Looking for help with today’s Wordle? In this guide, we have some extra hints and clues to help you on your path to Wordle victory, plus a fun Bonus Wordle to solve while you’re at it. The answer is below as well, plus some Wordle Bot analysis and plenty more.

It rained all day Monday and it appears it will rain all day Tuesday as well. We can use every last drop, though I’m unaccustomed to it being this cold and wet. I swear it was summer five minutes ago! Ah well, this is good puzzle-solving weather at least. Let’s Wordle, shall we?

Looking for Monday’s Wordle answer? Check out our guide right here .

Today’s Wordle Hints & Clues

Okay, now that the bonus custom Wordle is out of the way, let’s move on to the official real deal Wordle!

  • Wordle Bot’s Starting Word: SLATE
  • My Starting Word Today: SPOKE (124 words left)
  • The Hint : Under the sea.
  • The Clue: This Wordle ends with a vowel.

Hints not enough, or curious to see if you did better than me on today’s Wordle? You can find the answer and read my Wordle Bot analysis and check out the current Competitive Wordle score between me, your humble Wordle guide, and the Wordle Bot below!

“Scuba” began as the acronym SCUBA, for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, coined in the 1950s. It quickly became an ordinary lowercase word, scuba , and later produced terms like scuba diving and scuba diver .

Today’s 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 .

SPAIN was okay, but 138 words isn’t ideal. At least TONER slashed that to 1, and TRUNK was a pretty easy solve.

The Bot and I each get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying:

Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle

One Wordle not enough? I come up with a new custom Wordle every day for you to solve. Here’s today’s.

Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle is 5 letters long.

  • The hint : Similar to a county.
  • The clue: This Wordle ends in a “Y”
  • Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer : CRYSTAL

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!

New Bonus Weekly NYT Games Update

The New York Times launched a new weekly suit of bonus puzzle games for subscribers this week, and the first batch has freebies for non-subscribers also. You can read all about the new twists on the beloved games here , and watch my interview with NYT Games chief, Jonathan Knight below :

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