Today’s Wordle Word Of The Day #417 Answer, Hint And Clues, Wednesday August 10th

Games Today’s Wordle Word Of The Day #417 Answer, Hint And Clues, Wednesday August 10th 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 stay notified about their latest stories.

Got it! Aug 10, 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 solution plus a helpful hint. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Today is the first day of school ‘round these parts. My 15-year-old is starting 10th grade at a brand new school, so that’s a little nerve-wracking for everyone but especially for her.

I think it’ll be a good change, personally. My son is starting 7th grade, which is the same grade I was when we first moved here. I keep encouraging both of them to do their daily Wordles.

It’s not much, but any little thing we can do to keep our wits sharp is important and worthwhile. Reading, going out in nature, playing boardgames, having conversations with friends—all of these are important pieces of that puzzle. It’s easy to just coast on by on auto-pilot, though.

So Wordle is a nudge, if nothing more, to remind us that puzzle-solving is a good thing, that waking our brains up for even a moment is crucial to our wellbeing as humans in a world that often asks us to zone out or distracts us with a parade of useless trivia and bad news. With all that said, let’s take a look at today’s Wordle, shall we? Today’s Wordle #417 Answer, Hint & Clue Spoilers ahead. You’ve been warned.

The Hint: Not a good trait in a new romantic partner. 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 The Clue: You should probably use the best Wordle starting word this time. The Answer: Today’s Wordle solution Credit: Erik Kain This should not have taken me five guesses, but I was distracted.

Sound actually narrowed my possible options down to just 66. Better still, crane— the best starting word, but hey why not use it for #2?—slimmed things down to just two choices. My third guess was neither of these.

Chink, as in a ‘chink in one’s armor’, is apparently not even a Wordle answer which is weird, though as I type this I recall that it’s also used as an anti-Chinese slur. Since I’m a huge nerd for all things Medieval, including knights in chain-mail, I think of ‘chink’ in the armor (or proverbial) sense of the word. But I suspect it’s left out of the list because of its less savory use.

I can’t honestly tell you why my next guess was clint. I figured ‘C’ probably had to precede ‘L’ since ‘H’ was out of the picture and clint just popped into my head. The only meaning I know for the word is the name, Clint (as in Clint Eastwood) and since proper nouns are verboten in Wordle, that makes this a genuinely terrible guess.

In fact, after crane only two possible guesses remained: clink or cling and since I eliminated the ‘K’ I should have at least had cling by Guess #4. Alas, I messed up. At least I got it by #5 and didn’t whiff the whole thing.

I can cling to that knowledge, however lame it may be. Best of luck, dearest Wordlers! Have a wonderful Wordle Wednesday! Follow me on Twitter . Check out my website .

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