Today’s ‘Word’ #1314 Hints, Clues and Answer for Thursday, January 23rd

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ForbesToday’s ‘Wordle’ #1313 Hints, Clues and Answer for Wednesday, January 22ndBy Eric Cain

It’s Thor’s Day again, and that means yesterday was Ordonsday, and I handed out another riddle for you to solve before tackling the daily word. Today I will give you the answer.

This was the puzzle:

This was a bit of a trick question. There are actually three different answers to this particular puzzle: 713, 535 and 357. Different readers messaged me with different answers, but you all got it right! Well done!

Now let’s solve this Wordle!

How to solve today’s word

Hint: Highest up.

The clue: This Wordle has a double letter in it.

Okay, spoilers below!

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The answer:

Word analysis

Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here.

A difficult word today! GRAIN was not an ideal opener, leaving me with only one yellow box and 271 remaining solutions. ROUTE cut that number down to 18 and gave me two more yellow boxes. Unfortunately, FEMUR ended up being a lousy third guess, only cutting off 8 of those words, though at least I got the ‘R’ for green. SUPER cuts away the remaining possible solutions, leaving me with only one: UPPER to win!

Competitive Wordle Score

I lose a point for guessing in 5, but luckily the Bot took as many tries as me today, so only -1 in total. Lucky me!

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 point; guessing in 6 is -2 points and missing Wordle is -3 points.
  • If you beat your opponent, you get 1 point. If you stand straight, 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 play for a new score every day.
  • Friday is 2XP, which means you double your points – positive or negative.
  • You can keep a running account or just play day by day. Enjoy!

Today’s Wordle Etymology

The word “top” derives from the Old English word “unfair”which is the comparative form of “unfan”which means “over” or “over”. The root “unfan” is related to Proto-Germanic “ub-“ and Proto-Indo-European “upo-“both of which carry the meaning of “over”, “over” or “higher”. Over time, “top” evolved into its modern English usage, referring to something placed above or higher in position, status, or rank.

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