Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1473 Hints, Clues And Answer For Tuesday, July 1st

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ForbesToday’s ‘Wordle’ #1472 Hints, Clues And Answer For Monday, June 30thBy Erik Kain

So long, June, and thanks for all the fish. July is here and with it more balmy summer days and 31 brand new Wordles to solve. Why don’t we skip the pleasantries and solve today’s!

How To Solve Today’s Wordle

The Hint: Old cheese.

The Clue: This Wordle ends with a vowel/consonant hybrid.

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.

I guess I was feeling geographical today because I opened with SPAIN (I find it odd that this works, but it does) and when that turned up zero yellow or green boxes, went for GLOBE on guess #2. That slashed 586 remaining solutions down to 23. HOLLY cut that number to just 2, though I could only think of one: MOLDY for the win! FOLKY was the other one according to Wordle Bot, but it didn’t even cross my mind. Look at our words below. What’s funny about this is we didn’t just tie, we used all different words but had an almost identical pattern. Five grey boxes, then the yellow ‘LO’ in boxes 2 and three, then the OL and Y in green. The Bot had the ‘D’ in yellow, but other than that this was almost exactly the same.

Competitive Wordle Score

I get 0 points for guessing in four and 0 for tying the Bot and the Bot gets the same. We start July where we began with:

Erik: 0 points

Wordle Bot: 0 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 moldy comes from the noun mold (meaning fungus), which traces back to Middle English molde or mould, likely from Old English molde meaning “earth” or “soil.” This reflects the idea of decay or rot associated with damp, earthy conditions. The adjective suffix -y was added to form moldy, meaning “covered with or smelling of mold.” The word has been in use since at least the 14th century.

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