Today's word number 1198 with tips, hints and answers for Sunday, September 29th

How to solve today's word

The note: You become that on a bike. Or a horse.

The note: This wordle has a double letter.

OK, Spoilers below!

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The answer:

Word analysis

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

I chose DINER because I was trying to do something with food, inspired by today's Strands puzzle. In the end it was a good first guess, but I messed up a bit on the second one. According to Wordle Bot, I should have chosen REACH. This would have eliminated many more options. Unfortunately, I was hoping that CIDER would be the answer because it's such a perfect autumnal word. I tried AGAIN next, still to no avail. Luckily, with four words remaining, RIDER was the wordle. Huzzah!

Competitive Wordle Score

I get 0 points for guessing in four rounds, but 1 point for beating the bot that took a whopping five tries today. Huzzah again!

How to Play Competitive Wordle

• Guessing 1 is worth 3 points; guessing 2 is worth 2 points; guessing 3 is worth 1 point; guessing 4 is worth 0 points; guessing in 5 is -1 points; Guessing on 6 is -2 points and missing the wordle is -3 points.
• If you beat your opponent you get 1 point. If there is a 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 simply play for a new score every day.
• Fridays are 2XP, which means you double your points – positive or negative.
• You can keep a running list or just play day by day. Enjoy!

Today's Wordle etymology

The word “rider” comes from Old English riderewhich means “one who rides” and is derived from the verb ridanwhich means “ride”. The roots of this word go back to the Proto-Germanic verb rīdanawhich also means “to ride” or “to travel on horseback.” The same root occurs in other Germanic languages, such as Old Norse rīða and Old High German rītan.

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