Today’s word number 1261 with tips, hints and answers for Sunday, December 1st

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ForbesToday’s “Wordle” No. 1260 with tips, hints and answers for Saturday, November 30thFrom Erik Cain

Here we are finally. It’s the first of December and the start of the home stretch of 2024. It’s hard to believe that the year is almost over and the quarter century mark is just a month away. 25 years in the 21st century. Will we make it to 2100? Of course, most of us won’t do that unless we somehow unlock the key to eternal life in the next few decades. But our children and grandchildren could do it. What kind of world will it be in 75 years and a month?

At the moment we can only wonder – and of course solve this word.

How to solve today’s word

The note: Somewhere between purple and pink.

The note: This word ends with a vowel.

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.

I very rarely guess beginning words with three vowels, preferring to use two in each of my two opening attempts, but today RAISE came to mind and I was lucky that it did. I was off to a good start with the green boxes for A and E and there were only 32 words left. I decided to use all new letters for my second guess and used a “U” word because I could think of a handful of words that contained that vowel.

I came up with GULCH to eliminate as many letters as possible, and at that point only had two options: MAUVE or TAUPE. I actually didn’t even think about TAUPE and found out from my Wordle bot analysis that it was an option. What’s a little strange is that the last two words happen to be colors that also happen to be frequently paired together. At least I chose the right one!

Competitive Wordle Score

Just like yesterday, I get one point for guessing three and another point for beating the bot that made four tries today. 2 points for me! Huzzah!

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 mauve comes from the French name for the mallow plant (mallow in Latin), whose flowers have a similar pale purple color. Discovered by William Henry Perkin in 1856, the dye mauveine was named after this plant because of its similarity to the flower’s hue. The term entered English usage shortly afterwards and referred to both the color and the synthetic dye.

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