Hints, Clues And Answer For Tuesday October 6

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: GEARS (357 words left)
• The Hint: Mood lighting.
• The Clue: This Wordle ends with a “Y.”

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

“Dimly” comes from dim + the adverbial suffix -ly. Dim comes from Old English dimm, meaning “dark, obscure, or gloomy,” from a Germanic root. Thus dimly literally means “in a dark or indistinct manner.”

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.

I put GEARS in because I was thinking about the new Gears Of War: E-Day game and that left me with a whopping 357 words and no yellow or green boxes. LIMBO cut that number down to just one, ironically getting me out of limbo at the same time: DIMLY for the win!

Competitive Wordle Score

The Bot and I tie for three once again, giving us each one more point:

Erik: 5 points

Wordle Bot: 3 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 6 letters long.

• The hint: A weapon.
• The clue: This Wordle has a double letter.
• Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: SIBLING

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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