COVEN

DEFINITION — ETYMOLOGY

Pun Play: I’ve no idea which is WITCH?

My Gameplay: DUMPY, TRASH, CLOWN, COVEN

Wordle Solve – “COVEN”

Here’s my clean, no-nonsense breakdown of how I landed on the Wordle answer COVEN. Same voice as always — practical, a touch playful, and built for readers who want the solve path and the logic, not fluff.

Opening Shots

DUMPY to start — pure board mapping. It nuked D, U, M, P, Y in one go, so I instantly knew I wasn’t playing with the usual suspects. Next I fired TRASH to sweep common consonants and find an A if it was hiding. No love there either, which told me we’re likely leaning into an O/E vowel core with less common consonants still on the table.

Grid Gets Loud

CLOWN was my info play: I wanted position pressure on C-L-O-N while testing W. The board came back with C and N locked in green, and the O showed up but in the wrong seat. Translation: the word starts with C, ends with N, and O belongs somewhere in the middle — just not slot three.

Narrowing to the Finish

From there, I built viable frames: C _ O _ N wasn’t legal given the O placement, so I flipped to a clean skeleton: C O _ E N or C _ V E N. With D, U, M, P, Y, T, R, A, S, H, L, W all dead, the best high-yield consonant left to test in the pocket was V. That gave me COVEN — which neatly places the O in slot two and keeps the N anchored at the end. Lock it in. Game over.

Why This Worked

• Coverage first: Two broad openers blasted common letters so I wasn’t stuck chasing ghosts.
• Shape recognition: Once C and N locked, I built legal word shapes around the mispositioned O.
• Smart consonant test: With most workhorses gray, V was the right “punch-through” consonant — and it paid instantly.

Gameplay Recap

1) DUMPY ⟶ all gray. 2) TRASH ⟶ all gray. 3) CLOWN ⟶ C and N green, O yellow. 4) COVEN ⟶ correct.

Takeaways for Future Boards

When the board denies the everyday alphabet, don’t panic — prune hard, then lean into structure. Lock positions, build the legal shells, and test the one spicy consonant that actually fits the pattern. That’s how you turn a weird board into a clean four-guess win.

Summary: I opened wide with DUMPY and TRASH to clear the deck fast. CLOWN then gave me the backbone: C and N fixed, O out of place. From there the only elegant shell was C_VEN or COV_EN, and V was the highest-value test left after the board grayed out the usual suspects. COVEN clicked immediately and the puzzle folded. Simple pattern work and one decisive consonant check did the job. Have a stellar Saturday. On to tomorrow!