Today’s Wordle #1702 Hints And Answer For Sunday, February 15
How to solve today’s Wordle.
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I hope each of you fine Wordlers survived Friday the 13th and Valentine’s Day back-to-back. You get a day off from these intense holidays (and hopefully from work) on Monday, which is President’s Day. And today, you get to solve a Wordle with me. Let’s do it!
Looking for Saturday’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 is 6 letters long.
The hint: A copycat.
The clue: This Wordle has a double letter.
Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: SPLINT
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 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:
- The Hint:
- The Clue:
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.
SHALE was a surprisingly great opening guess today, leaving me with 14 possible solutions and two green boxes. After I came up with a few potential words, I realized I probably needed to go with all new letters and try to think of something that could eliminate a bunch of them. The best I could think up was TUCKY but that was not allowed, so I went with TRUCK instead. Thankfully, that left me with just SKULL for the win!
Competitive Wordle Score
Wordle Bot
Screenshot: Erik Kain
The Bot and I each get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying. Our new February totals, as we cross the halfway mark, are:
Erik: 1 7 points
Wordle Bot: -4 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
Skull comes from Old Norse headmeaning “bald head” or “skull,” from shell number (“bald”). It entered English in the medieval period through Scandinavian influence, replacing Old English heafod-bān (“head-bone”) as the common word for the bony case of the head.
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