Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1298 Hints, Clues And Answer For Tuesday, January 7th

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Tuesday, Tuesday. Here we are again. We do this every week! Like clockwork! And every day we solve a new Wordle. They’ve been kind of tricky lately, though today’s is a little less so. Let’s get right to it!

How To Solve Today’s Wordle

The Hint: Map.

The Clue: This Wordle has a double letter.

Okay, spoilers below!

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The Answer:

Wordle Analysis

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

I’m not really sure why SPOIL popped into my brain, but there it was and so I used it as my opener. It was a pretty great guess, too! Alas, even with just 20 words remaining I couldn’t solve this one in three. I chose CLASH for my second guess and that left me with three remaining options. I almost went with ATLAS, but chose AISLE instead. It had more vowels and no repeating letters. Oh well!

Competitive Wordle Score

I get 0 points for guessing in four and -1 for losing to the Bot, who snagged this one in just three tries today. Bummer!

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

The word “atlas” comes from Greek mythology. It originates from the name of the Titan Atlas, who, according to myth, was condemned to hold up the heavens. In the 16th century, the term began to be associated with collections of maps after Gerardus Mercator, a Flemish cartographer, published a book of maps in 1595 with an image of Atlas holding the celestial sphere on the cover. This symbolic image led to the use of “atlas” to describe books of maps.

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