Every morning, a Wordler sets out on a quest for the five-letter word that can protect Wordler Village for one more day…

Based on Wordle 383

As a side effect of the daily curse, phone service could be spotty between Wordler Village and the rest of the world. “The Phone-a-Friend lifeline is unavailable to most of your champions,” the Gray Lady had once stated, and she was the ultimate arbiter of the rules.

However, “most” was the same as “all,” thought Wordler 383, as he waited for an international operator to connect him back to someone in his homeland through two satellite services and an interdimensional portal.

“Hello, this is the QUEEN’s Advisory Council, Wordler 367 speaking.”

“Hey, 367. This is 383.”

“Oh! You were able to get through! Are you close to finding today’s word? The Phone-a-Friend lifeline is unavailable to most of us.”

“Yeah, so I’ve heard. I’m up in the mountains. The view is gorgeous, and I’ve found a word that may be the one I’m looking for—but how can I be sure? I can’t even tell if it’s a proper word or all, or whether it’s meant to be two syllables or three, or what it means.”

“Tell me the word,” said 367. “What? You’re breaking up. Did you say your word was a grape? GRAPE would be a fine candidate word, or did you mean it was a kind of grape?”

“It’s not GRAPE,” said 383. “I think it may be an older word that’s not used much anymore. Is there a Shakespearean expert around?”

“Hold on, I’ll get Wordler 370.”

While waiting, a wide-eyed 383 took in his surroundings once more. The vista was positively eye-popping.

“Greetings to thee,” said 370. “What is thine inquiry?”

“Hi, 370,” said Wordler 383. “I’m standing pretty much on top of the world with a word that might have Ancient Greek origins. Have you heard of ah-gah-pee?”

“Thy signal hath broken up,” said 370. “Verily, the Gray Lady hath intervened to render interlocutory discourse ineffective.”

383 stared at the phone, not sure what language 370 had lapsed into. “Well, all right then. Tell everyone I’m coming home with whatever this word is, and I hope it will be the right one to save our village.”