Hints, Clues And Answer For Friday August 21

Today’s Bonus Custom 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.

Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle is 6 letters long.

• The hint: You might find one working in The Pitt.
• The clue: This Wordle has a double letter.
• Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: LAWYER

Okay, now that the bonus custom Wordle is out of the way, let’s move on to the official real deal Wordle!

Wordle Hints: Thursday, August 20

• Wordle Bot’s Starting Word: SLATE
• My Starting Word Today:
• The Hint:
• The Clue:

Hints not enough, or curious to see if you did better than me on today’s Wordle? You can find the answer and read my Wordle Bot analysis and check out the current Competitive Wordle score between me, your humble Wordle guide, and the Wordle Bot below!

Today’s Wordle Answer: Thursday, August 20

Today’s 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.

CHAIR was a great opening guess, leaving me with just 13 words and three colorful boxes. I really debated between REACT and TRACE and when I saw REACT go all green and yellow, I knew two things: I knew TRACE had to be the Wordle and I knew, deep down, that the Wordle Bot had guessed it in two. Unfortunately, that premonition was 100% correct.

Competitive Wordle Score

I get 1 point for guessing in three and lose it because the Bot beat me. The Bot gets 2 points for guessing in two and 1 for beating me. That’s 0 for me (x2 = 0) and 3 for the bot x2 = 6. Ouch! I don’t think it can catch up but this was a big win for the villainous, evil, no good Bot.

Erik: 24 points

Wordle Bot: 10 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

“Trace” comes from Old French trace, meaning “track, footprint, or path,” probably from Latin tractus (“a drawing out, course”), from trahere (“to draw, drag”). Its core sense is a mark or trail left behind by something.

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