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’s Bonus Custom Wordle is 4 letters long.

The hint: Stop

The clue: This Wordle begins and ends with a consonant.

Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: TAVERN

How To Solve Today’s Wordle

How To Play 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.
• Yellow: 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.

Today’s Wordle Hints And Answer

• Wordle Bot’s Starting Word: SLATE
• My Starting Word Today: BLADE (7 words left)
• The Hint: Beauty
• The Clue: This Wordle has two double letters.

Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!

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The Answer:

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.

BLADE was a lucky guess — I was talking about fantasy novels this morning and mentioned Joe Abercrombie’s The Blade Itself which has prompted me to use this word in the past for my Wordle opener. Seven words remained and only two grey boxes. BULGE (Wordle Bot admonished me, telling me BILGE would have been more efficient) left me with just two, but all I could think of was BELLE. As in “she really is a funny girl” that Belle. Here in town there’s only she, who’s as beautiful as me . . . The other word was BELIE, it turns out, which never even crossed my mind.

Competitive Wordle Score

This is so crazy. Every single day for well over a week now, the Wordle Bot and I have tied. This means today we get 0 points for tying and 1 for guessing in three, which we both double for 2XP Friday, leaving our April totals at:

Erik: 11 points

Wordle Bot: 11 points

How To Play Competitive Wordlefffff

• 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

“Belle” comes from French belle, the feminine form of beau (“beautiful”), from Latin bella, ultimately from bellus meaning “pretty” or “charming.”

It entered English in the 17th century, often used to mean a beautiful woman, especially the most admired woman in a social gathering (as in “the belle of the ball”).

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