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ForbesToday’s ‘Wordle’ #1454 Hints, Clues And Answer For Thursday, June 12thBy Erik Kain

Today is both 2XP Friday — so be sure to double your points and losses if you play Competitive Wordle — and Friday the 13th, which bodes ill for your guessing game today. Weirdly, I did pretty good and got very lucky, which makes me question if this Friday the 13th business is at all legit. In any case, let’s solve this Wordle and get ready for the weekend!

How To Solve Today’s Wordle

The Hint: In the hull.

The Clue: This Wordle ends with a vowel.

Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!

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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 ahead and used one of the Wordle Bot’s favorite openers today, and SLATE turned out to be a pretty great guess. Just 29 words remained, and only five after CHOIR, though five is generally a bad outcome for guess #2. I could think of two words that began with ‘B’ at this point, so I went ahead and guessed BILGE (instead of BIBLE which has two B’s). Lucky for me—and on such an unlucky day—that was the Wordle!

Competitive Wordle Score

It is perhaps fitting that today is the day the tides turn on our June score, what with the nautical Wordle. I get 1 point for guessing in three and 1 for beating the Bot (again) and double that for a total of 4 points for 2XP Friday. The Bot loses 1 point for guessing to me and gets 0 for guessing in four. Double that to -2 and our totals become:

Erik: 10 points

Wordle Bot: 7 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

The word bilge comes from Middle English bulge meaning “ship’s hull,” which itself derives from Old French bouge meaning “leather bag, pouch” and from Latin bulga meaning “leather bag or sack.” Over time, bilge came to refer to the lowest part inside a ship’s hull where water collects.

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