Today’s Wordle #1515 Hints And Answer For Tuesday, August 12th

How to solve today’s Wordle.

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Another Tuesday, another Wordle to solve. I’m writing today’s guide from a hotel. The nice thing about writing for a living — on top of the whole writing bit — is the ability to do it from almost anywhere. You can also play your daily Wordle from anywhere. Let’s solve today’s!

Looking for yesterday’s Wordle? Get some hints, clues and the answer right here.

How To Play Wordle

Wordle is a daily word puzzle game where your goal is to guess a hidden five-letter word in six tries or fewer. After each guess, the game gives feedback to help you get closer to the answer:

• Green: The letter is in the word and in the correct spot.
• Yellow: The letter is in the word, but in the wrong spot.
• Gray: The letter is not in the word at all.

Use these clues to narrow down your guesses. Every day brings a new word, and everyone around the world is trying to solve the same puzzle. Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator. See rules for Competitive Wordle toward the end of this post.

Today’s Wordle Hints And Answer

Wordle Bot’s Starting Word: SLATE

My Starting Word Today: SPITE (486 words remaining)

The Hint: Drifter.

The Clue: This Wordle has more consonants than vowels.

Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!

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The Answer:

Wordle Analysis

Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here.

SPITE was a spiteful opening guess. 486 words remained. No yellow, no green. DOWRY wed me to one of each colored box, but a dozen words still hounded me. From here I considered words like HOUND, but went with COULD instead. Just two options were left at this point: NOMAD or GONAD. Lucky for me, NOMAD was the Wordle!

Competitive Wordle Score

Despite very similar words—my SPITE to Wordle Bot’s SLATE, my DOWRY to its CORNY—the Wordle Bot got today’s Wordle in three today. That’s 1 point for guessing in three and 1 for beating me. I get 0 for guessing in four and -1 for losing to the Bot. Our August totals widen to:

Erik: 2 points

Wordle Bot: 7 points

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 nomad comes from the Latin nomas, borrowed from Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás), meaning “roaming” or “wandering.” This, in turn, comes from νομός (nomós), “pasture” or “grazing land,” derived from νέμειν (némein), “to pasture” or “to graze.” Originally, it referred specifically to pastoral peoples who moved to find fresh grazing for their animals.

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