Today’s Wordle #1879: Hints And Answer, Tuesday August 11

Aug 11, 2026 07:17 AM - 1 hour ago 4
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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.

Tuesday is here, my dearest Wordlers, and it’s a bully rainy commencement to the activity week truthful far. It’s besides the first week of schoolhouse for my youngest, who starts his inferior twelvemonth this year. Wild. In immoderate case, let’s lick today’s Wordle and spell play successful immoderate rainfall puddles!

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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.

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Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle is 6 letters long.

The hint: Black and achromatic bird.

The clue: This Wordle ends pinch 2 vowels.

Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: HERON


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: Tuesday, August 11

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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.


BRAIL was a lousy opening guess, leaving maine pinch 478 words and each grey boxes. Thankfully, SCONE slashed that down to 4. I was connected the FENCE astir which 1 to choose, and very astir went pinch PENCE, but yet being connected the FENCE was capable to person maine to conjecture FENCE and, arsenic luck would person it, that was the Wordle! Huzzah!

Competitive Wordle Score

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I get 1 constituent for guessing successful 3 and 1 for beating the Bot. The bot loses a constituent for losing to maine and different for guessing successful five! Our August totals widen moreover further!

Erik: 15 points

Wordle Bot: -2 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

“Fence” is simply a shortened shape of defence (now defense successful American English), from Old French defense and Latin defendere (“to ward off, protect”). It primitively meant protection aliases a barrier, past came to mean the beingness enclosure itself.


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