Today’s ‘Wordle’ Answer #299: Thursday, April 14th Solution

My how time flies. Today we find ourselves just one entry away from the 300th Wordle—an auspicious occasion that we should definitely celebrate . . . somehow. I wonder what the 300th Wordle will be? I’m excited to find out.

I will say this: Today’s Wordle is a tough act to follow. It’s one of my favorite words so far, up there with some good ones like knoll or rupee. Not the easiest word but not the hardest, either. Will tomorrow’s be an especially difficult word? Or something funny?

The 200th Wordle dropped on January 5th with the very fun word TIGER. Maybe we’ll get another fun one like that.

This also reminds me that I’ve only been writing these guides since Wordle #210, 89 days ago. And in that short span of time this column has really taken off. I thank you, my dearest Wordlers, for making it so.

Some helpful Wordle-related links:

• For those new to the game, read this Wordle primer before you start playing and learn about how this fad got started.
• Then, if you want some advanced tactics to get those low guess answers, you can read the Wordle Tips and Tricks guide here.
• The best Wordle starting word isn’t what you think (even if, yeah okay Paul Tassi, it’s Crane).

Today’s Wordle #299 Answer & Hint

Spoiler warning. We got a SPOILER warning! Oh baby it’s a spoiler warning, a warning for spoilers, if you don’t want to get spoiled you should shut your browser, throw your phone away, burn your house down, move to a new city, perhaps disavow the internet, live in a cabin deep in the woods cut off from society. Totally isolate. During winter hibernate. Pretend that it’s a better fate—than a spoiler.

Okay, on to the hint!

A type of meat pie.

And the answer is . . . .

Mince!

See!? What a great word. I only ever hear this word when someone is talking about mincemeat pie which, in the United States, is literally never. This is not a food we eat here. When I first heard of mincemeat pie I assumed it was basically some beef and some gravy in a pie, maybe some carrots and peas, which sounds delicious.

That is NOT mincemeat pie. Mincemeat is comprised of some variation of beef suet, currants, rump steak, raisins, brown sugar, brandy, candied citrus peels, lemon juice and zest, nutmeg, and apples. It is mostly a fruit pie. It sounds kind of terrible though I refuse to knock it before I try it.

In any case, my first guess fried did little for me. I had two yellow boxes and two vowels. Whoop-dee-do. Bowie was not much better (though I imagine David Bowie had his share of mincemeat pies back in the day). I was actually thinking of bowie knives rather than Ziggy Stardust. I have a bowie knife that is very sharp. Great for cutting up mincemeat pie ingredients.

From here, with a green ‘E’ and a yellow ‘I’ I guessed image which narrowed down the ‘I’ to the second box and gave me a yellow ‘M’. Here I got very, very stuck. ‘I’ in the second box and ‘E’ in the fifth box with a random ‘M’ hanging around . . . I just couldn’t think of anything that fit. It took a great deal of tinkering with the remaining letters before I finally stumbled across mince.

Very tough word. Not something we Yankees think about much or use in our day-to-day. Brits might have an easier time with this one. But hey, I got it in four. That’s not too shabby!

Have a lovely Thor’s day, dear readers. Once again, Friday approaches. Friday and the 300th Wordle!

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