Erik Kain is ready to dive into today's Wordle, but he's still feeling a bit lazy after a long weekend. The new Game of Thrones spinoff, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, premieres tonight, so Erik is too excited to relax.
The bonus custom Wordle for today features a Middle Eastern spice and has six letters. The starting word is SLATE, while Erik's starting guess is PRONE with 399 words left.
After several guesses, including CLAIM and MATCH, Erik was still unsure of the answer until he finally came up with SUMAC. This might be a good choice for culinary wizards or experts on Middle Eastern cuisine, but for everyone else, it might not be so great.
In today's Wordle Bot analysis, the AI guessed the word in just three attempts, beating Erik's score and earning 2 points. The competition is heating up between these two puzzle enthusiasts!
For those who want to play Competitive Wordle, remember that guessing in one attempt scores 3 points, while guessing in two attempts earns 2 points. Guessing in three attempts nets 1 point, four attempts net 0 points, five attempts result in -1 points, and missing the word is worth -3 points.
Erik also explores the etymology of the answer SUMAC, tracing its origins back to Middle English and Old French through Arabic and finally arriving at the name "summāq" or "summāqah", which refers to a red fruit.
The bonus custom Wordle for today features a Middle Eastern spice and has six letters. The starting word is SLATE, while Erik's starting guess is PRONE with 399 words left.
After several guesses, including CLAIM and MATCH, Erik was still unsure of the answer until he finally came up with SUMAC. This might be a good choice for culinary wizards or experts on Middle Eastern cuisine, but for everyone else, it might not be so great.
In today's Wordle Bot analysis, the AI guessed the word in just three attempts, beating Erik's score and earning 2 points. The competition is heating up between these two puzzle enthusiasts!
For those who want to play Competitive Wordle, remember that guessing in one attempt scores 3 points, while guessing in two attempts earns 2 points. Guessing in three attempts nets 1 point, four attempts net 0 points, five attempts result in -1 points, and missing the word is worth -3 points.
Erik also explores the etymology of the answer SUMAC, tracing its origins back to Middle English and Old French through Arabic and finally arriving at the name "summāq" or "summāqah", which refers to a red fruit.
And now there's some new spinoff and Erik is all hyped about it? Meanwhile, Wordle is just trying to keep us occupied, right? 
The AI beating him in the competition thing is wild though... I mean, how did they even train those algorithms? Is it possible that this is some kind of mind control experiment? 
Just kidding (or am I?)...
Erik needs some relaxation time after that long weekend 
and you're all hyping him up like he's in a Wordle competition or something 
I mean, I get it, SUMAC is a cool answer and all, but calm down, people! 
! i know Erik's super stoked too, can't blame him 
. but seriously tho, i love how Wordle Bot is killing it with its 3-try guess 
. i was stuck on SUMAC myself, thought it was a pretty random choice 
. anyway, can't wait to see what Erik's next guess will be 
Erik's score might not be the best, but it's all about having fun and learning something new along the way 
!
but I gotta give props to that AI bot, 3 attempts is insane! Erik might wanna step up his game 
. Erik's solution SUMAC is pretty cool, but I think it's too specific for most people 
. I also enjoyed learning about the etymology of SUMAC - who knew it comes from Arabic? 
. Erik's still a strong contender, but now I'm kinda rooting for the Bot 
. Maybe we'll see some friendly competition between them in the next puzzle