Today’s Wordle #1430: Hints, Clues, and Answer for Monday, May 19th

Today’s ‘Wordle May 19th 2025

Hint: A baseball maneuver—or the kind of darkness you’d find on a moonless night.

Clue: This Wordle is packed with consonants and light on vowels.

Spoilers ahead!

Wordle Strategy & Solution

Today’s game started with a solid opener: CLONE. That guess narrowed things down to just 81 possible solutions.

Next, I almost went with WITCH (don’t ask why—it just popped into my head). Instead, I played it safe with SAINT, hoping to eliminate or confirm the letter ‘A’. That guess helped bring the options down to just five.

Then I tried WITCH, which got me even closer—down to three remaining words. From there, I landed on the correct answer: PITCH.

A bit of late-game luck? Maybe. But I’ll take it!

Competitive Wordle Score

Here’s how the competition shook out today:

  • My result: Solved in 4 guesses — 0 points

  • Wordle Bot: Solved in 3 guesses — 1 point

  • Bot beats me: -1 point for me, +1 for the Bot

Daily totals:

  • Erik: -1 point

  • Wordle Bot: +2 points

Which means the Bot reclaims the lead for May:

  • Erik: 12 points

  • Wordle Bot: 13 points

Back and forth we go!

How to Play Competitive Wordle

Want to make your daily Wordle even more fun? Try this scoring system:

  • 1 guess = 3 points

  • 2 guesses = 2 points

  • 3 guesses = 1 point

  • 4 guesses = 0 points

  • 5 guesses = -1 point

  • 6 guesses = -2 points

  • Didn’t solve it? = -3 points

Bonus scoring:

  • Beat your opponent = +1 point

  • Tie = 0 points

  • Lose = -1 point

  • Fridays = Double XP (positive or negative)