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 5 letters long.

The hint: Line

The clue: This Wordle has two double letters.

Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: FORT

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: CRONE (12 words left)
• The Hint: Ricochet
• The Clue: This Wordle begins and ends with consonants.

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.

I got very lucky with CRONE, which left me with just 12 words and three colorful boxes. I figured I’d have to be insanely lucky to get this on my second guess, so I tried some new letters (though not all new letters) with MOLAR. Thankfully, this left me with just one possible answer: CAROM for the win! What a very peculiar word...

Competitive Wordle Score

The Bot and I tied, so zero points there, and we each get 1 for guessing in three and double that for 2XP Friday. Our April totals creep up:

Erik: 6 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

“Carom” comes from the French carambole, referring to a billiards shot where a ball strikes two others. That French term likely traces back further to Spanish carambola (a type of strike or rebound), and possibly even to a Portuguese word for the tropical starfruit (carambola), whose shape suggested the idea of angles or rebounds. Over time, in English (early 19th century), “carom” came to mean a ricochet or rebound more generally.

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