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Wordle 654 3/6
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ADIEU
🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 INFRA
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO
I don’t normally start with ADIEU. Generally, I like to be a little more creative than that. But today, it was the first word that came to mind. I wasn’t dissuaded by the fact that Danica McKellar didn’t have much success with it as a starting guess.
I play it, and I’m pretty satisfied with the outcome. My starter choices did not give clean results last time. The A and the I are in the correct spots. I can work with this.
I start thinking of words that have both of those letters, even plural words that would not be allowed in Wordle, like PAINS and GAINS. GAITS and BAITS and SAILS. Because my mind is stuck on plurals, I think of more unusual plural words that are allowed in the Spelling Bee and Wordle, such as CELLI and ABACI. ABACI is a fun one. I know there’s an A in the word, but I don’t know if it’s repeated. And B and C seem like fairly solid consonants on which to bet. But there’s an I, so I can’t play it. Chances are the winning word is not a plural. But what five-letter word has an A and an I?
Does anyone else think of words as valid guesses before remembering that they won’t work for one reason or another? SAINT occurs to me. A lovely word, it’s the name of Kim Kardashian’s son. He has a brother named PSALM, which would also be a decent Wordle guess if you wanted to get heavy on consonants. NORTH could be a good guess for another day. … Why are the Kardashians such big fans of five-letter nouns? I shelve these thoughts in a corner of my mind. Before I play SAINT, I think about how there’s no way I can lose. It has the AI combination. It has three great, common consonants. Even if it flops, I’m on track to get this Wordle in two or three tries.
But then I remember. The I is in the wrong spot. I knew that when I guessed ADIEU. I go back to the drawing board one more time. I can’t go with AIMED or AISLE, because the A is not in the first position. What if I started with I? I’d go with IMAGE or IDEAL, but I know there’s not an E in the word.
My head is swimming with five-letter words. They’re starting to sound nonsensical. I play INFRA because it’s the only word I can think of that will work.
And I’m foiled again. But that word brings me the R, and only a few places where the A and I can be. And then the answer comes to me. What a tricky one today!
Today’s word is RATIO. According to Webster’s New World College Dictionary, it’s a noun that means “a fixed relation … between two similar things” — a proportion.
Today’s Statistics
Today’s puzzle is easy.
The letter pattern in today’s word is unique enough that the answer can be found using elimination strategies within six guesses, and the word is very familiar vocabulary with no letter repeats.
Our Featured Artist
Simone Noronha is New York-based South Asian illustrator and art director hailing from Dubai. She enjoys weaving narratives and intricate details into her imagery with saturated palettes and the moody lighting that has become her signature. In an interview with WIRED, she said, “I like to think of illustrative style as just our natural flaws shining through and doing the best with it.”
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