Today’s Wordle #405 Hint And Answer — Friday, July 29th

Games Today’s Wordle #405 Hint And Answer — Friday, July 29th Erik Kain Senior Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about video games, entertainment and culture. New! Follow this author to improve your content experience.

Got it! Jul 29, 2022, 12:00am EDT | New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Here’s today’s Wordle answer plus a helpful hint. In Pictures via Getty Images Friday is here at last, and we’re very nearly at the end of July. In fact, come next Monday, as we shuffle our way back to the daily grind, it’ll be August 1st.

July, of course, is named after the first Roman dictator, Julius Caesar. After his death, his birth month Quintilis was renamed in his honor. The Senate may not have loved him—assassinating him in cold blood and all that—but his legacy lives on every summer and has for thousands of years.

Not many mortals ever attain such legendary status. August was named after his heir and successor, Augustus Caesar, the first Emperor of Rome. The Emperor chose the month to be named after him (unlike the posthumous renaming of July) and chose that particular month because it was the anniversary of many of his great victories, including the conquest of Egypt.

August was originally named Sextilis. Quintilis essentially meant fifth month, and Sextilis meant sixth month. Originally, the Roman calendar only had 10 months, but this was changed in about 700 BC when King Numa Pompilius added January and February to the calendar ahead of March.

August only had 29 days originally, but was given two more by Julius Caesar when he created the Julian Calendar. All of which is absolutely fascinating trivia, right? But we’re here for Wordle, so let’s do that now! Today’s Wordle #405 Hint & Answer Beware the Ides of March, but also beware of spoilers which are just ahead! MORE FOR YOU ‘Demon Slayer’ Season 2 Finally Has An Actual 2021 Release Date Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Not A Sure Thing, Says Director ‘Genshin Impact’ Still Refuses To Increase Anniversary Rewards, Despite Fan Outcry You’ve been warned! The hint: How you might feel when you don’t get the correct Wordle answer. And the answer is .

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Today’s Wordle answer Credit: Erik Kain I got quite lucky with my opening guess which was absolutely better than crane this time. Only 17 solutions remained after store according to Wordle Bot. Adieu narrowed that down to just two.

And here is where my luck ran out. I simply thought of the word unset before upset and was feeling the latter when that ‘N’ came up grey and I knew, then and there, what the answer had to be. C’est la vie! This was another kind of tricky word (most words that start with ‘U’ seem kind of challenging) which is in keeping with almost all of July’s Wordles.

Fun times! Have a great weekend, dearest Wordlers! May the Force of others be with you! Follow me on Twitter . Check out my website . Erik Kain Editorial Standards Print Reprints & Permissions.