Today’s Wordle #1593 with tips and answers for Wednesday, October 29

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle answer, or just some helpful tips and pointers, you’ve come to the right place. But before we get to the Wordle, I have an extra challenge for you. It’s Wordle Wednesday and every week I hand out an extra riddle, brainteaser or logic puzzle to keep things interesting. I will hand out the answer on Thursday. Here’s today’s:

The king’s daughters

Once upon a time there was a brave hero who saved a kingdom from an evil dragon. The king of this kingdom has three daughters. He tells you that, as a reward for your courage, you may choose one of his three daughters’ hands in marriage. However, there is a catch. When you go to choose, everyone wears a veil and you can’t tell them apart. All you know is that the eldest daughter always tells the truththe youngest daughter always liesand the middle daughter can tell the truth or lie. You want to marry the oldest or youngest princess, but not the middle one. Only one is asked yes or no ask by one daughterHow can you guarantee this outcome?

Let me know when you have the answer and be sure to check back tomorrow. Now let’s solve this Wordle!

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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 less. After each guess, the game provides feedback to help you get closer to the answer:

• Vegetable: The letter is in the word and in the right place.
• Yellow: The letter is in the word, but in the wrong place.
• Gray: The letter is not in the word at all.

Use these clues to refine 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 me, your humble narrator. See the rules for Competitive Wordle at the end of this post.

Today’s Wordle Tips and Answer

• Wordle Bot’s starting word: SLATE
• My starting word today: CRATE (7 words remaining)
• The tip: Light reflecting off a surface, or an angry look.
• The clue: This wordle ends in a vowel.

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 here.

CRATE was an excellent starting word, leaving me with only seven possible solutions. I threw in SPARE almost without thinking, realizing too late that this wouldn’t really limit my options much (unless I was lucky enough to get it in half, which I wasn’t). Luckily, even with 4 solutions left, I lucked out with GLARE, which is what the Wordle Bot says it would have chosen in my situation as well. So that’s nice.

Competitive Wordle Score

We had a tie today, so the Wordle Bot and I each get 1 point for guessing three points and 0 for the tie. Our October scores amount to:

Erik: 19 points

Wordle bot: 6 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. In case of a draw 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 play for a new score every day.
• Friday is 2XP, which means you double your points: positive or negative.
• You can keep a running tally or just play day by day. Enjoy!

Contemporary Wordle Etymology

The word brilliance comes from Middle English of glare (meaning ‘to shine brightly, to dazzle’), which probably comes from Middle Low German of glare (“shine, shine”). It is related to the Proto-Germanic root glaze or clearly meaning ‘smooth, shiny or glassy’, which also gave rise to the word glass.

Original, brilliance referred to bright, blinding lightand by the 16th century it expanded metaphorically to mean a hard or fierce look.

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