Tacit: Expressed or carried on without words or speech

I admit that in my almost seventy years on earth I have never used the word tacit. It’s never come out of my mouth. I’ve never written or typed the word. I knew the definition but I did look it up before writing this just to do a double-check. And yet, when the word showed up in a recent Wordle game, I came up with it correctly on my second guess.

I’m not telling you this to brag, although most people I know who play the game either got it on their fifth or sixth guess if they got it right at all. But, recently there have been complaints about how unfair the game has become and this is the word they used to prove their point.

SIGH! PEOPLE, IT’S ONLY A GAME!

I do understand that it can get frustrating. One day last week the word was SHAKE. After the second row, I had the s, h, a and e in the proper spots. Only one space to go. Should be easy, right? For row three, I went with SHARE. BUZZ! Next row I tried SHALE. BUZZ! Two rows left. How about SHAME? BUZZ!! One row left. One final guess. It was either SHADE or SHAKE. Hmmm…I went with SHADE. BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZZZZZ!!!

I’m sure some of my reactions included “oh shit” or “are you fucking kidding me?!!”, but then I moved on with my life. I never once thought of starting a Wordle protest. It never crossed my mind to write a letter to the New York Times to complain about the game has become harder since they recently became the owners. I save those letters to complain about Maggie Haberman and her coverage of the former guy who lives in Florida….but I digress.

I play Wordle for a couple of reasons. It gets my brain moving early each morning. I like to see how others figure out the word puzzle and compare it to the way I worked. It’s interesting to see their thought process.

Wordle is five minutes of daily mindful fun, but that’s all it is. Hmmmm…I guess I didn’t need almost four hundred words to express this. I guess that was tacitly understood.

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