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The greens and yellows in front of me told me I had it; I just needed to find one last letter and do a little housekeeping. Could I see today’s answer? Not for an embarrassingly long time, but I did enjoy the relief of finally seeing it all fall into place—eventually.

Wordle hint

A Wordle hint for Friday, March 3

There are a few equally valid meanings for today’s puzzle. The first is an alternative word for crouching; legs bent, bod…

I was doing pretty well in the Next Fest demo for Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown. I’d achieved a happy equilibrium, with all my villagers gathering and producing the necessary supplies for my hand-built hamlet’s steady growth. Lumberers were lumbering, quarriers were hauling rocks, and my orchard farmers were churning out apples: the basic fuel of every thriving feudal society, as any medievalist will tell you. The idyllic atmosphere was so peaceful I could almost forget about the accursed fog plaguing the land. Until that accursed fog manifested a rampaging snake kaiju, at least.

Thrive, which you can check out in its Next Fest demo until February 12, has you play as one of the few people who’ve entered the deadly Waelgrim mist and survived, which was apparently all the excuse you…