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It's Wordle Wednesday, oh my Wordlers, and that means I have an extra puzzle for you to solve before today's Wordle. Every Wednesday I dole out a riddle, brain-teaser or logic puzzle for you fine puzzle-solvers to figure out before we get to the Wordle guide. I post the solution on Thursday. Here's today's:

Let me know if you figure this one out. Now let's solve the Wordle!

Looking for Tuesday's Wordle? Check out our guide right here.

Wordle is a daily word puzzle game where your goal is to guess a hidden five-letter word in six tries or fewer. After each guess, the game gives feedback to help you get closer to the answer:

Use these clues to narrow down your guesses. Every day brings a new word, and everyone around the world is trying to solve the same puzzle. Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator. See rules for Competitive Wordle toward the end of this post.

Every day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordle score with Wordle Bot right here.

SNAIL left me with just 11 words but unfortunately my second guess, ANGRY, didn't seal the deal. It did, however, leave me with just one possible solution: ANNOY for the win! I'm mildly annoyed that I didn't get it in two, but I'm not angry. Shame the Bot got it as quick as me, though.

The Bot and I each get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying, bringing our October totals up a notch:

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