Today’s Wordle #1598 Hints And Answer For Monday, November 3

How to solve today’s Wordle.

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Monday has returned, and with it yet another Wordle to solve. This one is Wordle #1598, which means we’ll hit #1600 on Wednesday. We’re still over a year out from the big #2000 but after that we only have a few hundred words left in Wordle’s catalog. I often wonder: What then? Will we start over in a new random order? Will the NYT Games section change the game to six-letter words? It’s a puzzle . . . Speaking of puzzles, let’s solve this Wordle!

Looking for Sunday’s Wordle? Check out our guide right here.

How To Solve Today’s Wordle

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: CRATE (53 words remaining)
• The Hint: End of slumber.
• The Clue: This Wordle begins and ends with vowels.

Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!

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The Answer:

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.

CRATE was a good opening word, leaving me with just 53 potential solutions and two vowels. I tried rearranging the yellow ‘A’ but left the ‘E’ in its green box. SALVE cut the remaining guesses down to seven, which was more than I hoped for. I was pretty close with ABODE, but not close enough. With one word left, I got AWOKE on my fourth guess.

Competitive Wordle Score

The Bot and I tied and each of us guessed in four so we each get exactly zero points. Our November totals remain:

Erik: 1 point

Wordle Bot: 1 point

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 awoke is the past tense of awake. It comes from the Old English āwacan or āwacian, meaning “to arise” or “to become awake.” These derive from the Proto-Germanic awakaną, itself from the prefix a- (“on, up”) and the root wacaną (“to be awake, to watch”), which is related to the Proto-Indo-European root weg- meaning “to be strong, lively, or alert.”

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