Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1436 Hints, Clues And Answer For Sunday, May 25th
How to solve today’s Wordle.
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Another day, another Wordle to solve. It’s Sunday but not a lazy one for your humble narrator. I’m on another adventure, heading south from the Isle Of Skye on my longest drive of my Scottish trip so far. Scotland isn’t a huge country, but its roads are narrow and winding and you get nowhere fast.
In any case, we have a Wordle to solve. Let’s solve it!
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
The Hint: Deception for monetary gain.
The Clue: This Wordle has far more consonants than vowels.
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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.
I chose TRAIN because, I suppose, I’ve got traveling on my brain. Though I haven’t taken any trains this trip. Lucky guess! With just six words remaining and three boxes—two in yellow, one in green—I made a wild swing with DRIFT. So close! Swing and a miss. Still, now that I had four green boxes I knew the answer had to be GRIFT, and it was. Huzzah!
Competitive Wordle Score
Today’s Wordle Bot
I was so sure the Bot and I would tie today that I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it took four tries. That means I get 1 point for guessing in three, 1 for beating the Bot and the Bot gets 0 for guessing in four and -1 for losing to me. Our new May totals are:
Erik: 21 points
Wordle Bot: 13 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 “grift” likely originated in early 20th-century American slang, possibly as a blend of “graft” (meaning corruption or dishonest gain) and “grasp” or “drift.” It refers to petty swindling or a con. Its exact origin is uncertain, but it first appeared in print around the 1910s, associated with criminal underworld slang in the U.S. More recently, the term “grifter” is frequently used as an online insult against people with whom someone disagrees.
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