7 days ago
Today's Wordle #1506 Hints And Answer For Sunday, August 3rd
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How To Solve Today's Wordle
Lazy Sunday is here and it's lovely outside. The birds are chirping. The sun is shining. Children play in the street. Up here in the high desert mountains, it's almost time for school to start back up. My tenth grader goes back to school Monday. He is not thrilled by this, and I can't say I am, either. We've been spoiled, sleeping in and staying up late enjoying the lovely summer evenings. Thankfully, school starts an hour later this year so it's a bit less of a shock to the system.
But enough about school! Let's educate ourselves with today's 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.
Today's Wordle Hints And Answer
Wordle Bot's Starting Word: SLATE
My Starting Word Today: CRATE (343 words remaining)
The Hint: Not smooth
The Clue: This Wordle ends in a 'Y'
Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!
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Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here.
I was shocked every time I guessed today. CRATE is a great opening word most of the time. Today it turned up zero yellow or green boxes and, I later learned, left me with 343 possible solutions. I was surprised that BOINK turned up all grey boxes once again. I still had 45 words remaining (though I didn't know that at the time). I actually said 'Oh wow!' when my third guess, LUMPY, turned up all green boxes. What luck! I mean, it was a very reasonable guess given the circumstances, and I knew I'd turn up at least a 'U' guessing it, but to get the Wordle this way felt almost like a hole in one.
Finally, on day three, I get a win, though the Bot remains pretty far in the lead. I get 1 point for guessing in three and 1 for beating the Bot. The Bot gets 0 for guessing in four and -1 for losing to me. Our August total become:
Erik: -2 points
Wordle Bot: 1 points
The word "lumpy" comes from "lump" + the adjective-forming suffix "-y."
Thus, "lumpy" has meant "full of lumps" or "having an uneven, bumpy texture" since the late 15th century.
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