How to solve today's Wordle.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesLooking for Fridays Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here:We have just this weekend before Christmas and then one final weekend of December and 2024 before its a brand new year, with new resolutions to slowly give up on. Is that too cynical for a Saturday? Maybe Im just jaded. I hope everyone is off to a great festive start this winter break!In any case, we have a Wordle to solve!How To Solve Todays WordleThe Hint: Individual grass.The Clue: This Wordle ends with a vowel.Okay, spoilers below!...The Answer:Today's WordleCredit: Erik KainWordle AnalysisEvery day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here. Play Puzzles & Games on ForbesI screwed the pooch on this one, though it all ended up okay. My opening guess, SPIRE, wasnt great but it also wasnt terrible. I only had one green box and I decided to just leave it in place for my second guess. Then I made a terrible mistake and re-used the R that came up grey in the first word. GRATE only slashed the number of potential solutions down to 17, and FLAKE only carved that number down to 5. Luckily, I guessed correctly with my fourth and final guess: BLADE for the win!Competitive Wordle ScoreI get 0 points for guessing in four and 0 points for tying the Bot. All zeroes everywhere. Zero the hero. That reminds me of a song:How To Play Competitive WordleGuessing in 1 is worth 3 points; guessing in 2 is worth 2 points; guessing in 3 is worth 1 point; guessing in 4 is worth 0 points; guessing in 5 is -1 points; guessing in 6 is -2 points and missing the Wordle is -3 points.If you beat your opponent you get 1 point. If you tie, you get 0 points. And if you lose to your opponent, you get -1 point. Add it up to get your score. Keep a daily running score or just play for a new score each day.Fridays are 2XP, meaning you double your pointspositive or negative.You can keep a running tally or just play day-by-day. Enjoy!Todays Wordle EtymologyThe word blade comes from Old English "bld", meaning "a leaf of a plant" or "a cutting edge of a weapon or tool." This term is rooted in Proto-Germanic "blad" (leaf or flat surface) and is related to Old Saxon blad, Old Norse bla, and Gothic blada.The original sense likely referred to something flat and thin, like a leaf, and later extended to the cutting edges of knives, swords, and other tools.Let me know how you fared with your Wordle today on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me here on this blog where I write about games, TV shows and movies when Im not writing puzzle guides. Sign up for my newsletter for more reviews and commentary on entertainment and culture.