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hyperbovineyesterday at 10:45 PM2 repliesview on HN

Alarm is a good guess. On average I can solve a wordle in 3.6 turns when I start with this guess.


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maxkfranztoday at 5:16 AM

I used to use “stare” or “stale” as the starting guess when I played Wordle, thinking you’d want to start off with the most common letters, like R-S-T-L-N-E from Wheel of Fortune.

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ted_bunnytoday at 1:24 AM

Repeated letters are wasted utility. Wouldn't that make it suboptimal for a first move?

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