Today's Wordle No. 1190: Hints, tips and answers for Saturday, September 21

How to solve today's Wordle

The note: Brad P., Morgan F., Kevin S., Gwyneth P.

The note: This Wordle contains a double letter.

OK, Spoilers below!

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The answer:

Wordle Analysis

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

PEARL was once again a pretty solid opener, and HOIST took the 86 words I had left and turned them into – ironically – 7. I wish I had guessed that number next, but I went with SEGUE instead. My final guess was the lucky number SEVEN for the win. Hooray!

Competitive Wordle Score

A total failure. 0 points for guessing in four and 0 for the draw with the bot.

How to play competitive Wordle

• If you get a 1, guessing is worth 3 points, if you get a 2, guessing is worth 2 points, if you get a 3, guessing is worth 1 point, if you get a 4, guessing is worth 0 points, if you get a 5, guessing is worth -1 point, if you get a 6, guessing is worth -2 points and missing the Wordle is worth -3 points.
• If you beat your opponent, you get 1 point. If you draw, you get 0 points. And if you lose to your opponent, you get -1 point. Add these points together to get your score. Keep a daily score or just play for a new score every day.
• On Fridays you get 2XP, which means you double your points – positive or negative.
• You can keep a running record or just play day by day. Have fun!

Today’s Wordle etymology

The word “seven” comes from Old English Subscribewhich goes back to Proto-Germanic sebun and ultimately the Proto-Indo-European root septm̥from which similar words in Latin also come (September) and Greek (hepta).

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