Today’s Wordle #1888: Hints, Clues And Answer For Thursday August 20

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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.

Note: yesterday I added the Wordle Wednesday riddle late. And because of that, I’m not going to station the reply today. I’m going to station the reply tomorrow, connected 2XP Friday. Here’s the riddle you whitethorn person missed:

What period of the twelvemonth has 28 days?

I’ll station the reply tomorrow! Now let’s Wordle, baby!

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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 6 letters long.

• The hint: The butt of galore jokes, but you’ll beryllium gladsome you person 1 erstwhile it counts.
• The clue: This Wordle originates and ends pinch consonants.
• Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: SCRIBE

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

Wordle Hints: Thursday, August 20

• Wordle Bot’s Starting Word: SLATE
• My Starting Word Today: SPARE (3 words left)
• The Hint: Obscured successful darkness.
• The Clue: This Wordle ends pinch a “Y”.

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: Thursday, August 20

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.

Well I yet mislaid a information to the Wordle Bot, not that Mr. Bot did each that great, either. CRANE was a decent opener, leaving maine pinch conscionable 64 words, and I really thought SPOUT would beryllium a bully 2nd guess, but I had 8 left. And past I fell into the repetition trap. DRILL gave maine 4 greenish letters. FRILL kept those 4 and thing more. Thankfully, GRILL sewage maine to the Wordle connected conjecture #5.

Competitive Wordle Score

The Bot and I necktie pinch four, earning 0 points each. Our August totals stay rather skewed arsenic I return my revenge:

Erik: 24 points

Wordle Bot: 4 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

Murky — from Middle English mirke/murk, meaning “dark, gloomy, obscure,” from Old Norse myrkr, “darkness” aliases “dark.” It’s related to Icelandic myrkur, “darkness.” The literal consciousness of “dark, lacking light” yet broadened to mean “cloudy aliases dirty” (especially water) and figuratively “unclear, obscure, aliases morally dubious.”

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