Starting Words
Siren – Octal
SOARE
IDEAL – SOUTH
ROATE
| The First List I Made | ETAOIN – most used letters |
| ROATE ADIEU STORY REGAL AISLE BOOST NUDGE AUDIO STARE TEARY PIOUS MAKER TIGER YACHT ULCER TOAST FIRST MANIC CHEAT PANIC | SLICE TRIED CRANE LEANT CLOSE TRICE TRAIN SLATE LANCE TRACE ADEPT CLAMP PLAID SCALP CLASP DEPOT RECAP STRAP TRAMP FIELD YIELD WIELD |
| Fast Win SLICE TRIED CRANE leant close trice train slate lance trace bakes reach roast = = = IDEAL / SOUTH | Fewest Guesses adept clamp plaid scalp clasp depot recap strap tramp |
It can be hard to make a guess that you know couldn’t be correct, because it doesn’t include a letter that you already know is needed to win. But if you can fight that impulse, the information-maximizing strategy is to make your first few guesses span as many common letters as possible with a set of guesses like:
YOURS
LIMED
CHANT
SIREN – these two words give you 10
OCTAL – of the most common letters
DUMPY
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SOARE
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Start with: S, C, B, T, A
End with: E, Y, T, R
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1 in 3 words have a duplicated letter
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S has not been used to make a Plural
Through June 25, 2022 – #371
| ABACK ABASE ABATE ABBEY ABYSS ACUTE ADOBE AGATE AGREE AHEAD ALBUM ALLOW ALOFT ALONE ALTAR AMPLE APRON ARGUE AROMA ASIDE ASKEW ASSET ATOLL ATONE AUDIT AWAKE AWFUL BADGE BADLY BANAL BASIC BATON BATTY BAYOU BEADY BEING BELCH BELLY BENCH BIOME BLACK BLEED BLOKE BLOWN BLURT BLUSH BOOBY BOOST BOOZY BRAKE BREAK BRIAR BRIBE BRINE BRING BRINK CACAO CANNY CARGO CATER CAULK CHAMP CHANT CHEAT CHEEK CHEST CHILL CHOKE CHUNK CIGAR CIVIC CLICK CLOCK CLOTH CLUCK COAST COLON COMET COMMA CONIC CORNY COULD CRANK CRASS CRATE CRAZE CRAZY CREAK CREPT CRIMP CROAK CRUST CYNIC DEATH DELTA DELVE DEPOT DEPTH DIGIT DODGE DONOR DOWRY DOZEN DRAIN DRINK DUCHY DUTCH DWARF ELDER ENEMA EPOCH EPOXY ERODE ERROR ESSAY EVADE EXULT FARCE FAVOR FEIGN FERRY FEWER FINER FIRST FIXER FJORD FLAIR FLESH FLICK FLING FLOAT FLOOD FLOSS FLUME FOCAL FOCUS FORAY FORGE FORGO FORTH FOUND FOYER FRAME FRESH FRONT FROTH GAMER GAMMA GAUDY GECKO GIRTH GLASS GLOAT GLOOM GOLEM GONER GOOSE GORGE GOUGE GRADE GREAT GREET GRIME GRIPE GROIN GROUP GROWL GUILD HAIRY HATCH HEATH HEIST HELIX HERON HINGE HOARD HOMER HUMOR HUMPH HYPER INERT INPUT ISLET IVORY JAUNT KARMA KEBAB KNOLL | LABOR LAPEL LAPSE LARVA LIGHT LINEN LOOPY LOSER LOWLY LUSTY LYING MAJOR MANOR MARRY MASSE MAXIM METAL MIDST MIMIC MINCE MODEL MOIST MONEY MONTH MOTOR MOULT MOUNT MOURN MOVIE NASTY NATAL NAVAL NYMPH OFFAL OLIVE OTHER OUGHT OUTDO OXIDE PANEL PANIC PAPER PARRY PAUSE PEACH PERCH PERKY PHASE PICKY PIETY PILOT PITHY PLANT PLEAT PLUCK POINT POUND PRICK PRIDE PRIMO PROVE PROXY PULPY PURGE QUERY QUIET RADIO REACT REBUS REBUT RENEW REPAY RETCH RHINO ROBIN ROBOT ROGUE ROUGE ROUND ROYAL RUPEE SALAD SAUTE SCARE SCOUR SCRAP SEEDY SERVE SHAKE SHALL SHAME SHARD SHAWL SHINE SHIRE SHOWN SHOWY SHRUB SIEGE SISSY SKILL SLOSH SLUMP SLUNG SMART SMELT SMITE SNOUT SOLAR SOLVE SONIC SOWER SPEND SPICY SPIKE SPILL SPRAY SQUAD STAFF STAIR STAND START STEED STINK STOOL STORE STORY STOUT STOVE SUGAR SURER SWEET SWILL SWIRL TACIT TANGY TAPIR TEASE THEIR THORN THOSE THUMB TIARA TIGER TILDE TIPSY TODAY TOTEM TRACE TRAIN TRAIT TRASH TRAWL TRIAD TROLL TROPE TROVE TRUSS TWEED ULCER ULTRA UNFED UNIFY UNMET USHER USING VIRAL VITAL VIVID VODKA VOUCH WATCH WEARY WHACK WHELP WINCE WOOER WORLD WROTE WRUNG YEARN YIELD ZESTY |