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Well, dearest Wordlers, it is June at last. The very best month of the entire year is here, so make the most of it. Get outside! Enjoy the summertime in all its splendor. Or be super lazy—it’s Sunday, after all. And when you’re done with all that, we have a Wordle to solve. Let’s get to it!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Not gentle.
The Clue: This Wordle has two vowels and two consonants in a row.
Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!
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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.
HOIST is usually a second guess for me, but I decided to try it out as an opener today and it was quite good. 17 words remained and I had a yellow and green box. COUCH was an iffy second guess, given the two C’s, but it left me with just three words to choose from: DOUGH, BOUGH and ROUGH. I picked one out of the hat and got lucky!
Competitive Wordle Score
We start with a clean slate in June after I stomped the Wordle Bot in May. Today I’m off to a good start with 1 point for guessing in three and 1 for beating the Bot. The Bot gets 0 for guessing in four and -1 for losing. Our opening June score is:
Erik: 2 points
Wordle Bot: -1 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 word “rough” goes back to Old English ruh, meaning “hairy” or “shaggy.” This in turn comes from Proto‑Germanic *rūhaz (“rough, coarse”), which itself likely derives from a Proto‑Indo‑European root *reu‑ (“to wrinkle, shred”). Over time, the sense shifted from “coarse or bristly” to the more general idea of “uneven, harsh, or not smooth.”
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