Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1288 Hints, Clues and Answer for Saturday, December 28th

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ForbesToday’s ‘Wordle’ #1287 Hints, Clues and Answer for Friday, December 27By Eric Cain

When I was a child, the days between Christmas and New Year were a kind of magical time. School was out. There was always snow on the ground. There was always plenty of good food and family gatherings and extra time to use new toys.

Now I find myself wading through a kind of winter melancholy every year around this time. A week of mild gloom. It’s almost like a spiritual Christmas hangover. All the anticipation and build-up leading up to the big day, and then it’s over, with wrapping paper on the floor. Back to work. Back to life. Back to this liminal week squeezed and twisted between two of the biggest holidays of the year.

And a word to solve, of course. Shall we?

How to solve today’s word

Hint: Public condemnation.

The clue: This Wordle begins with a consonant.

Okay, spoilers below!

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The answer:

Word analysis

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

GRADE performed much better than I expected, leaving me with only 49 remaining possible solutions and three yellow boxes. I tried juggling them with CIDER but they all came back yellow with a new yellow ‘C’ in the mix. Luckily there was only one solution left and I finally tracked it down. DECRY for the win!

Competitive Wordle Score

I get 1 point for guessing three and 0 for beating the Wordle Bot.

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 point; guessing in 6 is -2 points and missing Wordle is -3 points.
  • If you beat your opponent, you get 1 point. If you stand straight, 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 play for a new score every day.
  • Friday is 2XP, which means you double your points – positive or negative.
  • You can keep a running account or just play day by day. Enjoy!

Today’s Wordle Etymology

The word “despise” comes from Old Frenchdescribesimportance “to shout, announce, or denounce.” This again comes from the prefix of- (meaning “down” or “away”) and crying (meaning “to cry or proclaim”). In late 16th-century English, condemn got the meaning of to publicly condemn or criticize something.

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