Today’s Wordle Review: August 3, 2023

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Our columnist reviews the day’s puzzle. Warning: Contains spoilers!

By Elie Levine

Welcome to The Wordle Review. Be warned: This article contains spoilers for today’s puzzle. Solve Wordle first, or scroll at your own risk.

This month’s featured artist is Annelise Capossela. You can read more about her here.

★★★★★

Wordle 775 3/6*

⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ SPRIG🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 PERKY🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PARTY

Today’s word is the best word. How could there possibly be a better word? It also feels especially timely as we near the end of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. We might see some unexpected solves in one as players reach for starting words that apply to their lives. If today’s word was on your mind, that probably means great things about your life.

We’ve entered the first week of August, a time full of ripe tomatoes, brilliant sunsets and warm water at beaches. It’s also the beginning of corn and squash season in the rural areas around New York City. I chose SPRIG as my starting word to refer to the herbs I’ve been adding to my seasonal cooking lately. The jauntiness of the word also matches the jolt of late-summer energy that I’m experiencing. August, the bittersweet final month of summer, reminds us to savor the remaining days of warmth and late sunsets until they greet us again next year.

I employed the familiar method of starting my next guess with a yellow square from my previous one, and again, it led me closer to the answer. I’ve guessed PORKY in the past, but I felt that PERKY was more appropriate here, underscoring that rush of energy. With P_R_Y, I was home free. My guess of PARTY led to a satisfying solve in three, and the game concluded in a matter of seconds, leaving me to embrace my late-summer day — after I solve Connections, the Spelling Bee and The Crossword.

Today’s word is PARTY, a noun. According to Webster’s New World College Dictionary, it can refer to a social gathering or any group acting as a unit.

Today’s puzzle is moderately easy. The letter pattern in today’s word is distinctive enough that the answer can be found within six guesses, and the word is familiar, with no repeating letters.

For more in-depth analysis, visit our friend, WordleBot.

Annelise Capossela is an award-winning illustrator who is based in New York City and who is originally from Vermont. Her work explores the human experience and is driven by psychology, identity and relationships to community and everyday life. Aesthetically, she is inspired by human-made works such as textiles, fine art and storytelling. When she is not illustrating or teaching, Ms. Capossela is probably outside with her partner and their dog, Winnie, hiking in some mountains or wandering through Central Park.

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