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ForbesToday’s word number 1281 with tips, hints and answers for Saturday, December 21stFrom Erik Cain

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat. Please – very please – put a penny in the old man’s hat. However, I suspect that you wouldn’t necessarily give a penny to an old beggar if you were very grateful to him. A penny doesn’t go quite as far as it did when the Christmas carol was written. The first instances of Christmas is just around the corner were published in 1885, although it is likely that the song had been around for some time. Since there is no known composer or lyricist, this is in fact part of folklore.

Oddly enough, taking inflation into account, a penny in 1885 was only worth 33 cents today, so even then it wasn’t much. You would have to go back to around 1838 for a penny to be worth the equivalent of a dollar today.

If we talk about British pennies, a penny in 1885 would be worth £1.61 in today’s British pounds. That’s a much more generous sum.

Okay, enough of that. Wordle time!

How to solve today’s word

The note: Strong, big.

The note: This word has far more consonants than vowels.

OK, Spoilers below!

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The answer:

Word analysis

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was GREAT not great guess, but I’ve been thinking about the most recent one Superman trailer and it seemed like a decent opener. With 237 solutions remaining, I thought wrong. I chose RATIO to see if I could move the “R” to the green and exclude the remaining vowels (except Y, which is only a semivowel). At this point I knew the word had to have an “A” in it, so I chose DRAWN and luckily revealed four green boxes. Only one word remained: BRAWN for victory! There have been a lot of “B” words lately. I should have continued with it.

Competitive Wordle Score

I get 0 points for guessing in four cases, and -1 for losing to the bot that did it in only three cases. C’est la vie.

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• 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 “Brawn” comes from Old French “braon”which means “fleshy part, muscle” and again comes from Late Latin “Brachium” means “poor” (from classical Latin). “Brachium”). Over time, “brawn” in English came to denote physical strength or musculature, evolving from its original association with flesh or muscle.

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