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ForbesToday’s ‘Wordle’ #1156 Hints, Clues And Answer For Sunday, August 18thBy Erik Kain

It’s Monday. Again. We had a lovely, rainy Sunday and I’m hoping that keeps up throughout the week. I’m in a rainy mood. And the forests need all the moisture they can get. Remarkably, we’ve only had one wildfire so far this year (at least of any consequence). That’s a nice trend that I’d like to see continue.

In any case, enough preamble. Let’s do this Wordle!

How To Solve Today’s Wordle

The Hint: A unit of measurement.

The Clue: This Wordle has a double letter.

Okay, spoilers below!

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The Answer:

Today's Wordle

Credit: 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.

Well this one quite thoroughly stomped me! CHAIN left 681 possible solutions—one of the worst openers I’ve had in a long time—and SPOKE was almost as unlucky, slashing that down to 104 and leaving me with one measly ‘E’ in yellow. I thought I should check ‘Y’ and also guessed I might have two E’s so I went with WEEDY for guess #3 and that wasn’t very good, either. One green box, 12 remaining solutions. BERET got both E’s into green and finally slashed the number of remaining words down to just one: METER for the win!

Competitive Wordle Score

Guessing in five means -1 point and since the Wordle Bot guessed in four, that’s another loss of a point. -2 total. Yikes!

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

The word "meter" has its origins in the Greek word "métron" (μέτρον), meaning "measure." The term was adopted into Latin as "metrum," and eventually entered Old French as "metre," before making its way into English.

In English, "meter" refers to both a unit of measure (as in the metric system) and a device that measures (as in a gas meter or electricity meter). The use of "meter" to refer to a device for measuring comes from the same root, as these devices measure quantities like volume, distance, or time.

The concept of "meter" as a unit of length in the metric system was formally established during the French Revolution in the late 18th century. The meter was originally defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole, measured along the meridian through Paris.

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