Hints and Answer for Today's Wordle No. 1223 for October 24, 2024

 Hello everyone! It's Thursday, October 24th, 2024, and I’m ready for another exciting round of Today Wordle. Before diving into the puzzle, let me give you a few hints to guide your guesses.

Today's Wordle Hints:

• How many vowels? Today's Wordle has two vowels.
• What is the first letter? The first letter is a consonant, so don’t start with any vowels!
• Are there any repeated letters? No repeated letters in this puzzle.
• What is the position of 'O'? The letter "O" is in the second position today.

Here's a real-life example hint to help guess the Wordle answer:

Example Hint:

• Imagine someone who constantly tells others what to do, often in a commanding or controlling way. This person might try to take charge of group projects or insist on things being done their way.

• The word you're looking for describes this kind of person—someone who's overly authoritative or domineering.

Now that you’ve got some handy hints, let’s try to crack this word!

Starting with 'Ingot'

As we jump into today’s Wordle, I want to thank Maxwell Cat 106 for suggesting a great starting word—Ingot. This one’s a solid choice with plenty of valuable letters. Now, let’s see how we fared with that opener.

I went ahead and typed in Ingot, and right away, we made progress! We’ve found the letter "O," though it's out of position. That gives us a good base to work from. Since we’ve already evaluated "I," we know it’s not in the word. It’s time to move that "O" around and focus on filling in the rest of the word with consonants.

Second Guess: House

I figured I'd try house next, as it moves the "O" to the second position and surrounds it with solid consonants like "H," "U," and "S." Surprisingly, that wasn’t the answer, but it revealed more: the "O" is indeed in the second position, and now we’ve locked down "S" in the fourth spot.

With these new clues, we’re moving closer to the answer!

Here’s where things get interesting. We’ve got the "O" and the "S" in place, but I was torn between guessing another vowel-heavy word or leaning into the consonants. I thought about words like toast, but "T" was already ruled out from the earlier guess with "Ingot."

After mulling it over, I began to wonder if this might be a word with double "O"s or something unusual, like woozy. However, testing for the letter "Y" felt more practical than chasing a double vowel scenario. So, I gave it a shot with bossy.

Third Guess: Bossy

Bossy turned out to be the answer! I’ve got to say, it felt like a "bossy" day indeed. Not only did we figure out the word, but we also avoided going down the tricky path of testing double "O"s. Sometimes, focusing on the most likely letter patterns—like checking for "Y"—leads to success faster than taking wild guesses.

Solving today’s puzzle was both fun and challenging. It’s always a great feeling to lock down the answer with just a few tries, especially when you’re testing multiple useful consonants and vowels. "Bossy" was a fitting word for the day, and I’m thrilled we nailed it before things got too dicey (pun intended!).

Tomorrow’s Challenge: Fearless Friday

Looking ahead, tomorrow is Fearless Friday, where we’ll be turning up the difficulty! I’ve decided to go with Hippo as our starting word for tomorrow, so brace yourselves for a wild ride. The double "P" could make things tricky, but that’s the point of Fearless Friday—pushing ourselves to solve puzzles under tough conditions.

How did you do with today’s Wordle? Did you guess "Bossy" too, or were you caught up in testing double vowels like me? Let me know in the comments! And don’t forget to join me tomorrow for another exciting round of Wordle. Let’s see if we can crack the tough puzzle lined up for Fearless Friday!