Sunday, lazy Sunday. The weekends are too short. There’s not enough time to actually be lazy! We often have our game night on Sundays, which is fun but since I’m the DM of our little Dungeons & Dragons group (we’re playing D&D now but play lots of other games also) I end up doing a lot of prep work for that each week. It’s fun, though. I’m busy a lot of the time but it’s mostly with things I enjoy, so I can’t complain.
Speaking of things I enjoy, we have a Wordle to solve. Let’s solve it!
Looking for Saturday’s Wordle? Check out our guide right here.
How To Play Wordle
Wordle is a daily word puzzle game where your goal is to guess a hidden five-letter word in six tries or fewer. After each guess, the game gives feedback to help you get closer to the answer:
- Green: The letter is in the word and in the correct spot.
- Yellow: The letter is in the word, but in the wrong spot.
- Gray: The letter is not in the word at all.
Use these clues to narrow down your guesses. Every day brings a new word, and everyone around the world is trying to solve the same puzzle. Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator. See rules for Competitive Wordle toward the end of this post.
Today’s Wordle Hints And Answer
Wordle Bot’s Starting Word: SLATE
My Starting Word Today: CLAIM (655 words remaining)
The Hint: Tone.
The Clue: This Wordle has more consonants than vowels.
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 Wordle score with Wordle Bot right here.
CLAIM was an awful opening guess. Zero green or yellow boxes and a whopping 655 words remained. STORE cut that massive number down to just 6. I got even luckier with my third guess: TENOR was the Wordle!
Competitive Wordle Score
This whole Competitive Wordle thing is a bit lame in September. Not much drama when you tie every single day, and no way for me to catch up to the Bot when the gap never changes. At least I’m not losing every day! Today we each get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying. Our scores bump up to:
Erik: 4 points
Wordle Bot: 7 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 tenor comes from Latin tenor meaning “a holding, course, or manner,” derived from tenere “to hold.” In medieval music theory, it referred to the voice that “held” the melody (the sustained notes). Over time, it broadened in English (14th c.) to mean the general “sense, drift, or course” of something, and later came to denote a particular male singing voice range in music.
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