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Does this mean that RSTLNE on wheel of fortune is non-optimal too?

• lorax 15y ago
  If you aren't taking into account the length of the word, then it looks like the optimal choice of 5 consonants and 1 vowel. Look at his section titled "First refinement" the most common letters were (in order) "ESIARNTOL" Eliminate all but the first vowel and you get ESRNTL, the same as WoF.
• dwd 15y ago
  Given your perception can generally fill in the vowels - picking any early on would seem non-optimal.
  • grandalf 15y ago
    I think it's more a goal of eliminating uncertainty about which letter occupies a slot. For example, if I have guess T and E and see _ _ E as the word I know it's not the word "The".