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Another day, another Wordle to solve. I’m quite busy getting ready for a little much-needed vacation, so I’m going to barrel right through the preamble and cut to the chase. Let’s solve this Wordle!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: You know what’s going on.
The Clue: This Wordle has a double letter.
Okay, spoilers below!
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The Answer:
Wordle Analysis
Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here.
SPORE was a great opening guess today, leaving me with just 15 possible solutions and two green boxes. As I cam up with possible solutions, I thought of several that started with ‘A’ and several others that ended with ‘ARE’ and one of these words ticked both boxes: AWARE. I was not expecting it to be the answer, but I figured it would get me a lot closer to a solution (and if the word didn’t have an ‘A’ there were very few left to choose from). Much to my surprise and delight, it was the Wordle!
Competitive Wordle Score
I get 2 points for guessing in two and 1 for beating the Bot. The Bot gets 1 point for guessing in three and -1 for losing to me. This brings us to:
Erik: 15 points
Wordle Bot: 6 points
How To Play Competitive Wordle
- Guessing in 1 is worth 3 points; guessing in 2 is worth 2 points; guessing in 3 is worth 1 point; guessing in 4 is worth 0 points; guessing in 5 is -1 points; guessing in 6 is -2 points and missing the Wordle is -3 points.
- If you beat your opponent you get 1 point. If you tie, you get 0 points. And if you lose to your opponent, you get -1 point. Add it up to get your score. Keep a daily running score or just play for a new score each day.
- Fridays are 2XP, meaning you double your points—positive or negative.
- You can keep a running tally or just play day-by-day. Enjoy!
Today’s Wordle Etymology
The adjective aware ultimately goes back to Old English onġewær “cautious, watchful,” itself from Proto‑Germanic *ga‑waraz “aware, prudent,” based on the PIE root *wer‑ “to perceive, watch.” In Middle English, the Old English prefix on‑ was reanalyzed as a‑, giving us the modern form aware.
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