How to solve today’s Wordle.
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Looking for help with today’s Wordle? In this guide, we have some extra hints and clues to help you on your path to Wordle victory, plus a fun Bonus Wordle to solve while you’re at it. The answer is below as well, plus some Wordle Bot analysis and plenty more.
It’s Wordle Wednesday, dearest Wordlers, and that means one thing and one thing only: It’s time to solve a riddle! (Read that whole last bit in an Australian accent a la Chris Hemsworth from Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga because that’s the voice I had in my head while I snicker-snackered at the keys). Here’s your riddle, war-boys:
I am known as the end of all.
When others fall short, I stand tall.
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Pull me from a glove and love remains;
Steal me from world and the word remains.
Old Rome once counted me as fifty times.
And bells still ring me twice, but not so chimes.
I open light and end the spell.
I’m most of ill and half of hell.
Now guess my name, and guess it well.
I’ll post the answer tomorrow! On to the Wordle!
Looking for Tuesday’s Wordle answer? 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.
Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle is 4 letters long.
The hint: Cook a pig on it.
The clue: This Wordle starts with two consonants.
Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: MAGPIE
Okay, now that the bonus custom Wordle is out of the way, let’s move on to the official real deal Wordle!
Today’s Wordle Hints And Answer
- Wordle Bot’s Starting Word: SLATE
- My Starting Word Today: SWEAR (33 words left)
- The Hint: A certain type of kid wrote this famous diary.
- The Clue: This Wordle ends with a Y
Hints not enough, or curious to see if you did better than me on today’s Wordle? You can find the answer and read my Wordle Bot analysis and check out the current Competitive Wordle score between me, your humble Wordle guide, and the Wordle Bot below!
Today’s Wordle Answer: Wednessday, August 12
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Screenshot: Erik Kain
Today’s 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.
SWEAR had a lucky W but not lucky enough. WIDOW (as in Widow’s Bay!) only slashed the 33 words I had left to 6, and WITTY was not witty enough at all, leaving me with two. I felt rather WIMPY getting this one in four, alas.
Competitive Wordle Score
Wordle Bot
Screenshot: Erik Kain
A tie for four means 0 points for both myself and the Bot. Our totals remain:
Erik: 15 points
Wordle Bot: -2 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
“Wimpy” comes from Wimpy, the timid, ineffectual hamburger-loving character J. Wellington Wimpy in the comic strip Popeye. By the 1930s, his name had become an adjective meaning weak, cowardly, or feeble.
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