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.

Monday is back and I suppose that means back to the old grindstone for many of you. But the grindstone doesn’t have to get in the way of your daily Wordle ritual, and so we may as well solve today’s!

Looking for Sunday’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: SPOUT (54 words left)
  • The Hint : A bad odor.
  • The Clue: This Wordle has far more consonants than vowels.

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!

“Stink” comes from Old English stincan, meaning “to emit an odor,” originally referring to smells in general, not necessarily unpleasant ones. It derives from Proto-Germanic stinkaną, also the ancestor of German stinken(“to stink”). Over time, the English word narrowed to mean emitting a foul smell, later developing the figurative sense of something being terrible or objectionable, as in “that movie stinks.”

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 .

SPOUT was a good opening guess, leaving me with just 54 words, and STALE slashed that number down to just four. Sadly, STING was one letter off and you know what? That STINKs. Oh well!

The Bot and I tie, once again, with four guesses, get zero points each and our October totals remain:

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 6 letters long.

  • The hint : As in wings, or peanut butter.
  • The clue: This Wordle has two vowels in a row.
  • Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer : ADIEU

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!

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