How to solve today’s Wordle.
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Looking for help with today’s Wordle? In this guide, we have some extra hints and clues to help you on your path to Wordle victory, plus a fun Bonus Wordle to solve while you’re at it. The answer is below as well, plus some Wordle Bot analysis and plenty more.
It’s Sunday, I’m busy as a bee, and so we’ll race through the preamble and get right to solving some Wordles. Onward!
Looking for Saturday’s Wordle answer? Check out our guide right here.
Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle
Now that we can create our own custom Wordles, I’m including a bonus Wordle with each daily Wordle guide. These can be 4 to 7 letters long. Hopefully this is a fun extra challenge. Click the link below to play the Wordle I hand-crafted for you today.
Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle is 5 letters long.
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- The hint: Snow house.
- The clue: This Wordle has a double letter.
- Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: Teacher
Okay, now that the bonus custom Wordle is out of the way, let’s move on to the official real deal Wordle!
Wordle Hints: Sunday, August 23
- Wordle Bot’s Starting Word: SLATE
- My Starting Word Today: STORE
- The Hint: From a long time ago.
- The Clue: This Wordle begins with a vowel.
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: Sunday, August 23
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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.
STORE was mildly lucky, with 90 words left, but MELON really took the cake. I didn’t know I only had one word left, and frankly it took me longer than I care to admit to come up with it, but OLDEN was the Wordle. Huzzah! (Itself a word from “olden days”).
Competitive Wordle Score
Wordle Bot
Screenshot: Erik Kain
A tie with three apiece = 1 point for the both of us. August totals rise:
Erik: 25 points
Wordle Bot: 11 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
Olden — from Middle English olden, based on old + -en. Originally simply “old,” it survives mainly in the phrase “olden times,” meaning former or ancient times.
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