Thursday word of the day

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My how time flies. Today we find ourselves just one entry away from the 300th Wordle—an auspicious occasion that we should definitely celebrate . . . somehow. I wonder what the 300th Wordle will be? I’m excited to find out.

I will say this: Today’s Wordle is a tough act to follow. It’s one of my favorite words so far, up there with some good ones like knoll or rupee. Not the easiest word but not the hardest, either. Will tomorrow’s be an especially difficult word? Or something funny?

The 200th Wordle dropped on January 5th with the very fun word TIGER. Maybe we’ll get another fun one like that.

This also reminds me that I’ve only been writing these guides since Wordle #210, 89 days ago. And in that short span of time this column has really taken off. I thank you, my dearest Wordlers, for making it so.

Some helpful Wordle-related links:

• For those new to the game, read this Wordle primer before you start playing and learn about how this fad got started.
• Then, if you want some advanced tactics to get those low guess answers, you can read the Wordle Tips and Tricks guide here.
• The best Wordle starting word isn’t what you think (even if, yeah okay Paul Tassi, it’s Crane).

Today’s Wordle #299 Answer & Hint

Spoiler warning. We got a SPOILER warning! Oh baby it’s a spoiler warning, a warning for spoilers, if you don’t want to get spoiled you should shut your browser, throw your phone away, burn your house down, move to a new city, perhaps disavow the internet, live in a cabin deep in the woods cut off from society. Totally isolate. During winter hibernate. Pretend that it’s a better fate—than a spoiler.

Okay, on to the hint!

A type of meat pie.

And the answer is . . . .

Mince!

See!? What a great word. I only ever hear this word when someone is talking about mincemeat pie which, in the United States, is literally never. This is not a food we eat here. When I first heard of mincemeat pie I assumed it was basically some beef and some gravy in a pie, maybe some carrots and peas, which sounds delicious.

That is NOT mincemeat pie. Mincemeat is comprised of some variation of beef suet, currants, rump steak, raisins, brown sugar, brandy, candied citrus peels, lemon juice and zest, nutmeg, and apples. It is mostly a fruit pie. It sounds kind of terrible though I refuse to knock it before I try it.

In any case, my first guess fried did little for me. I had two yellow boxes and two vowels. Whoop-dee-do. Bowie was not much better (though I imagine David Bowie had his share of mincemeat pies back in the day). I was actually thinking of bowie knives rather than Ziggy Stardust. I have a bowie knife that is very sharp. Great for cutting up mincemeat pie ingredients.

From here, with a green ‘E’ and a yellow ‘I’ I guessed image which narrowed down the ‘I’ to the second box and gave me a yellow ‘M’. Here I got very, very stuck. ‘I’ in the second box and ‘E’ in the fifth box with a random ‘M’ hanging around . . . I just couldn’t think of anything that fit. It took a great deal of tinkering with the remaining letters before I finally stumbled across mince.

Very tough word. Not something we Yankees think about much or use in our day-to-day. Brits might have an easier time with this one. But hey, I got it in four. That’s not too shabby!

Have a lovely Thor’s day, dear readers. Once again, Friday approaches. Friday and the 300th Wordle!

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thursday is the day of the week between Wednesday and Friday. According to the ISO 8601 international standard, it is the fourth day of the week. In countries which adopt the «Sunday-first» convention, it is the fifth day of the week.^[1]

Name[edit]

See Names of the days of the week for more on naming conventions.

Thor’s day[edit]

The name is derived from Old English þunresdæg and Middle English Thuresday (with loss of -n-, first in northern dialects, from influence of Old Norse Þórsdagr) meaning «Thor’s Day». It was named after the Norse god of Thunder, Thor.^[2][3][4] Thunor, Donar (German, Donnerstag) and Thor are derived from the name of the Germanic god of thunder, Thunraz, equivalent to Jupiter in the interpretatio romana.

In most Romance languages, the day is named after the Roman god Jupiter, who was the god of sky and thunder. In Latin, the day was known as Iovis Dies, «Jupiter’s Day». In Latin, the genitive or possessive case of Jupiter was Iovis/Jovis and thus in most Romance languages it became the word for Thursday: Italian giovedì, Spanish jueves, French jeudi, Sardinian jòvia, Catalan dijous, Galician xoves and Romanian joi. This is also reflected in the p-Celtic Welsh dydd Iau.

The astrological and astronomical sign of the planet Jupiter (♃ ) is sometimes used to represent Thursday.

Since the Roman god Jupiter was identified with Thunor (Norse Thor in northern Europe), most Germanic languages name the day after this god: Torsdag in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, Hósdagur/Tórsdagur in Faroese, Donnerstag in German or Donderdag in Dutch. Finnish and Northern Sami, both non-Germanic (Uralic) languages, uses the borrowing «Torstai» and «Duorastat». In the extinct Polabian Slavic language, it was perundan, Perun being the Slavic equivalent of Thor.^[5]

Vishnu’s/Buddha’s/Dattatrey’s Day[edit]

There are a number of modern names imitating the naming of Thursday after an equivalent of «Jupiter» in local tradition.
In most of the languages of India, the word for Thursday is Guruvāra – vāra meaning day and Guru being the style for Bṛhaspati, guru to the gods and regent of the planet Jupiter. This day marks the worship of Lord Vishnu/Lord Buddha and Lord Dattatreya in Hinduism. In Sanskrit language, the day is called Bṛhaspativāsaram (day of Bṛhaspati). In Nepali language, the day is called Bihivāra as derived from the Sanskrit word same like in Hindi vara means day and Bihivāra meaning Bṛhaspati. In Thai, the word is Wan Pharuehatsabodi, also in Old Javanese as Respati or in Balinese as Wraspati – referring to the Hindu deity Bṛhaspati, also associated with Jupiter.
En was an old Illyrian deity and in his honor in the Albanian language Thursday is called «Enjte».^[6]
In the Nahuatl language, Thursday is Tezcatlipotōnal (Nahuatl pronunciation: [teskat͡ɬipoˈtoːnaɬ]) meaning «day of Tezcatlipoca».

In Japanese, the day is 木曜日 (木 represents Jupiter, 木星), following East Asian tradition.

Fourth day[edit]

In Slavic languages and in Chinese, this day’s name is «fourth» (Slovak štvrtok, Czech čtvrtek, Slovene četrtek, Polish czwartek, Russian четверг chetverg, Bulgarian четвъртък, Serbo-Croatian четвртак / četvrtak, Macedonian четврток, Ukrainian четвер chetver). Hungarian uses a Slavic loanword «csütörtök». In Chinese, it is 星期四 xīngqīsì («fourth solar day»). In Estonian it’s neljapäev, meaning «fourth day» or «fourth day in a week». The Baltic languages also use the term «fourth day» (Latvian ceturtdiena, Lithuanian ketvirtadienis).

Fifth day[edit]

Greek uses a number for this day: Πέμπτη Pémpti «fifth,» as does Portuguese: quinta-feira «fifth day,» Hebrew: יום חמישי‎ (Yom Khamishi – day fifth) often written ‘יום ה‎ («Yom Hey» – 5th letter Hey day), and Arabic: يوم الخميس («Yaum al-Khamīs» – fifth day). Rooted from Arabic, the Indonesian word for Thursday is «Kamis», similarly «Khamis» in Malaysian and «Kemis» in Javanese.

In Catholic liturgy, Thursday is referred to in Latin as feria quinta. Portuguese, unlike other Romance languages, uses the word quinta-feira, meaning «fifth day of liturgical celebration», that comes from the Latin feria quinta used in religious texts where it was not allowed to consecrate days to pagan gods.

Icelandic also uses the term fifth day (Fimmtudagur).

In the Persian language, Thursday is referred to as panj-shanbeh, meaning 5th day of the week.

Vietnamese refers to Thursday as Thứ năm (literally means «day five»).

Quakers traditionally referred to Thursday as «Fifth Day» eschewing the pagan origin of the English name «Thursday».^[7]

Cultural and religious practices[edit]

Christian holidays[edit]

In the Christian tradition, Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter — the day on which the Last Supper occurred. Also known as Sheer Thursday in the United Kingdom, it is traditionally a day of cleaning and giving out Maundy money there. Holy Thursday is part of Holy Week.

In the Eastern Orthodox Church. Thursdays are dedicated to the Apostles and Saint Nicholas. The Octoechos contains hymns on these themes, arranged in an eight-week cycle, that are chanted on Thursdays throughout the year. At the end of Divine Services on Thursday, the dismissal begins with the words: «May Christ our True God, through the intercessions of his most-pure Mother, of the holy, glorious and all-laudable Apostles, of our Father among the saints Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, the Wonder-worker…»

Ascension Thursday is 40 days after Easter, when Christ ascended into Heaven.

Hinduism[edit]

In Hinduism, Thursday is associated with the Navagraha Brihaspati, whom devotees of this graha will fast pray and fast on Thursdays. The day is dedicated to the deity Vishnu or his avatars, such as Rama, Parshurama, Narasimha, and Buddha. However, Wednesday is dedicated to his avatars of Krishna and Vithoba. Devotees usually fast on this day in honor of Vishnu and his avatars, especially Vaishnava Hindus.^[8][9]

Islam[edit]

In Islam, Thursdays are one of the days in a week in which Muslims are encouraged to do voluntary fasting, the other being Mondays.^[10]

Judaism[edit]

In Judaism, Thursdays are considered auspicious days for fasting. The Didache warned early Christians not to fast on Thursdays to avoid Judaizing, and suggested Fridays instead.

In Judaism the Torah is read in public on Thursday mornings, and special penitential prayers are said on Thursday, unless there is a special occasion for happiness which cancels them.

Druze faith[edit]

Formal Druze worship is confined to weekly meeting on Thursday evenings, during which all members of community gather together to discuss local issues before those not initiated into the secrets of the faith (the juhhāl, or the ignorant) are dismissed, and those who are «uqqāl» or «enlightened» (those few initiated in the Druze holy books) remain to read and study their holy scriptures.^[11]

Practices in countries[edit]

In Buddhist Thailand Thursday is considered the «Teacher’s Day», and it is believed that one should begin one’s education on this auspicious day. Thai students still pay homages to their teachers in specific ceremony always held on a selected Thursday. And graduation day in Thai universities, which can vary depending on each university, almost always will be held on a Thursday.

In the Thai solar calendar, the colour associated with Thursday is orange.

In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is an annual festival celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.

In Finland and Sweden, pea soup is traditionally served on Thursdays.^[12][13]

Conventional weekly events[edit]

In Australia, most cinema movies premieres are held on Thursdays. Also, most Australians are paid on a Thursday, either weekly or fortnightly. Shopping malls see this as an opportunity to open longer than usual, generally until 9 pm, as most pay cheques are cleared by Thursday morning.

In Norway, Thursday has also traditionally been the day when most shops and malls are open later than on the other weekdays, although the majority of shopping malls now are open until 8 pm or 9 pm every weekday.

In the USSR of the 1970s and 1980s Thursday was the «Fish Day» (Russian: Рыбный день, Rybny den), when the nation’s foodservice establishments were supposed to serve fish (rather than meat) dishes.^[14]

For college and university students, Thursday is sometimes referred to as the new Friday. There are often fewer or sometimes no classes on Fridays and more opportunities to hold parties on Thursday night and sleep in on Friday. As a consequence, some call Thursday «thirstday» or «thirsty Thursday».^[15]

Elections in the United Kingdom[edit]

In the United Kingdom, all general elections since 1935 have been held on a Thursday, and this has become a tradition, although not a requirement of the law — which merely states that an election may be held on any day «except Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday, bank holidays in any part of the United Kingdom and any day appointed for public thanksgiving and mourning».^[16]

Additionally, local elections are usually held on the first Thursday in May.^{[citation needed]}

The Electoral Administration Act 2006 removed Maundy Thursday as an excluded day on the electoral timetable, therefore an election can now be held on Maundy Thursday; prior to this elections were sometimes scheduled on the Tuesday before as an alternative.

Astrology[edit]

Thursday is aligned by the planet Jupiter and the astrological signs of Pisces and Sagittarius.^{[citation needed]}

Popular culture[edit]

• In the nursery rhyme, «Monday’s Child», «Thursday’s Child has far to go».
• In some high schools in the United States during the 1950s and the 1960s, rumours said that if someone wore green on Thursdays, it meant that he or she was gay or lesbian.^[17]
• Thursday is the day of the Second Round draw in the English League Cup.
• Super Thursday is an annual promotional event in the publishing industry as well as an important day in UK elections (see above).

Literature[edit]

• Gabriel Syme, the main character, was given the title of Thursday in G. K. Chesterton’s novel The Man Who Was Thursday (1908).
• The titular day in Sweet Thursday (1954) (the sequel to John Steinbeck’s novel Cannery Row (1945)), the author explains, is the day after Lousy Wednesday and the day before Waiting Friday.
• In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the character Arthur Dent says: «This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays». A few minutes later the planet Earth is destroyed. In another Douglas Adams book, The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul (1988), one of the characters says to the character Thor, after whom the day was named: «I’m not used to spending the evening with someone who’s got a whole day named after them».
• In the cross media work Thursday’s Fictions by Richard James Allen and Karen Pearlman, Thursday is the title character, a woman who tries to cheat the cycle of reincarnation to get a form of eternal life. Thursday’s Fictions has been a stage production, a book, a film and an 3D online immersive world in Second Life.^[18]
• Thursday Next is the central character in a series of novels by Jasper Fforde.
• In Garth Nix’s popular The Keys to the Kingdom series, Thursday is an antagonist, a violent general who is a personification of the actual day and the Sin of Wrath.
• According to Nostradamus’ prediction (Century 1, Quatrain 50), a powerful (but otherwise unidentified) leader who will threaten «the East» will be born of three water signs and takes Thursday as his feast day.^[19]

Cinema[edit]

• Thursday (1998 film) is a movie starring Thomas Jane, about the day of a drug dealer gone straight, who gets pulled back into his old lifestyle.
• The Thursday (1963), is an Italian film.

Music[edit]

• Thursday Afternoon is a 1985 album by the British ambient musician Brian Eno consisting of one 60-minute-long composition. It is the rearranged soundtrack to a video production of the same title made in 1984.
• Donnerstag aus Licht (Thursday from Light) is an opera by Karlheinz Stockhausen.
• Thursday is a post-hardcore band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1997.
• «Thursday’s Child» is a David Bowie song from the album hours…(1999).
• «Thursday’s Child» is a song by The Chameleons on Script of the Bridge (1983).
• «Outlook for Thursday» was a hit in New Zealand for Dave Dobbyn.
• Thursday (mixtape)» is the name of a mixtape by R&B artist The Weeknd released in 2011.

References[edit]

Self-confident people …. discuss their lives with joy and engagement while asking positive-oriented questions of their conversation partner. Justin Albert, Confidence: Build Unbreakable, Unstoppable, Powerful Confidence.

The average person confuses success with luck. But luck has nothing to do with it. Dean Graziosi

Wednesday Wisdom: Motivational and inspirational quotes

The secret of motivated people is their ability to do something about it and make things happen. Bassel Hamdan, Motivation is the Key of your Success.

10 Motivational Quotes: Tuesday thoughts, tuesday announcement

What direction is your life moving in this Thursday? Are you directing it or is it just flowing in no direction?

Funny Morning Memes, 10 funny pics #mondaymotivation #internationaldayofpeace

Life is like a moving river, and you can be at the mercy of the river if you don’t take action to steer yourself in a predetermined direction. Mahesh Jethmalani, The Ladder of Success

You can be broke but rich… rich with dreams and visions nobody sees but yourself. Prince Ngomane, Success is a Demanding Fellow

Overcoming fear isn’t just about doing what scares you, but having the courage to say no to the things you no longer want. Scott Allan, Drive Your Destiny.

Thursday Thoughts, Motivational Quotes and Word of the Day.

You are here to bring hope and enrichment for others so that they too are inspired to greater heights with your vision of a better world. Ernie J Zelinski, Life’s Secret Handbook.

A great Thursday quotes to remind us that our actions say more than our words!

But the other thing that I have found, particularly in this job, that it’s – people won’t remember what other people say about you, but they will remember what you do. Michelle Obama

I believe that when you bring forth the best there is within you, you lift yourself to greater and greater heights. Les Brown.

You are not here by accident. You are here to learn lessons and accomplish great things.

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Wordle is a daily word puzzle that became a global phenomenon after its release last year, drawing in players every day with a challenge: solve a five-letter word in just six attempts.

Created by Brooklyn-based software engineer Josh Wardle, the game was sold to The New York Times in February after it hooked millions around the globe. Today, thousands return to the game each day, hoping to crack the word of the day in as few tries as possible.

It has even inspired similar word games, including the music-based Heardle, and the math-based Nerdle. Quordle, dubbed Wordle on steroids, challenges players to guess four letters at once in just nine attempts. The tricky game is suitable for those in need of a puzzle more challenging than Wardle’s creation.

The daily brainteaser is free to access here.

The rules of Wordle are simple: solve the randomly generated five-letter word of the day in just six attempts. But of course, the fewer attempts it takes you to guess the word, the better, as you will get to share your result and how well you performed on social media, for the world to see.

A great strategy to minimize how many attempts it takes you to crack the brainteaser is to initially select a word which contains many vowels as possible. The method will rule out any vowels that aren’t present in the word of the day.

Players should pay attention to the game’s color-coded grid system, which shows players how close they are to getting the right answer. The tiles change color depending on what words you input as you play.

A letter that’s in the correct position will turn a tile green, while a letter that is included in the answer, but is in the incorrect position, will turn a tile yellow. Finally, the tile will turn gray if you select a letter that is incorrect altogether, meaning that it isn’t part of the Wordle of the day at all.

The daily Wordle for June 30 is a little unusual, so Newsweek has compiled five clues to help players out.

Spoiler alert: The answer for Wordle #376 can be found at the bottom of this page, so scroll down to the hints below with caution.

‘Wordle’ #376 — Five Hints for Thursday, June 30, 2022

Use these five clues to help you solve puzzle #376.

• Hint #1: Today’s Wordle #376 is a noun, and begins with the letter «h.»
• Hint #2: It contains just one vowel, the letter «u.»
• Hint #3: Merriam-Webster defines Wordle #376 as «a chest or compartment for storage,» «a cupboard usually surmounted by open shelves,» and «a pen or coop for an animal.»
• Hint #4: Synonyms for today’s Wordle include «cabin,» «camp,» «hooch» and «hut.»
• Hint #5: Today’s Wordle has just one syllable.

‘Wordle’ #376 Answer for Thursday, June 30, 2022

The answer to today’s Wordle is «hutch.»

As Wordle doesn’t reset until 7 p.m. ET, give these similar games a try while you wait.