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.
At last, the weekend. I’m ready for it. Not that I actually take weekends or anything like that, but I enjoy the fact that so many other people have weekends off and then they come and read my streaming guides and TV show reviews and movie reviews and all the other fun stuff I get to write about when I’m not writing about Wordle. Speaking of which, let’s solve this puppy!
Looking for Friday’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.
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Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle is 5 letters long.
The hint: Serious.
The clue: This Wordle has a double letter.
Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: TRAGEDY
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: STEAL (315 words left)
- The Hint: Access to secrets, or maybe just a bathroom.
- The Clue: This Wordle contains the letter “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: Saturday, August 8
Today’s Wordle
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.
STEAL was a terrible opener today, leaving me with 315 words, but IRONY (which I used because STEAL sounds like STEEL and IRONY has IRON in it, yeah I’m a nerd) slashed that number down to just 3. I could only come up with two: PRIVY and GRIMY and while they are, in many ways, words that have a lot in common, I did recall GRIMY being a Wordle in the past. And while there are repeat Wordles now, they are rare. So I went with PRIVY and that was the Wordle!
Competitive Wordle Score
Wordle Bot
Screenshot: Erik Kain
I get 1 point for guessing in three and 1 for beating the Bot. The Bot gets 0 for guessing in four and -1 for losing to me. Our new August gap doth widen:
Erik: 8 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
“Privy” comes from Old French privé, meaning “private” or “personal,” from Latin privatus (“private, withdrawn from public life”). Hence privy to means privately informed, while privy for a toilet comes from the idea of a private place.
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