Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1423 Hints, Clues And Answer For Monday, May 12th
How to solve today’s Wordle.
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The weekend has come and gone. I hope everyone had a nice Mother’s Day! It’s gorgeous out, so I spent my weekend getting some hikes in along with hot yoga and OrangeTheory. A very active, very tiring weekend but I feel like a million bucks.
In any case, Monday has arrived and there’s work to be done. Wordles to solve! Let’s solve today’s.
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Show off your muscles.
The Clue: This Wordle begins and ends with consonants.
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The Answer:
Today’s Wordle
Wordle Analysis
Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here.
No idea where TIDAL came from, but it popped into my head and I plugged it in as a first guess. With just 94 words remaining and one green ‘I’ this wasn’t a bad opener by any means. SIREN was my attempt to eliminate as many of the most common letters as possible that remained, and it did the trick. Only one possible solution remained: BICEP for the win! Show me them guns!
Competitive Wordle Score
Today’s Wordle Bot
I get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying the Bot and the Bot gets the same. This leaves us with May totals of:
Erik: 12 points
Wordle Bot: 6 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
Bicep comes from the Latin biceps which is made up of bis or “twice” and caput or “head” meaning “two-headed.” In the 17th century, this was adopted into New Latin anatomical nomenclature to refer to the large upper-arm muscle that has “two heads” or origins on the shoulder. In the 19th century, the singular “bicep” was adopted to refer to one arm’s muscle.
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