Today's ‘Wordle' #1428 Hints, Clues And Answer For Saturday, May 17th
How to solve today's Wordle.
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The work week has drawn to a close and the weekend is here at last. Huzzah! There's adventures to be had, places to go, sights to see and, of course, a Wordle to solve. Let's solve it!
The Hint: Not a kid anymore.
The Clue: This Wordle has far more consonants than vowels.
Okay, spoilers below!
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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.
This was a tricky one. Even though I only had 116 words remaining after LIGHT, I also only had one yellow 'G' to work with. I hoped I'd get lucky with GRAPE, but that was not to be. With two green boxes, I could only think of a few possible solutions. I went with GROSS, but alas, that left me with two words. Luckily, I guessed GROWN next for the win!
Today's Wordle Bot
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, which puts my nemesis in the lead for May at last — drat and tarnation!
Erik: 12 points
Wordle Bot: 13 points
The word "grown" is the past participle of "grow", which comes from Old English grōwan meaning 'to flourish, increase, develop, or spring up.' This in turn comes from Proto-Germanic grōan and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root ǵer- meaning 'to grow, become green, or sprout.'
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