Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1420 Hints, Clues And Answer For Friday, May 9th
How to solve today’s Wordle.
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It’s Friday which not only means we’re heading into the weekend, but also that competitive Wordle players get to double their points today, whether you win or lose. 2XP Friday is a great way to get a boost, or take a big hit, if you’re playing against friends, family, the Wordle Bot, or your humble narrator.
Let’s get right to it!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: The edible part of a stomach.
The Clue: This Wordle has more consonants than vowels.
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The Answer:
Today’s Wordle
Wordle Analysis
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SHIRE is always a nice opening guess, if only because it makes me think about The Shire and the Hobbits and Gandalf and all that lovely stuff. It was a good opening guess today, leaving me with just 18 words. The trouble? I knew that all of them would be _RI_E basically—so where to go with Guess #2? I decided to try a word that included what I surmised were the three most common consonants remaining: B, P and T. BEPAT did the trick, though I had considered just guessing TRIPE to begin with. So close to getting this in two!
Competitive Wordle Score
Today’s Wordle Bot
The Bot and I both get two points today. 1 for guessing in three, 0 for tying and multiply that for 2XP Friday, bringing us to:
Erik: 11 points
Wordle Bot: 5 points
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 tripe comes from Old French tripe, which means “guts” or “entrails” though beyond that, linguists can only theorize that it stems from a Vulgar Latin root. It entered English in the 14th century and referred to the edible stomach lining of cows and other beasts. In the early 18th century, the word took on a slang meaning for “nonsense”.
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