It’s the final Friday of April, which means by this time next week I’ll be rambling on about how it’s First Friday, which in May is a lovely time to go downtown for the Art Walk, have some drinks and some good food and browse local art. It gets quite lively, with local bands playing and quite the festive atmosphere. I haven’t been in ages, because I’ve become a hermit.

Also because it’s been winter and cold and snowy and that brings out the hermit in me. I’ve been hibernating. Perhaps it’s time to shuffle out of my cave and go be a bit more social. We shall see.

In any case, TGIF. Let’s do this Wordle . . . .

How To Solve Today’s Wordle

The Hint: Around that time.

The Clue: This word has a double letter in it.

The Answer:

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This is a pretty tough word, though I had a very lucky opening guess. I suppose I probably should have followed up fires with something that didn’t just use the ‘I’ and ‘R’ in green, but I figured there couldn’t be that many options left and some had repeat letters. Birth and mirth, for instance, both used ‘T’ and ‘H’ which is why I guessed that one.

From here, I had very few options remaining that I could think of, so I went with girly and then, finally, after some contemplation, came to circa. Admittedly, it wasn’t one of the words I’d considered after my opening guess and it took a while to get there because it’s just not a word you think of often. “I feel like Marlon Brando circa 1999” pops into my head, from the song Marlon Brando by Alex Cameron (who I adore, but whose work you must realize is satirical, and offensive on purpose).

My score today: Wordle Bot got this one in three, so I get -1 for losing to the Bot and zero for guessing in four for a grand total of -1. Bummer!

Today’s Wordle Etymology (Via ChatGPT)

The word “circa” comes from Latin, where it means “around” or “about.” Its use in English as a preposition or adverb to indicate an approximate date or time goes back to the mid-19th century. The abbreviation “c.” is often used before a date to indicate that it is approximate and based on an estimate or educated guess.

Play Competitive Wordle Against Me!

I’ve been playing a cutthroat game of PvP Wordle against my nemesis Wordle But. Now you should play against me! I can be your nemesis! (And your helpful Wordle guide, of course). You can also play against the Bot if you have a New York Times subscription.

• Here are the rules:1 point for getting the Wordle in 3 guesses.
• 2 points for getting it in 2 guesses.
• 3 points for getting it in 1 guess.
• 1 point for beating Erik
• 0 points for getting it in 4 guesses.
• -1 point for getting it in 5 guesses.
• -2 points for getting it in 6 guesses.
• -3 points for losing.
• -1 point for losing to Erik

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