers to the broad category of Japanese comic books and graphic novels, characterized by their distinctive art style and storytelling techniques.
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