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ForbesToday’s word number 1269 with tips, hints and answers for Monday, December 9thFrom Erik Cain

We are ten days into the last month of the year. Just three more weeks and we’ll be drinking champagne and counting down to 2025. This will be my second quarter century of life. I was only 18 when the last quarter century ended, although it was also the end of one century and the beginning of another. It’s hard to believe that the year 2000 was 25 years ago and that 9/11 was almost 25 years ago. No one could have predicted the world we live in today, that’s for sure.

But I digress. Let’s solve this word!

How to solve today’s word

The note: Porch’s cousin.

The note: This word has more vowels than consonants.

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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I was very lucky today. SPATE is almost always a good opening guess and today I only had 8 remaining solutions and three yellow boxes. For my next guess, CHOIR, I chose entirely new letters, and that turned out to be a great idea. There was only one possible solution: PATIO for victory!

Competitive Wordle Score

I get 1 point for guessing three and 0 points for tying the bot. That’s enough.

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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 “Terrace” comes from Spanish, where it originally referred to a courtyard or an open area within a building. Its etymology comes from the Latin word “pactum”, means “agreement” or “contract,” which later developed in Old Spanish to describe a cleared or open space. Over time, it specifically came to mean a courtyard or garden area, particularly one open to the sky.

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