Yesterday was Wordle Wednesday and also apparently Wordle ramble day as I wrote a great deal about both Julius Caesar and the Brit band The Verge. Yes, you can tie the strangest things into Wordle posts.

In any case, I shared a riddle of sorts yesterday and now I’ll hand out the answer.

I asked whether, in Roman numerals, it was correct to write the number 4 as IV or IIII. The answer?

Both are totally acceptable and were widely used during the height of the Roman empire. Clocks, of course, use IIII probably to avoid confusion with six (aka VI) but so do other things like Call Of Duty: Black Ops IIII. I got a lot of complaints for typing that out the way Treyarch intended! But IIII is actually a totally legit way to use the Roman numeral of four. (Also, thank god for Muslim mathematics that helped us move away from Roman numerals to the far superior number system we use now!)

Okay, Wordle time!

The Hint: The answer is basically in the question.

The Clue: This Wordle begins with a consonant.

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And the answer is . . . Wordy!

After each Wordle I solve I head over to the Wordle Bot homepage to see how my guessing game was.

Not too shabby today even though it took me four tries to get the Wordle. My opening guess—train—left me with a whopping 214 remaining options according to Wordle Bot. Ropes slashed that down to just 13.

It was dowry that basically sealed the deal, though, as it left me with just one word to choose from: Wordy for the win! What a perfect Wordle word! Huzzah!

Yet another wash! So many even Stevens I don’t know what to think. I get zero points for guessing in four and zero points for tying Wordle Bot—again?!

The word "wordy" is derived from the Middle English term "wordi," which meant "verbose" or "full of words." It is related to the Old English word "wordig," which also conveyed the idea of being talkative or using too many words. The term can be traced back to the root word "word," combined with the suffix "-y," which is used to form adjectives indicating a characteristic or quality. Over time, "wordy" came to refer to something that is excessively verbose or uses more words than necessary to convey a message.

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). You can also play against the Bot if you have a New York Times subscription.

You can either keep a running tally of your score if that’s your jam or just play day-to-day if you prefer.

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