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« Last post by jaxlongtimer on Today at 03:05:42 PM »Here you go...Quote8 awesome Wordle starting words that players of the game swear by
Adieu, audio, stare, roate, roast, ratio, arise, tears
https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/wordle-best-first-words-list
More suggested first words for Wordle and a statistical calculation of the #1 word for minimizing your guesses (also listed above) but note that word is allowed for guesses but it is not on the 2,315 solution word list so you could never win on a first guess with it:
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rents, slate, stone, learn, snare, steam, tares, sired, risen, earns, rales
aegis, raise, stoae, atone, auloi, irate, ouija, weary, vague, canoe
Alright, if you don’t want to spend all that time guessing and trying out different methods every day, we can (probably) help save you some time and frustration by simply telling you the statistically optimal first guess. One smart cookie—Tyler Glaiel—actually sat down and did the math here.
He found both of the actual word lists that Wordle uses by digging around in the game’s source code. The “possible solutions” list includes 2,315 words, while the game will accept 12,972 guess words.
Glaiel, who works professionally as a programmer and game designer, ultimately ended up creating a bot to help go through the list and determine a word’s viable solution value. He found the first iteration worked pretty efficiently, finding a solution in just 3.69017 guesses. Then, he refined the code so the bot could find the solution in an average of 3.49417 guesses and a worst-case of five guesses.
After further testing, Glaiel determined that the ideal first guess is “roate.” You’re probably thinking that’s not a real word, but it totally is, and it’s defined as “the cumulative net earnings after taxes available to common shareholders, adjusted for tax-affected amortization of intangibles, for the calendar quarters in each calendar year in a specified period of time divided by average shareholder’s tangible common equity.”
So, roate is the best first guess, as Glaiel says, “if the metric you’re measuring is ‘the size of the possible solution list after a guess’.” However, keep in mind that this word only appears in the guesses list, and not the solutions list. It’s the likeliest way to land you close to an answer, but it’ll never be correct. You’ll still have to offer up at least one other guess after roate in order to win, but you’ll be optimally positioned to do so. If you want the best word that could also be a correct answer, “raise” is the best option. It actually appears in the solution list, and it’s statistically nearly as good as roate.
https://www.reviewgeek.com/107930/whats-the-best-wordle-starting-word/
