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 the 1,898th Wordle and the second-to-last day of August. On the last day of August, Monday the 31st, we will be on Wordle #1899. The first of September will flip us into the #1900’s. Crazy how close we are to 2,000 Wordles! Let’s solve today’s, shall we?
Looking for Saturday’s Wordle answer? Check out our guide right here. And be sure to check out the Bonus Custom Wordle at the bottom of this post for an extra challenge!
Today’s Wordle Hints & Clues: Sunday, August 30
Okay, now that the bonus custom Wordle is out of the way, let’s move on to the official real deal Wordle!
- Wordle Bot’s Starting Word: SLATE
- My Starting Word Today:
- The Hint: Something you need to gather, though it cannot be touched.
- The Clue: This Wordle begins with a vowel.
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: Sunday, August 30
Wordle
Screenshot: Erik Kain
Today’s Wordle Etymology
“Intel,” meaning “information” or “intelligence,” is a 20th-century shortening of intelligence, especially in military and espionage jargon. Intelligence itself comes from Latin intelligentia (“understanding”), from intelligere (“to understand, discern”).
Today’s Wordle Bot Analysis: Sunday, August 30
Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordle score with Wordle Bot right here.
LINGO got me three yellow boxes and left me with just 18 words. ALIEN slashed that down to three, though I thought of INTEL first and just popped it in and luckily that was the Wordle. The other two words were INLET and INCEL. It’s kind of hilarious that INCEL is even an option.
Competitive Wordle Score
Wordle Bot
Screenshot: Erik Kain
I was feeling good about guessing this in three but the Bot got it in two somehow. That’s 1 point for me immediately taken away for losing to the Bot, who gets 2 for guessing in two and 1 for beating me. Our totals narrow, not that there’s any hope for the poor old Bot this month. Our updated score places me at double the points:
Erik: 32 points
Wordle Bot: 16 points
Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle: Friday, August 28
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 vfun extra challenge. Click the link below to play the Wordle I hand-crafted for you today.
Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle is 6 letters long.
- The hint: Creepy crawly.
- The clue: This Wordle begins and ends with consonants.
- Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: SNARKY
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!
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