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ForbesToday’s word number 1221 with tips, hints and answers for Tuesday, October 22ndFrom Erik Cain

It’s Wordle Wednesday, dear Wordlers, and that means we have a puzzle to solve. Here’s today’s:

Rip me off and scratch my head. What was once red is now black. What am I?

I’ll post the answer tomorrow, but feel free to contact us via TwitterInstagram or Facebook if you know the answer.

First, let’s solve today’s Wordle!

How to solve today’s word

The note: Brighter than Pluto.

The note: This wordle has a double letter.

OK, Spoilers below!

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The answer:

Word analysis

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

I chose PARSE because I was at the post office when I started this book and was thinking about words related to postage. I didn’t like STAMP because it had too few vowels and PARCEL was too long. PARSE basically came from PARCEL. It gave me exactly 0 letters and left me with 355 possible solutions. Ouch.

Luckily CLOUD brought that number down to 12 and BOOTH only left me with 4. That’s still a 25% chance of guessing correctly, but I liked my chances with GOOFY and was right! GOOFY for the win! Oh shit…

Competitive Wordle Score

I get 0 points for guessing four and since I equated the Wordle Bot, that’s another helping of Zip, Zulch and Nada. Zeros everywhere!

How to Play Competitive Wordle

• Guessing 1 is worth 3 points; guessing 2 is worth 2 points; guessing 3 is worth 1 point; guessing 4 is worth 0 points; guessing in 5 is -1 points; Guessing on 6 is -2 points and missing the wordle is -3 points.
• If you beat your opponent you get 1 point. If there is a 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 simply play for a new score every day.
• Fridays are 2XP, which means you double your points – positive or negative.
• You can keep a running list or just play day by day. Enjoy!

Today’s Wordle etymology

The word “goofy” emerged in American English in the early 20th century and its roots can be traced to the term “goof.” The word “goof” appeared around the beginning of the 20th century and meant a stupid or clumsy person. The origin of “goof” is uncertain, but it may derive from an English dialect term or possibly from Middle English “gof,” meaning “simpleton.” Some suggest there may also be connections to the Scottish word “goff,” meaning “fool.”

“Goofy” emerged as an adjective in the 1920s and meant “silly” or “foolish.” It gained widespread popularity after it was used as the name for the Disney character “Goofy” in 1932, further cementing its association with playful silliness.

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