Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1302 Hints, Clues And Answer For Saturday, January 11th

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ForbesToday’s ‘Wordle’ #1301 Hints, Clues And Answer For Friday, January 10thBy Erik Kain

Saturday is here at last! I hope you have something fun planned—if you’re not snowed in or, worse, one of the unfortunate victims of California’s ongoing wildfires who’s had to evacuate your home. It’s so horrible to see what’s happened in the Los Angeles area, and quite worrisome when you map that kind of event out onto a larger, longer climate change timeline.

But we won’t dwell on any of that for the moment. We have a Wordle to solve, so let’s solve it.

How To Solve Today’s Wordle

The Hint: On all fours.

The Clue: This Wordle has far more consonants than vowels.

Okay, spoilers below!

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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 CHORE because, well, I have so many to do despite having done so many yesterday. The work never ends! DAILY seemed like a good guess once I came up with all grey boxes (and 454 remaining possible solutions, I’d later learn). This was actually a pretty great guess, though there were still plenty of words I could come up with. I thought it would be ironic if I started off with CHORE and ended with DINGY so that’s what I picked. Lucky me, it was the Wordle!

Competitive Wordle Score

I get 1 point for guessing in three and another point for beating the Bot who took four tries today. 2 points for me! Huzzah!

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 “dingy” (meaning dull, dirty, or lacking brightness) likely originates from the late 18th century. It derives from the Old English dialect word “dingy,” meaning dirty or unclean, and is thought to be related to the word “dung,” which refers to manure or filth. Its connotation of gloominess or lack of cleanliness has remained consistent over time.

Dingy is not to be confused with the word dinghy which refers to a small boat and cannot be a Wordle answer since it’s six letters long. I still hope that when they run out of 5-letter words, the New York Times opts to make Wordle 2.0 a six-letter game. But I digress.

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