Honestly, the Wordle for May 14 (puzzle #1,425) was way trickier than usual. The answer was BONGO, and I think what messed people up is the double "O" and the fact that not a ton of people use the word “bongo” in day-to-day convos. On top of that, only one of the top 5 common Wordle letters showed up in the answer, which definitely made usual guessing strategies less useful.

I remember staring at the grid thinking I'd got close with words like "BONEY" or "BONUS," but just couldn’t crack it right away. WordleBot's stats say most players took about 4.3 tries, which means lots of folks didn’t get it first shot. Plus, when you’re trying to lock down a word that starts with “B” and has two “O”s, it really narrows the options, but not in a helpful way. It felt a bit like a mini-puzzle inside the puzzle because you had to think outside the normal guesses. My advice: next time, watch out for repeated vowels, they're sneaky! It's cool that Wordle keeps us on our toes, though – keeps it fun.