Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1471 Hints, Clues And Answer For Sunday, June 29th

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I decided to do back-to-back hot yoga and a HIIT class at OrangeTheory and while that felt great, it’s also left me sore and tired and very much feeling my age

But enough pumping iron and getting swole—let’s solve this Wordle

How To Solve Today’s Wordle The Hint: Clever

The Clue: This Wordle has a double letter

The Answer: Today's WordleScreenshot: Erik Kain Wordle Analysis Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game

You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here

HOIST (which the Wordle Bot told me afterwards was exactly the word it would have picked) slashed that number to 7, but I still had just two yellow boxes

I thought MINTY sounded nice, so I went with that

Unfortunately, it was not a great guess, leaving me with four options to choose from

I guessed WITTY and lucky for me, that was the Wordle

Competitive Wordle ScoreToday's Wordle BotScreenshot: Erik Kain The Bot and I get 0 points today for guessing in four and tying one another

That leaves our June totals at: Erik: 20 points Wordle Bot: 10 points At this point, the Wordle Bot cannot win

I could fail to guess the Wordle (-3 points) and it could guess on its first try (+3 points) and our totals would be 17 to 13

I am the king of the Wordle

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

Today’s Wordle Etymology The word witty comes from Old English wittig, meaning “wise” or “intelligent,” derived from wit, which originally meant “knowledge” or “understanding. ” Wit traces back to the to-Indo-European root *weyd-, meaning “to see” or “to know. ” By the 16th century, witty evolved to mean clever or quick with words, especially in a humorous way

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