How to solve today’s Wordle.
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Happy Memorial Day, Wordlers! I’m sure you’re busy getting ready for whatever fun and exciting plans you may have, so we’ll keep this brief. Let’s solve today’s Wordle!
Looking for Sunday’s Wordle? Check out our guide right here.
Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle
Now that we can create our own custom Wordles, I’m including a bonus Wordle with each daily Wordle guide. These can be 4 to 7 letters long. Hopefully this is a fun extra challenge. Click the link below to play the Wordle I hand-crafted for you.
Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle is 4 letters long.
The hint: Young fella
The clue: This Wordle has a double letter.
Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: GRANDPA
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: PLATE (152 words left)
- The Hint: What family does over the holidays.
- The Clue: Ths Wordle has a double letter.
Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!
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The Answer:
Today’s Wordle
Screenshot: Erik Kain
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.
PLATE wasn’t a great opening guess, leaving me with 152 words and just one yellow “T” and TROUT only slashed that down to 11. I could think of a few IGHT words so I guessed NIGHT but that left me with two: MIDST or VISIT. I went with MIDST and, alas, it was not the Wordle!
Competitive Wordle Score
Wordle Bot
Screenshot: Erik Kain
I get -1 for guessing in five and -1 for losing to the Bot. The Bot gets 0 for guessing in four and +1 for beating me. Our May totals narrow a smidge:
Erik: 21 points
Wordle Bot: 5 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
“Visit” comes from Latin visitare, meaning “to go see” or “go repeatedly to see,” a frequentative form of videre (“to see”). It entered English through Old French with the sense of going to see a person or place.
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