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Fun game but becomes fairly automatic when you know the best words to start with.
by nemo44x 5y ago
Fun game but becomes fairly automatic when you know the best words to start with.
- ghaff 5y agoThere are probably a dozen or two starting words that are probably good choices depending on your strategy but not sure I'd call it automatic at that point.
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- function_seven 5y agoSo don't start with those words. Or, force yourself each day to start with one you haven't used yet. That's what I do. I now forget what the "optimal" word is (STARE? AISLE?), but my first guess usually has something like a B or F in it. While it's not optimal generally, it is satisfying when you get the word in 2 or 3 guesses because you lucked into the right initial guess.
- AndresNavarro 5y agoBut once you get pretty good at it you can choose to start with a suboptimal word, like a handicap.
- mecha_ghidorah 5y agoI pick a different start word each day to help keep it fresh I have a friend who always users yesterdays word as their first guess
- jbmny 5y agoThat feels like yet another aspect of Wordle's appeal to me: the fact that it starts with a "clean slate", where you can enter any word you want. It's an opportunity for creativity, spontaneity, and serendipity. One of my favorite parts of the game is pulling that first word out of the air.