The solution to today’s Wordle puzzle (#475 – October 7, 2022) is dandy. Things are dandy when they’re going well, and a man is a dandy if he preens. According to Etymonline, the origin of the word in its noun form is uncertain, but the most popular guess is that it is from the French word “Dandin,” a mock surname for a foolish person. The etymology of its usage in the adjective form is largely unknown as well, but Etymonline reports that it goes as far back as 1786.
We didn’t solve the puzzle until the sixth try today, which was a pretty close shave, and one that ends the three-try streak we kept up until yesterday. Our first guess was the word train, which is somewhere on WordleBot’s list of recommended starter words, but it didn’t yield much. Next, we tried the word plane, but that was unlucky as well. The third time was almost the charm, as our guess “sandy” had four correct letters. Unfortunately, we guessed the words randy and bandy before the answer became apparent on the sixth guess. We hope you do much better than we did.
