Wordle

[rockyracoon]

After reading the latest Wordle post, I was wondering, if you play, what words do you start with?

I mainly play Octordle and start with STERN and AUDIO, then maybe CLIMB or PSYCH.

[wolf63]

TRADE/TREAD
PIOUS

All the vowels and some often-used words.

[rockyracoon]

Hi Wolfy.
How's the move? Are you all settled?

[rockyracoon]

They're quite good words, by the way.

[barry1010]

GUIDE and ROAST

[wolf63]

The move happened - yesterday.

I have no shower (they have taken the bath out) and I had to plead with the plumber to give me a toilet - it had previously been sitting in my bedroom.

I am climbing the walls, apart from that it is all good!

[rockyracoon]

Interesting. I've just finished Octordle with me trusty STERN AUDIO and CLIMB with one go left. I might try I few different words tomorrow.

[tomus42]

Touch, slimy, anger.
Or
orate, suing, lymph

I find there's not much point guessing specific words until you've got three good starters in.

[barry1010]

I think it is important to stick to the same starter words.

[-SharonA-]

Adieu for me.

[bednobs]

adieu, second word depends on what i get from that

[sandyRoe]

Shirt, bacon, and plead.
That gives me 14 of the most widely used letters.

[-SharonA-]

Snap bednobs!!

[Ken4155]

'Adieu' then 'Sport'.

[rockyracoon]

That's sounds awful, Wolfy. How are you managing?

Thank you for all your words. It's interesting to see how others start off.

[jno]

S is one of the commonest letters in the wider world, but not in Wordle, which doesn't seem to make use of plurals or third-person verbs, so I don't use it in starter guesses. Other games may differ.

[Ken4155]

The downside of using my two words is that quite often, i end up with just the 'a' and 'the 'e' and none of the consonants. And there must be a trillion, billion, million, 5-letter words that would fit, particularly when the 'a' and the 'e' are the second and fourth letters:-(
Just done today's and it took 5 attempts.

[Ellipsis]

Do you select "Hard Mode"?

[Ken4155]

I don't get a choice.

[Ken4155]

I've just done today's 'Wordl' and i did notice the option to choose hard mode with that.

[davebro]

//S is one of the commonest letters in the wider world, but not in Wordle, which doesn't seem to make use of plurals or third-person verbs,//

Not really checked but I "think" the dictionary has more words STARTING with S than any other letter. So....