Today’s Wordle #1774 Hints And Answer For Tuesday, April 28

How to solve today’s Wordle.

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Tuesday is here, and with it another Wordle for us to solve. We have just a couple more days of April left before May springs forth, so enjoy them while you can. Let’s solve today’s Wordle, shall we?

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

Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle

Now that we can create our own custom Wordles, I’m including a bonus Wordle with each daily Wordle guide. These can be 4 to 7 letters long. Hopefully this is a fun extra challenge. Click the link below to play the Wordle I hand-crafted for you.

Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle is 5 letters long.

The hint: A type of cup.

The clue: This Wordle has two vowels in a row.

Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: BUOYANT

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: SPARE
• The Hint: Duck, or maybe Doc
• The Clue: This Wordle has two consonants and two vowels in a row.

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.

SPARE was a good opening guess leaving me with just 43 words. But I got exceptionally lucky with CLUNK (Wordle Bot says it would have picked CLINK, which is funny). All that was left was QUACK. Huzzah!

Competitive Wordle Score

Another tie! Is anyone surprised at this point because I’m not. 1 point each for guessing in three, 0 for tying. April remains a neck-and-neck race:

Erik: 20 points

Wordle Bot: 17 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

As a sound: it’s onomatopoeic, imitating the cry of a duck (recorded from the 16th century).

As a “fake doctor”: it’s shortened from Dutch kwakzalver (“quack-salver”), meaning a charlatan who boasted about curing ailments. This was clipped in English to “quack” in the 17th century.

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