The final weekend of April is here, my dearest Wordlers. Soon, the chilly days and evenings of early spring will melt into the month of May. April showers beget May flowers, and all that jazz. We have a Wordle to solve this final Saturday of April. Let’s solve it!
Looking for Friday’s Wordle? 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’s Bonus Custom Wordle is 7 letters long.
The hint: When you screw up linking the daily Custom Wordle, for instance.
The clue: This Wordle ends with a vowel.
Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: WRAITH
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:
- The Hint:
- The Clue:
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.
STONE was a pretty lucky guess, leaving me with just 32 words and three yellow boxes. I tried juggling those around with LEMON, and that juggled them almost perfectly. With just one word remaining, I guessed WOMEN and that, my lovely Wordlers, was the Wordle! Huzzah! Three cheers for WOMEN!
Competitive Wordle Score
Another tie, of course. The Bot and I each get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying. Our new April totals nudge up to:
Erik: 17 points
Wordle Bot: 14 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
“Women” is the plural of “woman.”
“Woman” comes from Old English wīfmann—literally “woman-person” (wīf = “woman, female”; mann = “person, human”). Over time, wīfmann became wimman, then woman.
The plural wimmen eventually shifted in pronunciation and spelling to “women.” The change in vowel sound (as in wim-) reflects older plural patterns in English that survived even as spelling standardized.
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