How to solve today's Wordle.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesLooking for help with today’s Wordle? Look no further. An abundance of hints, clues and other helpful items await, not to mention a bonus Custom Wordle and plenty more.It’s 2XP Friday, so all you Competitive Wordlers be sure to double your point tally (for good or ill) when you add up your points. Let’s solve this thing!Looking for Thursday's Wordle? Check out our guide right here.Today’s Bonus Custom WordleNow that we can create our own custom Wordles, I’m including a bonus Wordle with each daily Wordle guide. These can be 4 to 7 letters long. Hopefully this is a fun extra challenge. Click the link below to play the Wordle I hand-crafted for you.Today’s Bonus Custom Wordle is 6 letters long.Play Puzzles & Games on ForbesThe hint: JunkThe clue: This Wordle has a double letter.Yesterday’s Custom Wordle Answer: GARBAGEHow To Play WordleWordle 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:Green: The letter is in the word and in the correct spot.Yellow: The letter is in the word, but in the wrong spot.Gray: The letter is not in the word at all.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.Today’s Wordle Hints And AnswerWordle Bot’s Starting Word: SLATEMy Starting Word Today: STARE (80 words left)The Hint: DestroyThe Clue: This Wordle has two vowels in a row.Okay, spoilers below! The answer is coming!...The Answer:Today's WordleScreenshot: Erik KainWordle Bot AnalysisEvery day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordle score with Wordle Bot right here. STARE was a good opening guess today, leaving me with 80 words and giving me three yellow boxes. I thought I got really lucky with BREAD but then the fifth box turned over grey. Still, I only had one word left, right? I guessed BREAK and sure enough that was the Wordle. It turns out there was one other possibility, however: BREAM. I didn’t even know that was a word!Competitive Wordle ScoreToday's Wordle BotScreenshot: Erik KainI get 1 point for guessing in three and 1 for beating the Bot. That’s 4 points thanks to 2XP. The Bot gets -1 for losing to me and 0 for guessing in four. That’s -2 for 2XP Friday. Our June totals narrow considerably, though I still have a lot of ground to cover.Erik: 4 pointsWordle Bot: 9 pointsHow 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 points—positive or negative.You can keep a running tally or just play day-by-day. Enjoy!Today’s Wordle Etymology“Break” comes from Old English brecan, meaning “to shatter, divide, or violate,” from a Proto-Germanic root brekaną. It is related to German brechen (“to break”) and has kept essentially the same core meaning for over a thousand years.Be sure to follow me for all your daily puzzle-solving guides, TV show and movie reviews and more here on this blog!