Today’s Wordle #641 Hint, Clues And Answer For Wednesday, March 22nd

How to solve today’s Wordle.

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Another day, another dollar. Well, another Wordle anyways. The popular word puzzle game that creator Josh Wardle sold to The New York Times back in January of 2022 continues to be a great source of diversion for millions of players and for your humble narrator, of course. I’ve turned the game into a competitive showdown between me and the nefarious New York Times Wordle Bot, and you’re free to jump into the fray. A little competition keeps things interesting, after all. (See the rules at the bottom of this post).

Wordle is a simple enough game to learn. Simply guess five-letter words in order to figure out what the secret word is. You have six tries to get it right, and each time you guess a word the letters turn up grey (for a wrong letter), yellow (for the right letter in the wrong spot) or green (for the right letter in the right spot).

But you know this by now! A year ago, Wordle explainers were everywhere. Today, we’re all old hands at this game. I’ve been doing this so long, I think it’s about time I made up my own game—so stay tuned.

In any case, let’s do this Wordle!

How To Solve Today’s Wordle

The Hint: Blanket. Goose feathers.

The Clue: This word has more consonants than vowels.

The Answer:

Today’s Wordle Solution

Credit: Erik Kain

I’m sorry, this was a hard word to guess and frankly an even harder word to give a hint for. All my hints were too obvious or too vague. Hopefully this one was decent.

In any case, I apparently did quite well right off the bat, though sadly only got it in four—the same number of tries it took Wordle Bot. That’s zero points all around for tying and guessing in four. C’est la vie!

Clout got me down to just 29 possible solutions and I maybe should have guessed all new letters for my second guess, but brunt did okay, slashing that number to just 6. From here, I decided it was time to introduce some more vowels (I had no idea only six answers remained, since I still just had a yellow ‘U’ and a green ‘T’). Once audit put the ‘U’ in the second box, however, I knew what the answer had to be: duvet for the win! Huzzah!

I have a duvet with a nice sage green cover that’s quite comfy and warm. The only problem? I run somewhat hot, so it’s often too warm and I use a flimsy bedspread instead. I wouldn’t mind keeping the heat way down at night during the winter so I could bundle up more, but the kids disagree and I’m outvoted.

Here’s ChatGPT with the etymology of ‘duvet’:

The word “duvet” comes from the French language, where it originally meant “down.” The French term “duvet” is derived from the Old French word “duve,” which referred to the soft feathers of young birds. The word “duve” itself is related to the Latin word “dūvēta,” which means “young bird.”

The meaning of “duvet” in English evolved from its original French meaning to refer specifically to a type of warm bedding filled with down or feathers. Today, the word “duvet” is used in English to describe a soft quilt or comforter filled with feathers or synthetic fibers that is typically used as a warm covering for a bed.

Duvet is one of those words that’s so obviously French it’s hardly surprising but I admit I had no idea it was a reference to birds, even though the word is quite similar to dove. Of course, the word for dove in French is colombe so that’s confusing.

Play Competitive Wordle Against Me!

I’ve been playing a cutthroat game of PvP Wordle against my nemesis Wordle But. Now you should play against me! I can be your nemesis! (And your helpful Wordle guide, of course).

Here are the rules: