How to solve today’s Wordle.
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It’s Saturday at long last and we can all kick back and enjoy the weekend. It’s one of the last weekends of 2025, which is hard to believe. I hope it’s as lovely wherever you are as it is here, and I hope all that ends before Christmas and the world is absolutely blanketed in snow. A boy can dream. In the meantime, let’s solve this Wordle!
Looking for Friday’s Wordle? Check out our guide right here.
Today’s Bonus 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.
- This custom Wordle is 6 letters long.
- The hint: The opposite of today’s Wordle.
- The clue: This Wordle begins and ends with consonants.
Yesterday’s bonus Wordle answer was: MUSTANG
How To Solve Today’s Wordle
How To Play Wordle
Wordle game website displayed on a phone screen is seen in this illustration photo taken in Poland on August 6, 2024. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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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: SCARE (17 words remaining)
- The Hint: Scrooge.
- The Clue: This Wordle has more consonants than vowels.
Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!
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The Answer:
Today’s Wordle
Screenshot: Erik Kain
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.
SCARE was a great opening guess, though not quite good enough to get me the Wordle in two. Thankfully, MIRTH slashed away all but one of the 17 words I had remaining: MISER for the win! BAH HUMBUG!
Competitive Wordle Score
Today’s Wordle
Screenshot: Erik Kain
I get 1 point for guessing in three and 1 for beating the Bot. The Bot gets 0 for guessing in four and -1 for losing to me. Finally, the tie is broken — though the game remains very close this December.
Erik: 12 points
Wordle Bot: 9 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
Miser comes from Latin miser, meaning “wretched” or “miserable.” It passed into Old French as misere and then into Middle English, where the sense shifted from “unhappy person” to someone so obsessed with hoarding wealth that they live in misery themselves.
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