Stuck on today’s grid. The New York Times Wordle for May 15 throws a curveball with some rare consonants. There’s only one vowel in sight. And it repeats.
Don’t peek yet if you’re trying to solve it yourself. Go back. Try again.
One repeated letter. Just one.
That’s your first clue. The vowel shows up twice. No other vowels hide in there. Just E’s.
The word starts with C. It ends with D.
What connects them?
Hint #5 : Think about principles. Or beliefs. A code you live by. It can be a formal statement of those guiding thoughts.
Ready to surrender?
Today’s Wordle answer is CREED.
Short. Punchy. Fits the pattern perfectly.
Where we’ve been
Yesterday was all about WAVER (May 14). Before that? A slippery week:
- DOWDY (May 13)
- CLOCK (May 12)
- NEWLY (May 11)
- PARKA (May 10)
See a pattern? Maybe. Or maybe you just needed to burn brain cells elsewhere.
Better starters
If CREED caught you off guard, maybe your opener was weak. You want frequency. You want E, A, and R doing the heavy lifting. Skip the Z’s. Skip the Q’s.
Try these instead:
- ADIEU
- TRAIN
- CLOSE
- STARE
- NOISE
Some days the game just wants to win. Is there any other reason for the repeated vowel strategy?
Anyway. That’s today’s puzzle. Until tomorrow brings a new mystery, or just more letters you can’t seem to place.
