The solution to today’s Wordle answer (#536 — December 7, 2022) is joust. The word is from Old French’s “joster,” which means to fight in single combat, itself derived from Latin’s “juxta,” which means near (via Etymonline). To joust is to physically fight in combat, especially on horseback, but you could also say two parties are jousting if they’re involved in debate or disagreement.
Today was a lucky day by far — from our opening guess, things were already looking good. We went with the word fruit, which turned two tiles green and eliminated all but 18 possible answers. The next guess, blunt, whittled it down further to just two, and then we made a lucky (and correct) third guess. WordleBot solved the puzzle in just as many tries, but we hope you do better so that you earn your bragging rights. If you’re looking to prolong the fun, here are more games like Wordle to try your hands at.
