Gaming Today’s Wordle #1864 Hints And Answer For Monday, July 27 By Erik Kain ,
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Another Monday is here, and only a few days of July remain. I’ve been enjoying this rainy weather, even if July has been something of a hectic month for your humble narrator. I won’t be too sad to see the backside of it, let’s just say that. A Wordle a day keeps the doctor away, or so they say. I don’t believe it, but let’s do one anyway.
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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 7 letters long.
The clue: This Wordle has a double letter.
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:
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.
Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!
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CLAIM was a terrible opening guess, leaving me with a staggering 657 words. Somehow HORSE cut that number down to just three. I thought of two: POSER and SOBER and, well, I just figured “P” was more common than “B” so I that’s what I picked. The Wordle Bot said it would have picked SOBER but I think the Wordle Bot is a poser. And probably drunk!
Wordle Bot Screenshot: Erik Kain We each get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying. Our July totals creep forward:
“Poser” comes from the verb pose, from French poser, meaning “to place” or “to put.” Since the 19th century, poser has referred to someone who adopts an affected attitude or pretends to be something they are not—literally, someone who “poses.”
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