Gaming Today’s Wordle #1845 Hints And Answer For Wednesday, July 8 By Erik Kain ,
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How to solve today's Wordle. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images 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.
I count the days in Wordles these days, for the last few years actually. It’s something like four or five years of daily Wordle guides at this point and still going strong. How many Wordle Wednesdays is that? I can’t remember when I started these, but we have one today. A bonus riddle to solve before the Wordle. Here’s today’s:
Which 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
I’ll post the answer tomorrow. Now it’s Wordle time.
Looking for Tuesday's Wordle? Check out our guide right here .
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.
The hint : What yesterday’s Custom Wordle goes around in.
The clue: This Wordle has a double letter.
Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: PIRATE
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!
Today's Wordle Screenshot: Erik Kain 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 .
SCORE was a decent opener, but LEMON was no lemon, slashing the 98 words I had left down to just one: DEMON for the win.
Wordle Bot Screenshot: Erik Kain Just like yesterday, the Bot and I each get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying. Our July totals tiptoe forward:
“Demon” comes from Greek daimōn , meaning “spirit,” “divine power,” or “guiding being.” In ancient Greek, a daimōn could be good, bad, or morally neutral. Through Latin and early Christian usage, the word took on its modern sense of an evil supernatural spirit.
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