Today's Wordle #1500 Hints And Answer For Monday, July 28th
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Well would you look at that! It's Wordle #1500. A fine, round number. We're nearly three quarters of the way through the full list of NYT Wordle answers at this point, though not quite. With roughly 2,300 Wordles, we'll hit the three-quarters mark at about Wordle #1725. That's 225 days from now, or March 10th, 2026. It'll be here before you know it, mark my words! I may as well just warn you to beware the Ides of March now, though I suppose I'd be getting ahead of myself. It's still summer, still 2025. Everything is fine. Let's solve this 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:
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.
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Today's Wordle Hints And Answer
Wordle Bot's Starting Word: SLATE
My Starting Word Today: CLOUT (666 words remaining — creepy!)
The Hint: To know, or to be skilled at something.
The Clue: This Wordle has a double letter.
Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!
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Today's Wordle
Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here.
CLOUT was an awful opening guess today, leaving me with 666 remaining words and, well, the mark of the beast apparently. BRAIN only slashed that down to 64, which wasn't ideal in the slightest. SPEAK was better, leaving me with three options to choose from: SAVVY, SAGGY or SASSY. I actually only thought of SAVVY and SASSY and I went with SAVVY because guessing a word with three of the same letter seemed foolish. Thankfully, I was right!
Today's Wordle
Just like yesterday, I get 0 points for guessing in four and -1 for losing to the Bot. The Bot gets 1 point for guessing in three and another for beating me. The Bot once again takes the lead in our neck-to-neck July race:
Erik: 8 points
Wordle Bot: 9 points
The word "savvy" comes from the West Indies Creole form sabi, meaning "to know," which itself comes from Portuguesesaber or Spanishsaber, both meaning "to know." These derive from the Latin verb sapere, meaning "to be wise" or "to have taste."
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