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How To Solve Today’s Wordle
I’m not sure if I’ve complained about the heat yet this summer (haha, yeah right) but it is just way too hot out. Not all day. The morning wasn’t so bad. The evenings are fine. But the afternoons are brutal. I also live at 7,500 feet above the sea, and when you’re that high up the sun is incredibly harsh. Relentless sun, endless blue skies. Dry, windy, dusty. North of here, on the north rim of the Grand Canyon, wildfires burn. Send us rain!
Here’s the deal: You send us rain and we’ll send you some sunshine! For now, short of miraculous weather trades, let’s just do 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: CHORE (45 words remaining)
The Hint: Grumble and moan.
The Clue: This Wordle has two vowels in a row.
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.
CHORE was a strong opening guess, leaving me with just 45 remaining solutions. Weirdly, the very first word that popped into my head after this was GROAN. I put the ‘R’ in front of the O and imagined an ‘A’ following that and there it was: GROAN. A part of me hesitated. I almost put in GRAIN just so I’d have all new letters and rule out more remaining words. But I went with my gut and my gut was right! GROAN was the Wordle!
I get 2 points for guessing in two and 1 point for beating the Bot. The Bot gets 1 point for guessing in three and loses it immediately for losing to me. I widen my lead but only just:
Erik: 3 points
Wordle Bot: –1 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 “groan” comes from Old English “grānian,” meaning to murmur, complain, or utter a low sound of pain or grief. It is of Germanic origin, related to Old High German “grīnan” (to growl) and Old Norse “grenja” (to weep or howl). The root conveys a sense of emitting a deep, inarticulate sound of distress.
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