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Forbes
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Today's Wordle #1502 Hints And Answer For Wednesday, July 30th
How to solve today's Wordle. Looking for Tuesday's Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: How To Solve Today's Wordle It's Wordle Wednesday, which means we have an extra challenge to bang out before getting to today's Wordle. Every Wednesday I give you fine Wordlers a riddle, brain-teaser or logic-puzzle to solve. Here's today's: If you throw me from the window, I will leave a grieving wife. Bring me back, but in the door, and you'll see someone giving life! What am I? I'll let you know the answer in tomorrow's Wordle guide. Now let's solve today's! FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder 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: STEAK (95 words left) The Hint: Test quality. The Clue: This Wordle has two double letters. Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming! . . . 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. STEAK was a good opener, leaving me with just 7 words. But man oh man did I botch things with CHOIR. I obviously had no idea that only 7 words remained so I just thought I might as well rule out some letters. CHOIR only slashed two words from my total! Ugh. USUAL cut that down to just one: ASSAY for the win! Today's Bot We flip the tables once again. The Bot gets two points this time for beating me and guessing in three. I lose one for losing to the Bot. Our new totals for July are: Erik: 9 points Wordle Bot: 10 points It all comes down to tomorrow's Wordle! This is the closest we've ever been! The word "assay" comes from the Old French assai or essai, meaning "trial" or "test," which itself comes from the Late Latin exagium, meaning "a weighing" or "a test." This derives from Latin ex- ("out") + agere ("to drive, do"). It's closely related to the word essay, which originally meant a trial or attempt. Over time, assay came to specifically refer to testing the content or quality of metal or ore.. Be sure to follow me for all your daily puzzle-solving guides, TV show and movie reviews and more here on this blog!
Forbes
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Today's Wordle #1497 Hints And Answer For Friday, July 25th
How to solve today's Wordle. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Looking for Thursday's Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: Forbes Today's Wordle #1496 Hints And Answer For Thursday, July 24th By Erik Kain TGIF! It's Friday at last and the weekend is just around the riverbend. It's also 2XP Friday, so Competitive Wordlers don't forget to double your points, positive or negative. It's the last Friday of July. Maybe some places celebrate Final Friday instead of First Friday. Next Friday is the 1st of August, so enjoy these last days of July. Now 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: Green : The letter is in the word and in the correct spot. : The letter is in the word and in the correct spot. Yellow : The letter is in the word, but in the wrong spot. : The letter is in the word, but in the wrong spot. Gray: The letter is not in the word at all. 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. Wordle Bot's Starting Word: SLATE My Starting Word Today: CRANE (191 words remaining) The Hint: Errand boy. The Clue: This Wordle has more consonants than vowels. Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming! . . . The Answer: Today's Wordle Screenshot: Erik Kain Wordle Analysis 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 tough one! Even starting with CRANE, Wordle Bot's second favorite opening guess, I took five tries today and I got lucky. HOIST only cut my 191 remaining possible solutions down to 28 and POWER only slashed that number down to 9. I was running low on guesses, but couldn't think of any good words to get rid of more letters. LOVER only cut my total down to 6, and at this point I started to get worried. Fortunately, GOFER did the trick. Yikes. Competitive Wordle Score Today's Wordle Bot Screenshot: Erik Kain Miraculously, the Wordle Bot took six tries today. I don't think I've ever seen Wordle Bot take six tries before. Five a couple times, but six? I don't think so. Good news for me, though! I get -1 point for guessing in five and 1 point for beating the Bot, which leaves me with 0 points. Even doubling 0 for 2XP Friday just equals zero. However, the Bot gets -2 for guessing in six and -1 for losing to me. That's -3 x 2 for 2XP Friday, or -6 total. Even getting o today, I take the lead for the first time since the very beginning of July. Our totals narrow to: Erik: 8 points Wordle Bot: 6 points How To Play Competitive Wordle Guessing in 1 is worth 3 points; guessing in 2 is worth 2 points; guessing in 3 is worth 1 point; guessing in 4 is worth 0 points; guessing in 5 is -1 points; guessing in 6 is -2 points and missing the Wordle is -3 points. If you beat your opponent you get 1 point. If you tie, you get 0 points. And if you lose to your opponent, you get -1 point. Add it up to get your score. Keep a daily running score or just play for a new score each day. Fridays are 2XP, meaning you double your points—positive or negative. You can keep a running tally or just play day-by-day. Enjoy! Today's Wordle Etymology The word "gofer" comes from the phrase "go for" as in someone who "goes for" things on behalf of others. It originated in American English in the 1950s, especially in office or film settings, to describe a junior employee or assistant sent to fetch items or run errands. The word is unrelated to the animal gopher , though the similar spelling often causes confusion. Be sure to follow me for all your daily puzzle-solving guides, TV show and movie reviews and more here on this blog!
Forbes
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Today's Wordle #1496 Hints And Answer For Thursday, July 24th
How to solve today's Wordle. Looking for Wednesday's Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: How To Solve Today's Wordle Yesterday was Wordle Wednesday and I handed out an extra riddle for you fine Wordlers to solve prior to tackling the daily Wordle. Today, I'll give you the answer. This was the riddle: FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder This is a very clever little riddle. The name is hidden in plain sight, beginning in July, moving on through August and then September, October and November. If you take the first letter of each of those months you spell out J-A-S-O-N, or Jason. Voila! Alright, now that's out of the way 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. Today's Wordle Hints And Answer Wordle Bot's Starting Word: SLATE My Starting Word Today: SNARE — 31 words remaining The Hint: Shake the very ground. The Clue: This Wordle has more vowels than consonants. Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming! . . . 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. SNARE was a pretty good opening guess, leaving me with just 31 words and two green boxes. I had almost gone with FLAKE for my opener, and went with FLICK for my second guess, since I assumed we probably didn't need more vowels (I was wrong) and wanted to try all new letters. This slashed my remaining choices down to just two: AWAKE or QUAKE were all I could think of, and I never guess a double letter if I can help it. I went with QUAKE and that was the Wordle. Huzzah! Today's Wordle Bot The Bot and I each get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying. Our July totals inch up to: Erik: 8 points Wordle Bot: 12 points The word "quake" comes from Old English cwacian, meaning to tremble or shake. It is of Germanic origin, related to Middle Dutch quacken and Middle Low German quaken, all meaning to shake or tremble. The word originally referred to trembling from fear or cold, and later came to describe earth tremors (as in earthquake). Be sure to follow me for all your daily puzzle-solving guides, TV show and movie reviews and more here on this blog!
Forbes
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Today's ‘Wordle' #1483 Hints, Clues And Answer For Friday, July 11th
How to solve today's Wordle. Looking for Thursday's Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: It's 2XP Friday! Not only is the weekend almost here at last, Competitive Wordle players can double their points (positive or negative) and snag a chance at greatness. Let's solve today's Wordle, shall we? How To Solve Today's Wordle The Hint: Comes with logos, slogans, and a product. The Clue: This Wordle has far more consonants than vowels. Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming! FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder . . . 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. TRIBE was a good opener today, leaving me with just 18 remaining words and a green and yellow box. I thought about going with all new letters for my second guess but couldn't come up with anything I loved, so I went with a word that I hoped would at least cut out the vast majority of remaining solutions. BROAD did just that, leaving me with just one possible answer: BRAND for the win! Huzzah!Today's Wordle Bot The Bot and I each get 1 for guessing in three and 0 for tying. Double that for 2XP Friday. Our July totals become: Erik: -2 points Wordle Bot: 8 points The word brand comes from Old English brand (or brond), meaning "fire, flame, or burning torch," from the verb brennan ("to burn"). It later came to mean a burning piece of wood or a mark made by burning (as in branding livestock). Over time, it evolved to mean a distinctive mark or trademark, especially one identifying a product. Let me know how you fared with your Wordle today on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me here on this blog where I write about games, TV shows and movies when I'm not writing puzzle guides. Sign up for my newsletter for more reviews and commentary on entertainment and culture.
Forbes
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Today's ‘Wordle' #1442 Hints, Clues And Answer For Saturday, May 31st
How to solve today's Wordle. Looking for Friday's Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: This is the end, beautiful friend. The end of May. By some counts, the end of spring. The end of my trip to Scotland. I'm back in the good old US of A and ready to drive on the right side of the road again like a civilized human being. I'm also ready to solve the final Wordle of May and tally the final Competitive Wordle score against the nefarious Wordle Bot. Let's do it! The Hint: Easier to form bad ones. The Clue: This Wordle begins and ends with consonants. Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming! FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder . . . 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. I was working on this post while traveling. I enjoy working in airports but I'm always a bit more distracted and today I screwed up my second guess. MUSIC left me with 80 words and eliminated the 'C' which I promptly used in CRATE for my second guess. So annoying! Still, this cut my possible solutions down to just four and I got lucky when I guessed HABIT for the win. I'll take a sloppy win! Today's Wordle Bot In spite of my screw-up, I still beat the Bot today. I get 1 point for guessing in three and another for beating the Bot. The Bot gets 0 for guessing in four and -1 for losing to me. Once a narrow race, our May tally ends with a pretty resounding victory for your humble narrator: Erik: 24 points Wordle Bot: 14 points The word habit comes from the Latin habitus, meaning "condition, appearance, dress," which itself is from habere, meaning "to have" or "to hold." It entered English via Old French habit, initially referring to clothing or attire, and later came to mean a customary practice or behavior. Let me know how you fared with your Wordle today on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me here on this blog where I write about games, TV shows and movies when I'm not writing puzzle guides. Sign up for my newsletter for more reviews and commentary on entertainment and culture.
