Wordle At The End Of The World
It’s easy to get addicted to Wordle, but you can stay connected to the real (dying) world with these winning words
A tongue in cheek puzzle as we all face the end times
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Addicted to the end
During the tedium of travel, and before the new television arrived, I discovered Wordle.
When I got stuck however, I would take a break and open the New York Times, or The Guardian. This helps with a very big problem, not exactly saving the world (which we also have to do) but a positive, nevertheless. I now find words to remind me, that yes, we’re all going to die, but we can find lots of five letter words to help us win word games.
The first one I found was decay. Then dooms. Fatal is a nice find. “Putin” is too proper, although one would think he’s a most improper human being. Blast brings Putin to mind again, but in a way that allows that one can always remain hopeful for a nuclear winter.
Death is always a winner.
With death obsession, we can also find grief, dolor, vexed, ached, break, mourn and sorry. It would be great if sorrow were just one letter less, but oh well, to live is to suffer, but worry is good, and you can always count on worry.
If you are too hot, feeling worldly and Wordle wanting, try burnt, heats, toxic, scald, Satan, smoke, and evils.
For cooler words, think of simple chaos, havoc, pains, blood and trial.
To reflect simple loss think of loser or waste. If you are fascinated by human emotion, like I am, you will like anger, rages, pique and hater. You will like cries, weeps, howls, bawls, wails and gnash.
Troll is also good and it evokes culture wars and riots.
Someone has to clean this place up
Playing word games is very addictive.
Yet, it’s time to say game over. Eventually, one has to realize that someone has to cook dinner. This sort of messes up the whole end of the world ideation because house work is both infinite and boring. It makes you feel more like a slave than a wordsmith.
But even as we all face the end times, the dishes and laundry must be done.
Therefore, ask not which words spell despair and desolate times, ask which words will create world awareness while at the same time, allowing you to get some work done. And, yet, still sell this article for money.