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It’s Friday the 4th of July. America Day. Time to celebrate—and perhaps interrogate—our national pride. I think that a bit of tension between what we get right and what we get wrong as Americans and as a nation is important on a day like today. Yes, we should celebrate. We should also be aware of our past, of the problems we have faced and overcome and the problems we still face. I’m not one for blind nationalism. Then again, I’m also not in favor of only looking at the bad. No country is perfect. To truly celebrate America, we have to take the good with the bad.
And we have to barbecue, clearly. And probably watch a sports game of some kind, though I’m not sure what sports are happening at the moment. I do know we have a national game of sorts that many of us play every single day, so let’s solve this Wordle!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Found in roads and baseball pitches.
The Clue: This Wordle ends with a vowel.
Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!
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Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here.
I started with STAKE because I was thinking about vampires. This only got me a single green box and left me with 159 remaining solutions. CHOIR, one of my go-to second guesses, brought that down to just four. I wasn’t sure so I tried to eliminate as many remaining words as possible with PRUDE and that left me with one, though it ensured I wouldn’t guess in three. Only CURVE remained.
I get 0 points for guessing in four and -1 for losing to the Bot. The Bot gets 1 point for guessing in three and another for beating me, taking the lead once again in July:
Erik: -1 points
Wordle Bot: 2 points
- 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!
The word “curve” comes from the Latin curvus, meaning “bent” or “crooked.” It entered English via Old French courbe, from Latin curvus. The root curv- relates to bending, and is also seen in words like curvature and incurvate.
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