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How To Solve Today’s Wordle
My apologies, dearest Wordlers. Yesterday was Wordle Wednesday and I just totally spaced it! I was kind of running around like a chicken with its head cut off and that got lost in the shuffle. So, for the first time ever, we’ll do our Wordle Wednesday challenge on a Thursday!
Every Wednesday (except for yesterday) I give you fine puzzle-solvers an extra riddle, brain-teaser or logic puzzle to solve in order to keep things spicy. Here’s today’s, fitting for a Thor’s Day (though just as fitting for an Odin’s Day):
Odin has challenged five Norse gods—Thor, Loki, Freyja, Tyr, and Baldur—to each build their own mighty mead hall in Valhalla. Each hall is made from a different material and has a different capacity (measured in barrels of mead: 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000).
No two gods share the same material or capacity.
Can you figure out which god built their hall with which material, and how many barrels of mead each one holds?
Clues:
- Thor did not use stone, and his hall does not hold 5000 barrels.
- Freyja’s hall is made of either ice or gold.
- The hall made of bones holds more than Loki’s hall, but less than the one made of gold.
- The 3000-barrel hall is made of stone.
- Tyr built either the smallest or the largest hall.
- Thor’s hall was smaller than Baldur’s.
I’ll post the answer tomorrow, on Freyja’s Day. If you figure it out, shoot me a message on Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky or Facebook.
Now let’s solve this 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: BRIDE (191 words remaining)
The Hint: Colorful ocean feature.
The Clue: This Wordle begins and ends with consonants.
Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!
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Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here.
BRIDE wasn’t a very good opening guess. Really not sure what made me use it to begin with. Sometimes they just pop into my head and I run with what I’ve got. ROACH, thankfully, slashed 191 possible solutions down to just one: CORAL for the win! This word always makes me think of Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead. Behold:
The Bot and I each get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying. Our new totals are:
Erik: 4 points
Wordle Bot: 0 points
- 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!
The word “coral” comes from the Latin corallium, which itself was borrowed from Greek korallion or koraillon, referring to the hard skeleton of marine animals used in jewelry and ornamentation. The origin before Greek is likely from a Semitic language, possibly Hebrew gōrāl or Phoenician, though the exact root is uncertain. The term originally referred to red or pink precious coral.
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