Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1235: Hints, Clues and Answers for Tuesday, November 5

How to Solve Today’s Wordle

The tip: Eight.

The clue: This Wordle has a double letter.

Okay, spoilers below!

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The answer:

Word analysis

Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot here.

A tricky Wordle today. My opening guess, SPOIL, left me with over 300 possible solutions remaining, and OVARY only whittled that down to 11, although my instinct to put the ‘O’ in front was right. OUNCE might have been better in that second guess than in the third, but at least I was left with just one word: OCTET for the win!

Competitive Wordle Score

I get -1 for guessing in four and somehow the Wordle Bot got this one in three (I think it’s cheating!) so for that I get -1, continuing my losing streak with another – 2. Ouch.

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. In case of a draw 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 play for a new score every day.
• Friday is 2XP, which means you double your points: positive or negative.
• You can keep a running tally or just play day by day. Enjoy!

Contemporary Wordle Etymology

The word octet comes from the Latin word Octoberwhich means ‘eight’. It first entered English in the 19th century via the French word octetwhich referred to a group or set of eight, especially in music for an ensemble of eight performers. Later it was adopted in other contexts to denote any group of eight items, most notably in computing to describe a set of eight bits.

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