Thursday, January 4, 2024

Christmas Wordling: The Tenth Day Of Christmas

I posted this on the New York Time's Wordle Review comments yesterday -- 

Wordle 928 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ SHONE   370 WL
🟩🟨⬜🟨🟩 TRAIL          1 WL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TWIRL

WordleBot
Skill 99/99
Luck 50/99
Streak 679

(To be sung to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”)

“On the Tenth Day of Christmas, my First Guess showed to me
Nada — Absolutely nothing 
Now my Second Guess was TRIAL, to my delight I see
Four letters matched — two were yellow, the other two green
With four letters in hand, thought I knew the answer’d be
TWIRL, which I typed — Watched it turn green — Satisfying, a 3, victory”

My streak of “shooting under par” has now reached nine days.  If my luck holds out for a couple more days, I’ll beat my personal best.  As on New Year’s Day, Guess #1 gave me nothing — but Guess #2 gave me what I needed to solve.  I had four letters — T, R, I and L — with T and L in position as the first and last letters, respectively.  I didn’t know there was only one word left — but I suspected that the word ended with —IRL — and TWIRL fit the bill.  I typed it in and watched all the squares turn GREEN.  I tied The Bot and bested the (current) NYT avg (3 vs 3.7). 

Anyone interested in revisiting my “Twelve Days of Christmas” comments can visit my blog — http://speakingincaps.blogspot.com/ — rather than searching the NYT comments.  I am taking care not to post any current day Wordle solution info until the following day.  

Hope everyone reading this is having a good day. 

Take care and stay safe.

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