right here<\/a>. <\/p>\nSo I chose HAPPY because I wanted to say Happy Birthday to Wordle. It didn\u2019t work out, leaving me with 1,057 possible solutions and all grey boxes. On the other hand, this notion of happiness did lead me to victory. Once CHOIR slashed my choices down to just four words, I came up with EMOJI as one possibility. Well, happy face emoji is the leading emoji out there, beating even the poop emoji and the sad face emoji when it comes to popular opinion (according to studies I\u2019ve just made up in my own head). I thought, just because HAPPY didn\u2019t get me much doesn\u2019t mean I shouldn\u2019t stick with this line of thinking. Lucky for me, today\u2019s Wordle was EMOJI!<\/p>\n
Competitive Wordle Score<\/p>\n
Today’s Wordle Bot<\/p>\n
Screenshot: Erik Kain<\/p>\n
I get 1 point for guessing in three and 1 for beating the Bot. That\u2019s 2 points x 2 for 2XP Friday = 4 points. The Wordle Bot gets 0 for guessing in four and -1 for losing to me, or -2 for 2XP Friday. Our June totals widen as I take a pretty decent lead (though at one point this month, the Wordle Bot was way ahead \u2014 anything could still happen). <\/p>\n
Erik: <\/strong>16 points<\/p>\nWordle Bot<\/strong>: 7 points<\/p>\nHow To Play Competitive Wordle<\/p>\n
\n- 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 points; guessing in 6 is -2 points and missing the Wordle is -3 points.<\/li>\n
- If you beat your opponent you get 1 point. If you 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 just play for a new score each day.<\/li>\n
- Fridays are 2XP, meaning you double your points\u2014positive or negative.<\/li>\n
- You can keep a running tally or just play day-by-day. Enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Today\u2019s Wordle Etymology<\/p>\n
\u201cEmoji\u201d comes from Japanese e (\u7d75, \u201cpicture\u201d) + moji (\u6587\u5b57, \u201ccharacter\u201d or \u201cletter\u201d), literally meaning \u201cpicture character.\u201d It was coined in Japan in the 1990s for small pictorial symbols used in electronic messaging. Despite the similarity in sound, it is unrelated to the English word \u201cemotion.\u201d<\/p>\n
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