The answer to today’s Wordle puzzle (#485 — October 17, 2022) is stein. The word is of German, Yiddish, and Norwegian origin as a name for “stone,” “pip,” or “kernel”. The word is originally from German’s “stein,” a shortened form of “Steinkrug,” which means stone jug (via Etymonline). The word is also the surname of popular American author, poet, and Ernest Hemingway’s peer Gertrude Stein, who was known for her modernist writings and extensive art collection — of her 47 paintings, 38 were by Picasso, in case you were wondering (via Biography.com).
We solved the puzzle in four tries today, as did WordleBot. Our opening guess was the word blush, although WordleBot had a leg-up because it used the starter word slate, which contains three out of the solution’s five letters. Next, we guessed the word stare, and that turned up more useful information. Our third guess was the word steep, and stein was our lucky final guess. Now that you’ve solved the puzzle, you can check out these other puzzle games for Wordle fans.
