Gaming Today’s Wordle #1873 Hints And Answer, Wednesday August 5 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? 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 Wordle Wednesday, dearest Wordlers, which means I have an extra riddle for you. Here it is, a riddle Odin (it is Odin’s Day, after all) presented to King Heithrek:
“From home I hied me, and from home faring I saw a way of ways: Was a way beneath and a way above, and ways there were on all sides. Alright guess now this riddle, Heithrek!”
I’ll post the answer tomorrow. For now, let’s Wordle!
Looking for Tuesday's Wordle answer? Check out our guide right here .
Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase
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.
Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle is 7 letters long.
The clue: This Wordle starts with two consonants.
Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: TROPIC
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 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 .
The SLIME was actually very effective in today’s game of Wordle Nickelodeon Slime Edition. Just 28 words left, though I didn’t know that at the time. I guessed ADORN next and later it occurred to me that perhaps ACORN would have been better. But it didn’t matter in the end. POSIT was the only possible answer remaining. Huzzah!
Wordle Bot Screenshot: Erik Kain Just like yesterday, I get 1 point for guessing in three and 1 for beating the Bot. The Bot loses 1 for losing to me and gains none for guessing in four. The August tally is now:
“Posit” comes from Latin positus, the past participle of ponere, meaning “to place” or “to put.” It entered English in the 17th century with the sense of “to put forward” or “to assume as true,” especially as the basis for an argument or theory.
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