Today’s Wordle clue and answer on Thursday June 20 for 1097

Even though there is still work to be done this week, remember to reflect and spend time solving problems. Wordle response for today, June 20, 2024.

For the uninitiated, the goal of Wordle is to find a five-letter word in six guesses every day. The fewer guesses, the better – and if you don’t get it right at all, you’ll end your streak.

This is why training today’s Wordle answer is such a priority because players take pride in continuing their streak. So why gamble on a risky final guess when you can learn a few clues and, failing that, get the definitive answer? This page can help you.

Once you’ve got the hang of today’s word, learn more about Wordle and how the New York Times got interested in games in this interview with NYTimes gaming editor Jonathan Knight. In keeping with the theme of words, we also explained why the NYTimes Mini Crosswords are a reliable joy.

Clues for today’s Wordle answer

Instead of jumping straight to the answer, you may only need a few clues to cross the line:

• Today’s word contains only one vowel.
• There are no repeating letters in this word.
• The word starts with “S”.
• In Dragon’s Dogma 2, the Trickster class has a skill with this word in the name.

Still not sure? Read on for the answer.

Wordle answer for word 1097 from June 20, 2024

Even with the clues above, are you still not sure and want to continue with this?

The Wordle answer today is SCENT.

For today’s puzzle, I started with the word “EIGHT”, followed by “SPENT”. Since I was out of ideas, I decided to try a random word just to see if I could get a clue as to which letters I hadn’t found yet. That’s why my third guess was “COUNT”, which showed me that “C” was in the wrong position. This gave me the idea to try “SCENT” and luckily it was the right answer.

Now you have the answer, don’t spoil it for others! Don’t forget that you can share your spoiler-free results in the form of a grid.

Of course, no one should know that you came to this page to solve the problem. Maybe start by making a couple of false assumptions to confuse them, perhaps?

The etymology of today’s Wordle

The word “SCENT,” like many words that are currently part of our official vocabulary, arose from a process that began with the Latin term “SENTIRE,” meaning to feel. Of equivalent meaning, we find the word ‘SENTIRE’ in old French. The term’s link with the perception of odors also appears in Old French with “SENTIR”.

Interestingly, the word initially did not have a “C”, but after the 17th century its spelling changed to “SCENT” due to a pattern in modern English.

Wordle’s past answers for this week

And now for our “Previously on Wordle” segment! (I know “in” works better, but let me have this…) Last week, the following words appeared in Wordle:

• WEDNESDAY June 19 – LACONIC
• TUESDAY June 18 – BLANKET
• MONDAY June 17 – BEFORE
• SUNDAY June 16 – GRIND
• SATURDAY June 15 – PROUD

If you want to know all the words that have graced Wordle in the past, check out our archive of past Wordle answers.

What to play after Wordle

Once your daily Wordle is over, the question is: what are you going to play now?

You can of course try the other word games offered by the New York Times, such as Spelling Bee, Mini Crossword and Letter Boxed. You can also try your luck at Connections, the daily Sudokus and Tiles – a rather additive pattern matching game.

There are also a range of games that have tweaked the Wordle formula. Squaredle challenges you to find a series of words by connecting letters in a four-by-four grid. Meanwhile, Dordle, Quorodly, Octordly and Sedecordle all stick to the standard Wordle, while increasing the number of words you need to find. The challenge lies in how your guesses count for all words. So you need to decide whether you are going to focus on a specific word or try to solve multiple words at the same time. Fortunately, the number of guesses given to you increases as the number of words you have to solve.

If you want to take a break from spelling, try GeoGuessr. Here you will be given an image of somewhere, anywhere, in the world and asked to place a marker on where you think that location is. There is even an Old School RuneScape version.

Hope you enjoyed playing Wordle today!