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ForbesToday’s “Wordle” No. 1294 with tips, hints and answers for Friday, January 3rdFrom Erik Cain

Here we are, the first weekend of January and it’s finally starting to feel like winter. It’s gotten colder, although it’s still unusually warm. That’s okay. Winter is a great time to cozy up indoors, and if you’re looking for a good movie or TV show to watch this weekend, check out my streaming guide for some ideas.

ForbesWhat to watch this weekend: New shows and movies to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV and moreFrom Erik Cain

Now let’s solve this wordle!

How to solve today’s word

The note: Take the pressure off yourself.

The note: This wordle contains an 8 dot Scrabble 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.

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Well, that didn’t go so well – certainly not as well as my guessing game yesterday! LOUSE wasn’t completely bad, but it wasn’t great either. BLEAT reduced the 121 remaining words to just 12. Unfortunately, my next guess – REGAL – left me with two remaining solutions: RELAY and RELAX. I made a bad choice.

Competitive Wordle Score

I get -1 point for guessing five and -1 point for losing to the bot that took four tries today. -2 points for your humble narrator!

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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 relax comes from Latin Relaxwhich means “to loosen, open, expand, or expand again.” This is derived from Re- (means “again” or “back”) and laxare (means “loose”), which in turn comes from laxus (means “loose” or “limp”). The term entered Old French as Relaser and later Middle English as relaxretaining the meaning of relaxation or loosening.

This leads me to naming a character Laxus Maximus, which reminds me of this Asterix and Obelisk Comics.

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