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.

Tyr’s Day is here, and the world is drenched with the leftover storms of Pacific hurricanes. Crazy winds and rain here in the mountains. I can only imagine the coast. In any case, come rain or shine, hell or high water, we have a Wordle to solve.

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: STARE (186 words left)
  • The Hint : When something expands beyond its previous narrowness.
  • The Clue: This Wordle begins and ends with consonants.

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!

“Wider” comes from Old English wīdra, the comparative form of wīd, meaning “broad, spacious, or extensive.” It traces back to Proto-Germanic wīdaz, also the ancestor of German weit(“wide” or “far”). The word has retained essentially the same meaning for over a thousand years: “more broad or extensive.”

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 .

STARE wasn’t a great opening guess, and FOLIC only slashed the 186 words I had left down to 31. Maybe going for all new letters was a bad idea. DINER left me with four, but I only came up with WIDER and RIDER and I didn’t want to use a double letter. Lucky for me, WIDER was the Wordle!

Once again, The Bot and I tied for four and our October scores remain unchanged:

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 6letters long.

  • The hint : A lower geographical area, often hemmed in on all sides.
  • The clue: This Wordle has a double letter.
  • Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer : SCREAM

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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