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Forbes
7 days ago
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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
17-07-2025
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Today's ‘Wordle' #1490 Hints, Clues And Answer For Friday, July 18th
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' #1489 Hints, Clues And Answer For Thursday, July 17th By Erik Kain It's 2XP Friday and we have a Wordle to solve! Competitive Wordlers, double your points, whether that means you're gaining double or losing double. The weekend is nearly upon us and it's a lovely summer day. Let's solve this Wordle! The Hint: An unusual primate. The Clue: This Wordle has more consonants than vowels. Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming! . . . The Answer: Today's Wordle Screenshot: Erik Kain Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here . DEALT was an okay starter today, leaving me with 123 remaining words and one yellow box. I got much luckier on my second guess. SPOIL left me with just one possible solution: LORIS for the win! I admit, I had no idea what a LORIS even was before today. They're Southeast Asian primates, usually quite tiny. Some are slow and sloth-like. One species is even venomous, its bite necrotic causing flesh to rot. Almost all species of the little creature are threatened or endangered. Competitive Wordle Score Today's Wordle Bot Screenshot: Erik Kain Just like yesterday, I get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying the Bot. The Bot gets the same. We each double that to 2 points. July totals: Erik: 5 points Wordle Bot: 9 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 loris comes from French loris , which likely derives from Dutch loeris , meaning 'clown' or 'simpleton,' possibly referring to the animal's facial expression. The Dutch word may itself be of unknown or imitative origin. The term was first used in the 18th century for the slow-moving primates of Southeast Asia. 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
08-07-2025
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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Tuesday, July 8th
Looking for help with today's NYT Mini Crossword puzzle? Here are some hints and answers for the ... More puzzle. Credit: NYT In case you missed Monday's NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here: Forbes Today's NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Monday, July 7th By Erik Kain July is well underway now that we're officially on Day 8 of the midsummer month. It's monsoon season here in the high desert mountains, and we've been getting some lovely rain, though we could certainly use more. The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT Crossword, and unlike its larger sibling, it's free-to-play without a subscription to The New York Times. You can play it on the web or the app, though you'll need the app to tackle the archive. Spoilers ahead! Before we get to the answers, here's the first letter for each word in today's Mini. Across 1A. Concern for dentists and nuclear physicists – D 6A. Get married in a hurry – E 7A. The world's all-time best-selling book – B 8A. Doughnut's shape, mathematically – T 9A. Secret collection – S Down 1D. "A Lannister always pays his ___" – D 2D. Poet T.S. ___ – E 3D. Hisser with a hood – C 4D. Best-possible test grade – A 5D. "Oof, that makes me cringe!" – Y Okay, onto the answers! Remember, spoilers ahead! Across 1A. Concern for dentists and nuclear physicists – DECAY 6A. Get married in a hurry – ELOPE 7A. The world's all-time best-selling book – BIBLE 8A. Doughnut's shape, mathematically – TORUS 9A. Secret collection – STASH Down 1D. "A Lannister always pays his ___" – DEBTS 2D. Poet T.S. ___ – ELIOT 3D. Hisser with a hood – COBRA 4D. Best-possible test grade – A PLUS 5D. "Oof, that makes me cringe!" – YIKES Let me know when you're ready for the next one! Today's NYT Mini Crossword Screenshot: Erik Kain I got this one fast, skipping right past 1-Across and plugging in ELOPE into 6-Across and then BIBLE for 7-Across. I wasn't sure what the mathematic shape of a doughnut was, so I skipped to 9-Across and entered STASH. I wasn't sure if these were right, but as soon as I started going down I knew I was on the right track. A Lannister, as we all know, always pays his or her DEBTS. The poet is T.S. Eliot. A hooded snake is a COBRA and the best grade is APLUS. At this point, DECAY was obvious and I wrapped up TORUS and YEESH at the same time with a final 'S'. Today's Mini took me 44 seconds. How did you do? Let me know on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. If you also play Wordle, I write guides about that as well. You can find those and all my TV guides, reviews and much more here on my blog. Thanks for reading!
Forbes
02-07-2025
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Today's NYT Strands Puzzle: Hints, Spangram And Answers For Thursday, July 3rd
Today's NYT Strands hints and answers Credit: New York Times Looking for Wednesday's Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here: Forbes Today's NYT Strands Puzzle: Hints, Spangram And Answers For Tuesday, July 1st By Erik Kain We've arrived at Thor's Day once again. Round and round we go, week to week, puzzle to puzzle. Today we have a delicious new Strands puzzle with just six words to uncover. Let's dig 'em up! Strands is the newest game in the New York Times' stable of puzzle games. It's a fun twist on classic word search games. Every day we're given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the words on the grid that fit that theme, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board. One of these words is the spangram which crosses from one side of the grid to another and reveals even more about the day's theme. Spoilers ahead. Read on for today's theme and some hints to help you uncover today's words. Instead of giving you the first two letters of each word, today I'm giving out three hints instead of two. Today's Theme: Beyond vanilla Hint: Think chocolate, strawberry etc. Clue: Maybe in a cone Here are the first two letters of each word: Remember, spoilers ahead! What Are Today's Strands Answers? Today's spangram is: ICECREAM Here's the full list of words: CHERRY BUTTERSCOTCH PISTACHIO COFFEE BROWNIE Here's the completed Strands grid: Today's Strands Screenshot: Erik Kain Today's Strands Breakdown A pretty easy Strands as far as these puzzles go, especially since most of us are pretty familiar with all these ice cream flavors. I found CHERRY first, though I don't know if I've ever had cherry-flavored ice cream before. The only one that gave me trouble was PISTACHIO but that was mostly because I couldn't remember how to spell it! How did you do on your Strands today? Let me know on Twitter and Facebook. Be sure to check out my blog for my daily Wordle guides as well as all my other writing about TV shows, streaming guides, movie reviews, video game coverage and much more. Thanks for stopping by!
Forbes
14-06-2025
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Today's ‘Wordle' #1457 Hints, Clues And Answer For Sunday, June 15th
How to solve today's Wordle. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Looking for Saturday's Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: It's Father's Day! Happy day to all you dads out there, and to all of you who may just be filling that role in someone's life, whether that's a single mom or a grandpa or a stepdad or whoever else. It's an important job! It's also one of the best jobs, certainly my favorite out of all the many gigs I've had over the years. I'm excited to spend the day with my kids. And a very special Happy Father's Day to my dad! You couldn't ask for a better father and role model. But before we get to that, let's solve today's Wordle! The Hint: Avian. The Clue: This Wordle has two letters that almost always go together. Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming! . . . Today's Wordle Screenshot: Erik Kain Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here. SPACE wasn't a bad opening guess, but it left me with just one green 'A' and little to work with. BOINK, unfortunately, only slashed 71 words down to 12. Little chance of guessing on three. I guessed FLAIR in the hopes of cutting out as many solutions as possible, and was left with two to choose from: AVAIL or QUAIL. I went with the one that didn't have a double letter and luckily for me, that was the Wordle. Huzzah! Today's Wordle Bot Screenshot: Erik Kain The Bot and I each got this in four, meaning we each got zero points. Our June totals remain the same. Erik: 11 points Wordle Bot: 8 points The word quail (the bird) comes from Middle English quaille, borrowed from Old French quaille, which likely comes from Medieval Latin quaccula, an imitation of the bird's call (onomatopoeic origin). As a verb meaning "to cower or lose courage," quail is unrelated and comes from Middle English quailen, likely from Old English cwacian meaning "to quake or tremble." 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.
