So whenever I play Wordle, I start with 3 words that cover a huge amount of letters in the alphabet. I use SPARE, LIGHT, MOUND every time unless I can easily guess the answer earlier.
It feels like I’m cheating, so I was wondering what others think.
I used to do that, until I started playing hardcore (you have to use letters revealed), but I still start with DUSTY every time and then CLIMB if there are no matches, and KNAVE if there are still none.
Generally, I find the word faster than if I had started with all three.
Why those three? I’ve never seen them recommended, but I’m curious if there’s a best three. I’ve used CRANE and SLIPT, but it didn’t have a suggested third word with it and I’ve used DOUGH more often than not.
CRANE SPLIT is really good! According to my research, DOUGH is indeed your best follow-up if you aren’t shooting for 3.
Hot jam! It’s encouraging to hear I did something right.
They just feel right, I do think that using recommended first words is kinda cheating. DUSTY is a blend of common consonants and uncommon vowels, which works well for me personally. CLIMB hits a bunch of less common consonants. Usually by then I have at least a few hits, so I rarely get to KNAVE, but it gets the common vowels and trickier consonants. I haven’t exactly done analysis on them, but it rarely takes more than 3-4 attempts.
Nah, I start with Audio
I just start with ADIEU to maximize vowel discovery and go from there.
It’s not cheating so much as using a strat to play the game optimally.
Think of it like the difference between playing a game casually and speedrunning a game. When you play casually you just do whatever, fuck around and if you make it to the end in a somewhat proper way great, if you don’t that’s good as well. When you are speedrunning a game you learn all the strats and execute them for optimal gameplay with the goal to complete the game as fast as possible within a certain ruleset.
It totally depends on what you want to do, do you want to fuck around and just have some fun? Or do you want to get to the end as fast as possible? Neither is wrong and I wouldn’t consider speedrunning cheating, it’s just a different way to enjoy the same game.
I don’t think its cheating. People have their own favourite starting word. I’ve always used CRANE
I use TRACE, and the day I get it in 1/6 is the day I retire from Wordl.
I used to start with STALE then I got 1/6 and now I start with LEAST.
Hell yeah. Fellow CRANE user here
ROAST
Play hard mode instead. I consider anything less to be cheating for myself.
If it feels like cheating its probably because youre making things too easy on yourself. Try hard mode
I start with RATES and usually get it in 3-4 tries.
I compared all 15,920 words in my wordbase used as winning words with the same words used as starting words, and RATES is good. It ranked 6th in one of the modes.
RATES - the averages for all games: 🟩 12.55% + 🟨 23.35% = 35.90%
The first place went to:
TARES - 🟩 13.89% + 🟨 22.02% = 35.90%
And max green to:
SANES -🟩14.55% + 🟨15.95% = 30.49%
I usually try CRANE and PIOUS as my starting words. Id say that if you aren’t consistently hitting the word in 4, then you definitely aren’t cheating and might instead be handicapping yourself.
I’m still at a 5 on average but haven’t really thought about how to adjust my strat too much.
A three word set with no C or Y? That’s not cheating, that’s just handicapping yourself. You’ll never get the Wordle in 3 unless it happens to be one of your starting words.
Try starting with SHALE and PRINT and try to solve it in 3. If you really need another hint after that, follow up with GUMBO or COMFY.
The only time I use multi-word starts are in races or in multi-Wordle puzzles like Quordle. For those, I start with COMET, FLASH, BRINK, PUDGY because I can type them fast.
Was wondering what to use. Pooop just never quite worked out so well. ;-)
But serious about the tips, thanks fellas!
I go QUERY, BASIL, CHOMP myself, lol
AUDIO, STERN, and LYMPH for me.
I always start with PENIS and go from there. Sometimes I follow up with ALOUD, or I try something more specific if PENIS revealed a lot of letters.
