Today’s ‘Wordle’ Word Of The Day Answer #228: Wednesday, February 2nd

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Wednesday is for Wordlers!

The viral hit puzzle game Wordle was recently sold to The New York Times for “low seven figures” but for now it remains the same game as ever, and we can keep puzzling out each daily word free of charge.

It’s possible that the game will eventually go behind a paywall, but I’m hopeful that the paper of record will keep it free-to-play and use its popularity to drive traffic to its various other fun games like Spelling Bee and the famous Crossword Puzzle.

Wordle is a baby game, having launched in October of 2021 and sprung to viral dominance only recently, but it takes its cues from older, established titles like Mastermind (which you should pick up if you like Wordle!)

For newcomers, here are a couple of links to pieces I wrote that will help get you started playing Wordle:

Josh Wardle’s little game is simple to learn but can be, at times, surprisingly challenging. Today’s word nearly got me, though—to be fair—I made some bad guesses. It happens. Sometimes your mind simply draws a blank.

Today’s Wordle Word Of The Day Answer

Okay, let’s take a look at today’s Wordle word #228. Before we go any further, however, be warned: Spoilers ahead. The thing about revealing the answer is that it includes the answer and therefor is, by definition, a spoiler. You’ve been warned, dearest Wordlers.

Now for the hint: A word that will surely dampen your spirits.

So yeah, as you can see this one did not go well for me mostly because I made a couple of impulsive errors. I only made those because I was feeling pretty stuck after ‘TOMBS’ which gave me four correct letters, but only one in the right spot.

My next guess, MOUTH, was a stupid guess since it left the ‘S’ out and kept the ‘T’ int he wrong spot. TOMBS wasn’t a great guess, either, because the ‘S’ was still in the wrong spot, but I was trying to get some more letters in there and at least it gave me ‘M.’

From here, I made yet another bad guess with ‘MOTES’ since it left ‘S’ in the wrong spot. However, at this point I knew that ‘T’ had to come at the very end and it was just a matter of one missing letter. MO__T with the ‘S’ in spot three or four. I was pretty sure it had to be ‘ST’ at the end and soon came up with the answer: ‘MOIST’—a word that almost belongs in the NSFW spinoff game LEWDLE rather than here.

Another win, even if just barely! Thanks for reading, oh thou Wordlers, and have a wonderful Wednesday!

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