Today’s Wordle #1518 Hints And Answer For Friday, August 15th

How to solve today’s Wordle.

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Welcome back, dearest Wordlers! It’s 2XP Friday which means that anyone playing Competitive Wordle should double their points, whether those are positive or negative. I’ve been neck-and-neck with the stupid, evil Wordle Bot this month, though he took a bit of a lead this past week. I’ll be lucky to come back in August, but you never know. Dreams do come true. Let’s pull ourselves up by the bootstraps and solve today’s Wordle!

Looking for yesterday’s Wordle? Check out hints, clues and the answer right here.

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: SLATE (98 words remaining)

The Hint: You fight your way through these in video games.

The Clue: This Wordle has two pairs of double letters.

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 went with the Wordle Bot’s favorite opening word today, and I suppose this led to us both using pretty similar guesses all around. SLATE left me with 98 words, and for whatever reason, LIVER seemed like a good second guess. Admittedly, RIVEN was probably more sensible, but LIVER got me three green boxes. I could only think of one solution at this point, and lucky for me, LEVEL was the Wordle!

Competitive Wordle Score

We each get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying. Double that for 2XP Friday and our August totals bump up to:

Erik: 5 points

Wordle Bot: 10 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 level comes from Old French livelle or nivelle (“measuring instrument, spirit level”), from Late Latin libella, a diminutive of Latin libra (“balance, scale, measure”). Originally, it referred to a tool for finding horizontal alignment, and later expanded to mean flatness, equality, rank, or degree.

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