It’s chosen from a sequential list of words in the source code. Each word was vetted by the woman this game was originally made for. See the NY Times article:

It’s chosen from a sequential list of words in the source code. Each word was vetted by the woman this game was originally made for. See the NY Times article: http://web.archive.org/web/20220106042510/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/technology/wordle-word-game-creator.html http://web.archive.org/web/20220106042510/https://www.nytime...