Today’s Wordle tip and answer for Friday May 3 for 1049

It is Friday! So give yourself a treat and hide from your responsibilities with us to understand the Wordle response for today, May 3.

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:

• There are two different vowels in this word.
• There are no repetitive letters.
• This word starts with “E”.
• Today’s word is the name given to extremely dark colored wood.

Still not sure? Read on for the answer.

Wordle answer for word 1049 from May 3, 2024

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

The Wordle answer today is EBONY.

So…this sequence was enjoyable while it lasted. I’m not sure what irritated me more, the fact that I was so close to succeeding or the fact that I was literally using a weapon called “EBONY” last night in a game! Either way, I guess there’s always tomorrow to start the sequence again.

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

There isn’t much agreement on how this word arrived at its modern iteration. Some believe it may be an extended form of the Middle English words “Ebon” and “Hebenyf” from the late 14th century. Others believe it may come from the Greek word “Ebenos” meaning “EBON”.

Anyway, one thing I know for sure is that one of Sparda’s twin sons from Devil May Cry wields a weapon called “EBONY” and as the name suggests, it’s the darker of the two he uses. Brilliantly and in true Dante fashion, the partner gun is brightly colored and named “Ivory”.

Wordle’s past answers for this week

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

• Thursday May 2 (10:48 a.m.) – SLICE
• Wednesday May 1 (10:47 a.m.) – DIARY
• Tuesday April 30 (10:46 a.m.) – Prowl
• Monday April 29 (10:45 a.m.) – CRAFTSMANSHIP
• Sunday April 28 (10:44 a.m.) – PLUM

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!