Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1333 Hints, Clues And Answer For Tuesday, February 11th (original) (raw)

How to solve today's Wordle.

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ForbesToday’s ‘Wordle’ #1332 Hints, Clues And Answer For Monday, February 10th

Another Tuesday, another Wordle to solve. It remains mysteriously gorgeous outside, and I continue to find it unsettling that it’s this warm in February. I won’t belabor the point. But pray for snow, at least for us here in the southwest. We prefer it to fires.

In any case, let’s solve this Wordle!

How To Solve Today’s Wordle

The Hint: You get this if you play competitive Wordle.

The Clue: This Wordle ends with a vowel.

Okay, spoilers below!

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The Answer:

Today's Wordle

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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 felt quite good about this one. Turns out CRIME does pay, and today it left me with just 7 remaining possible solutions, two yellow boxes and one green box. I rearranged the yellow boxes perfectly, but missed the Wordle by a single letter with SCARE. Perhaps ironically, the answer was SCORE.

Competitive Wordle Score

Today's Wordle Bot

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I get 1 point for guessing in three, but -1 point for losing to the Bot, who lucked out and got this one on guess #2. Drat and tarnation!

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 score comes from the Old Norse skor, meaning "notch" or "mark." It entered Middle English through Old English scoru, meaning "twenty" (likely from counting by making notches on a tally stick). Over time, score evolved to mean a recorded count, an amount (especially multiples of twenty), and later extended to meanings in music, sports, and general tallies.

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