The solution to today’s Wordle puzzle (#525 – November 26, 2022) is “clean.” The word is from Middle English “clene,” but it goes back to Old English “clǣne,” which means to be unblemished or free from impurities or dirt. It also goes back to West Germanic “klainja,” but that’s of uncertain origin (via Merriam-Webster).
Considering we were solving for a word as common as “clean,” our Wordle-solving process today was a little messy. Our first guess, whine, was a decent opening word (according to WordleBot) but it left 99 remaining possible solutions. Talk about having 99 problems. The follow-up guess, boned, stripped that number down to 19. After the third guess, steak, there were still three possible solutions, and only three chances left! Our fourth guess, gleam, wasn’t a very efficient one but it helped narrow down the possible answers to just one, and we got it right on the fifth try. It’s not our cleanest attempt, and we hope you’re able to do a tidier job. If you want to prolong the fun, here are more games like Wordle to try.
