Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1482 Hints, Clues And Answer For Thursday, July 10th

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ForbesToday’s ‘Wordle’ #1481 Hints, Clues And Answer For Wednesday, July 9thBy Erik Kain

It’s Thor’s Day again, which means Odin has his day yesterday, which also means that yesterday was Wordle Wednesday and I gave you a rather puzzling puzzle to solve prior to tackling the daily Wordle. I’ll post the answer below. First, here was the puzzle:

Five animals gather at a round table for their first Book Club meeting. They’re trying to decide which author to read. Each animal has brought a snack. The animals are Bear, Porcupine, Otter, Fox and Owl. Each animal sits at a numbered chair, 1-5. The snacks they’ve brought are Pretzels, Cookies, Chips, Muffins and Fruit. The books they’ve brought are by Austen, Orwell, Tolkien, Shelley and Dostoevsky. Using the following clues, determine which animal brought which author and snack and where they’re seated at the table. Here is a seating chart. “Across from” or “Directly across from” refers to any points connected by the lines.

1. The animal who brought Pretzels is sitting next to the animal who brought Tolkien.
2. The animal who brought Sense and Sensibility is sitting next to the Fox.
3. The Owl did not bring Dostoevsky.
4. The Porcupine brought The Lord Of The Rings.
5. The Otter brought Chips.
6. The Fox is sitting next to the Owl.
7. The animal in Seat #3 brought 1984.
8. The Fox brought Cookies.
9. The animal who brought fruit is sitting directly across from the Bear and next to the animal who brought muffins.
10. The Bear brought Pretzels.
11. The Otter is sitting directly across from the Porcupine.
12. The Owl is sitting in Seat #2.

It helps solve this puzzle if you use the layout above and sort of fill in the blanks as you go. Each clue gives you a tiny piece of information and all of them combined provide you enough info to get to this final layout:

Seat #1: Porcupine — Tolkien — Muffins

Seat #2: Owl — Shelley — Fruit

Seat #3: Fox — Orwell — Cookies

Seat #4 Otter — Austen — Chips

Seat #5: Bear — Dostoevsky — Pretzels

Nobody messaged me the answer to this so I assume it was just too much work. I promise, next week’s will be easier. Now let’s solve today’s Wordle!

How To Solve Today’s Wordle

The Hint: Nervous, fidgety.

The Clue: This Wordle ends in a “Y”.

Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!

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The Answer:

Wordle Analysis

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

This was a tough one! Even the Wordle Bot struggled. CHORE left me with 454 remaining words and STAIN only cut that to 35. I had exactly 0 green or yellow boxes, but that’s true of the Bot as well. BULKY cut that number down to 15, which left me in a tight spot. So many very similar words remained. I went with DUMPY and that left me with just 1: JUMPY for the win. Thank goodness…I was getting a little jumpy!

Competitive Wordle Score

The Bot and I each get -1 for guessing in five and 0 for tying. Our July totals become:

Erik: -4 points

Wordle Bot: 6 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 jumpy is an informal adjective formed from jump + -y, meaning “apt to jump.” It originated in American English around 1889 to describe someone nervous, skittish, or easily startled—like someone ready to jump at any sudden movement.

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