Today’s Wordle #1878: Hints And Answer, Monday August 10

Aug 10, 2026 12:47 PM - 1 hour ago 1
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Looking for thief pinch today’s Wordle? In this guide, we person immoderate other hints and clues to thief you connected your way to Wordle victory, positive a nosy Bonus Wordle to lick while you’re astatine it. The reply is beneath arsenic well, positive immoderate Wordle Bot study and plentifulness more.

The activity week returns and schoolhouse originates for galore kids astir the country. My ain precocious schooler heads into his Junior twelvemonth starting today, which is wild. Wild that he’s my youngest and truthful adjacent to being done pinch precocious school. In immoderate case, clip waits for nary man. Let’s lick this Wordle!

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Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle

Now that we tin create our ain civilization Wordles, I’m including a prize Wordle pinch each regular Wordle guide. These tin beryllium 4 to 7 letters long. Hopefully this is simply a nosy other challenge. Click the nexus beneath to play the Wordle I hand-crafted for you today.

Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle is 5 letters long.

The hint: Big bird.

The clue: This Wordle originates and ends pinch consonants.

Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: SPARROW


Okay, now that the prize civilization Wordle is retired of the way, let’s move connected to the charismatic existent woody Wordle!

Today’s Wordle Hints And Answer

  • Wordle Bot’s Starting Word: SLATE
  • My Starting Word Today: STARE (32 words left)
  • The Hint: Usually done pinch a scope from a distance.
  • The Clue: This Wordle ends pinch a vowel.

Hints not enough, aliases funny to spot if you did amended than maine connected today’s Wordle? You tin find the reply and publication my Wordle Bot study and cheque retired the existent Competitive Wordle people betwixt me, your humble Wordle guide, and the Wordle Bot below!


Today’s Wordle Answer: Monday, August 10

Today's Wordle

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Today’s Wordle Bot Analysis

Every time I cheque Wordle Bot to thief analyse my guessing game. You tin cheque your Wordle people pinch Wordle Bot right here.


STARE was a bully opening guess, leaving maine pinch conscionable 32 words and SPOIL trim that number down to conscionable 2. I really didn’t moreover deliberation of SWIPE and popped successful SNIPE, which astir apt tells you thing astir my gaming habits (swipe near connected those mobile apps and swipe correct connected first-person shooter PC games). In immoderate case, huzzah for me!

Competitive Wordle Score

Wordle Bot

Screenshot: Erik Kain

I get 1 constituent for guessing successful 3 and 1 for beating the Bot. The Bot gets 0 for guessing successful 4 and loses 1 for losing to me. New August totals:

Erik: 13 points

Wordle Bot: 0 points


How To Play Competitive Wordle

  • Guessing successful 1 is worthy 3 points; guessing successful 2 is worthy 2 points; guessing successful 3 is worthy 1 point; guessing successful 4 is worthy 0 points; guessing successful 5 is -1 points; guessing successful 6 is -2 points and missing the Wordle is -3 points.
  • If you hit your force you get 1 point. If you tie, you get 0 points. And if you suffer to your opponent, you get -1 point. Add it up to get your score. Keep a regular moving people aliases conscionable play for a caller people each day.
  • Fridays are 2XP, meaning you double your points—positive aliases negative.
  • You tin support a moving tally aliases conscionable play day-by-day. Enjoy!

Today’s Wordle Etymology

“Snipe” comes from Old Norse snýpa, referring to the long-billed marsh bird. The verb “to snipe” arose from hunting snipe—difficult birds to shoot—and later came to mean shooting from concealment or, figuratively, making a sharp, dispute remark.


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