Today’s Wordle #1844 Hints And Answer For Tuesday, July 7

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Looking for help with today’s Wordle? Look no further. An abundance of hints, clues and other helpful items await, not to mention a bonus Custom Wordle and plenty more.

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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 6 letters long.

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The hint: The last two Custom Wordles combined.

The clue: This Wordle ends with a vowel

Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: JACK

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: SPOIL (14 words left)
• The Hint: Good for a broken arm.
• The Clue: This Wordle has far more consonants than vowels.

Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!

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The Answer:

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.

SPOIL was an amazing opening guess, with a green and two yellow boxes and, I’d later learn, just 14 words remaining. I guessed THYME next to try to get some other common letters out of the way and unfortunately that turned up all grey boxes and I had three words to choose from. I was really torn between SLING and SLINK but just went for the former. Lucky for me, that was the Wordle!

Competitive Wordle Score

The Bot and I each get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying. Our July totals tiptoe forward:

Erik: -1 points

Wordle Bot: 6 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

“Sling” comes from Old Norse slyngva, meaning “to hurl, fling, or throw,” and is related to other Germanic words for twisting or winding. It originally referred both to the action of throwing and to the strap-like weapon used to hurl stones.

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