Here’s today’s Wordle solution plus a handy tip.
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Hey, look, it’s Friday! Thanks to Freya, it’s Friday! TFIF!
Yesterday’s Wordle was weird, wasn’t it? I was genuinely surprised that the word was not removed from Wordle’s list of solutions by the new owner of the game, The New York Times.
It is May 6 and we are approaching the middle of 2022 with astonishing speed. I’m not sure I’m having enough fun flying like that. Oh, good.
Today is like a big day outside of the world of Wordling (which sounds a bit like the world of wizards, although as far as I know we don’t have dark Lords of Wordle who won’t be named). Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness landed in theaters today and I’m going with my 11-year-old. I’m quite excited. The last movie I went to was the rather grim (albeit excellent) The Northman, so I’m ready for something a little lighter, even if it looks pretty dark when it comes to MCU movies.
But enough for Marvel! We are here to talk about Wordle. Let’s take a look at today’s word and see if my hint can get you there before we move on to the answer.
Introduction to Wordle
Today’s answer and hint of Wordle # 321
As always, spoilers follow. Spoiler warning! Beware of spoilers!
But first, a hint:
The most famous line of the Sierra Madre Treasure.
And the answer is. . . .
Answer to Wordle 321
Credit: Eric Kane
If you haven’t seen the Sierra Madre Treasure, you probably still know some version of the line. It was paraphrased up and down the block, with its most famous version being Badges? We don’t need smelly badges! ” However, the original line was, “Badges? We don’t have badges. We don’t need badges. I don’t need to show you any stinking badges!”
In the novel on which John Houston’s film is based, the line is: “Badges, in damn badges with badges! We don’t have badges. We don’t really need badges. I don’t have to show you all the stinking badges, damn cabrón and chinga tu madre! “
My apologies for the language. I am simply quoting a novel written in 1927, just five years after a century, by the German author B. Traven. The interesting thing about Traven is that no one knows who he really was. B. Traven is just a pseudonym and to this day his identity remains a mystery. Pretty cool, huh?
In any case, it took me four to get here, starting from the cabin. This won me a “solid choice” from Wordle Bot, who noted that it usually reduces possible solutions to 179, although in this case it narrows them to only 16.
Wordle Bot waved a finger at Baker, telling me “This guess was not my favorite,” and suggested a motel instead. But Baker narrowed things down to just three possible choices, which I think is pretty good (even if the motel narrows it down to just 2). Maybe my problem is that I’m playing “hard mode” without actually turning on “hard mode” and Wordle Bot is judging me accordingly.
From here, Wordle Bot and I align perfectly. We both figured out that it was a garden, and that narrowed things down to only one possible solution: a badge.
And hey, we may not need smelly badges most of the time, but we had it today. Today we only needed one badge and for God’s sake, we got it.
Thanks for reading and have a wonderful Friday!
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