Today’s Wordle #932 Hints, Clues And Answer For Sunday, January 7th 2024

In this photo illustration taken in Krakow, Poland on February 21, 2022, a phone screen displays the Wordle game. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) It's a lazy Sunday, with snow falling. Today, besides shoveling snow and working on my Wordle guide, my plan is to relax. I'm not in the mood to cook, clean, worry about the problems of the world, or delve into enigmatic cosmic mysteries. My wish is to be laid back, watch some films and do nothing more. However, likely, I'll end up involved in cleaning, writing, video-making, and other activities. But for now, it's Wordle time! Let's figure out today's Word.

Each time I play Wordle, I visit the Wordle Bot website to analyze my performance. I fared poorly at the start. Hoping to reflect my views on the disappointing current season of Reacher, I tried my luck with "reach", which resulted in no yellow or green boxes. With 403 words left, things looked bleak. But my faith in the trustworthy one, 'boink', proved right. It left me with only a single word and one green and yellow box, the only possible solution being 'stony'. Victory! My tally today stands at 1 for guessing within three and 0 for tying with the Bot. I'm content with that!

The word of the day, 'stony', has its roots in Old English, originating from "stanig", which translates as 'made of stone' or 'full of stones'. The root "stan", meaning 'stone', is common across many Germanic languages, including Old High German "stein", Old Norse "steinn", and German "Stein". Today, the term 'stony' might have evolved but retains its original reference to something made of, or covered with stone, or resembling stone. The 'y' ending in 'stony' is typically used to form adjectives, symbolizing 'characterized by' or 'full of', thereby making 'stony' mean 'full of stone' or 'characterized by stone'.

My Wordle game is getting competitive. I've been engaged in a fierce one-on-one battle with a rival, Wordle Bot. Now it's time to challenge you! Why not consider me your rival? (Not to forget, I'm your friendly Wordle guide too!) If you have a New York Times subscription, you can even challenge the Bot. Plus, you have the flexibility, whether to maintain a continuous score count or prefer playing casually.