Another day, another Wordle to solve. If you’re looking for clues or just want to know what the answer is, read on but be aware of spoilers. It’s another beautiful fall day in the mountains, and I’m itching to get outside and enjoy the weather before it gets any colder. My pack of dogs is even more eager. So let’s solve this Wordle and then we can all take a hike!
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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: SLATE (44 words remaining)
The Hint: Perfect.
The Clue: This Wordle has more vowels than consonants.
Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!
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The Answer:
Wordle Bot Analysis
Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordle score with Wordle Bot right here.
I decided to use Wordle Bot’s favorite opening word today, and wouldn’t you know? It was a really good starter, leaving me with three yellow boxes and just 44 remaining words. What makes me happy about today’s Wordle is that while we both started the same, my second guess—DOILY—left me with just two possible solutions. When I ran the Wordle Bot analysis, it told me that my guess was bad and I should have used RANGY (which is what the Bot used) but as you can see, DOILY ended up being a much better guess.
In any case, I could only come up with IDEAL (the other word was AILED) but that was the Wordle. Huzzah!
Competitive Wordle Score
Despite docking me “Skill” points for using DOILY, I beat the Bot today. I get 1 point for guessing in three and 1 for the win, and the Bot gets 0 for guessing in four and -1 for losing to me. I have a near-insurmountable lead in October at this point (though I should probably not start counting my chickens).
Erik: 18 points
Wordle Bot: 2 point
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 “ideal” comes from the Late Latin idealis, meaning “existing in idea,” which itself derives from Latin idea (“form, pattern, notion”) — borrowed from Greek idéa (ἰδέα), meaning “form,” “appearance,” or “kind.”
Originally, “ideal” referred to something existing only in the mind or imagination, rather than in physical reality. By the 1600s, it came to mean “a perfect standard or model,” the sense we use today.
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