Hints, Clues And Answer For Monday October 12

Today’s Wordle Hints & Clues

Okay, now that the bonus custom Wordle is out of the way, let’s move on to the official real deal Wordle!

• Wordle Bot’s Starting Word: SLATE
• My Starting Word Today: FLOAT (81 words left)
• The Hint: I always think of The Sound of Music puppet scene when I hear this word.
• The Clue: This Wordle begins and ends with consonants.

Hints not enough, or curious to see if you did better than me on today’s Wordle? You can find the answer and read my Wordle Bot analysis and check out the current Competitive Wordle score between me, your humble Wordle guide, and the Wordle Bot below!

Today’s Wordle Answer

Today’s Wordle Etymology

“Yodel” comes from German jodeln, meaning “to sing with rapid changes between chest voice and falsetto,” particularly in Alpine folk music. The German word is probably imitative of the distinctive sounds of yodeling, especially syllables like joand di. It entered English in the 19th century, originally associated with Swiss and Austrian mountain singers.

Today’s Wordle Bot Analysis

Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordle score with Wordle Bot right here.

FLOAT was better than I realized at first, leaving me with two yellow boxes and just 81 words. LOUSE only cut that down to 14 and after VOWEL I could only think of two, though apparently four remained: MODEL and YODEL were the two I agonized between. MODEL seemed like the safe bet, but YODEL was more fun. And you know me, I love fun. Luckily enough, that was the Wordle! Yodel-lay-hee-hoo!

Competitive Wordle Score

Our points don’t change today since we tied for four:

Erik: 12 points

Wordle Bot: 1 points

Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle

One Wordle not enough? I come up with a new custom Wordle every day for you to solve. Here’s today’s.

Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle is 6letters long.

• The hint: A horror movie and a famous painting.
• The clue: This Wordle has two vowels in a row.
• Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: TRUE

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!

New Bonus Weekly NYT Games Update

The New York Times launched a new weekly suit of bonus puzzle games for subscribers this week, and the first batch has freebies for non-subscribers also. You can read all about the new twists on the beloved games here, and watch my interview with NYT Games chief, Jonathan Knight below:

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