How to Solve Today’s Wordle

The tip: Inflict.

The clue: This Wordle has two vowels in a row.

Okay, spoilers below!

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The answer:

Word analysis

Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot here.

No terrible guessing game today. This was a bit of a tricky Wordle! My opener, STARE, left me with only 80 solutions remaining, and DREAM placed the three yellow boxes into three green boxes, which was nice. I had only four words left and came up with: BREAK, FREAK, WREAK and CREAK. I thought it would be foolish to guess any of these, and decided to choose a word that had at least a few of the possible letters: B, F, W, and K. FOWLS dug up the ‘W’ and gave me my answer: WREAK for the win.

Competitive Wordle Score

A total wash. 0 for guessing four and 0 for tying the Bot. Oh yes!

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. In case of a draw 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 play for a new score every day.
• Friday is 2XP, which means 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 cause comes from Old English wreckmeaning ‘to drive, push, avenge or punish’. It is related to Old Norse reka and Gothic wreckwhich also means ‘to drive’ or ‘to pursue’. The word has evolved to mean ‘inflict’ or ’cause’, especially in the context of harm or revenge.

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