Used words are further down the page
Starting Words
Suggestions from around the Internet.
* = newest (July 5, 2022)
SIREN- OCTAL
ADIEU
STARE
SOARE
IDEAL – SOUTH
* ROATE – RAISE
* CRANE
* STARE
| Bill Gates likes AUDIO & OUNCE. I don’t find those work as well as SIREN & OCTAL. He also looks for vowels in position 2 & 4. Look for pairs: CH & SL |
* STARE – Given that S is the most common first letter among Wordle answers, A is the most common third letter, and E is the most common final letter.
(From: https://gamingintel.com/best-wordle-starting-word-first-win-every-time/)
| ETAOIN – most used letters |
| Suggested Starting Words From Around the ‘Net |
| ADEPT ADIEU AISLE AUDIO BAKES BOOST CHEAT CLAMP CLASP CLOSE CRANE DEPOT FIELD FIRST LANCE LEANT MAKER MANIC NUDGE PANIC PIOUS PLAID | REACH RECAP REGAL ROAST ROATE SCALP SLATE SLICE STARE STORY STRAP TEARY TIGER TOAST TRACE TRAIN TRAMP TRICE TRIED ULCER WIELD YACHT YIELD |
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 (the last time I checked was June 2022)
2022 Words used
Through November 4, 2022
| A – E | F – P | Q – Z |
| ABACK ABASE ABATE ABBEY ABYSS ACUTE ADMIT ADOBE AGAPE AGATE AGREE AHEAD ALBUM ALIEN ALIKE ALLOW ALOFT ALONE ALOUD ALPHA ALTAR AMPLE ANGRY APHID APRON APTLY ARGUE AROMA ASIDE ASKEW ASSET ATOLL ATONE ATONE AUDIT AWAKE AWFUL BADGE BADLY BANAL BASIC BATON BATTY BAYOU BEADY BEING BELCH BELLY BENCH BERTH BIOME BLACK BLAND BLEED BLOKE BLOWN BLUFF BLURT BLUSH BOOBY BOOST BOOZY BOUGH BRAKE BREAK BRIAR BRIBE BRINE BRING BRINK BUGGY CACAO CANNY CARGO CATCH CATER CAULK CHAMP CHANT CHARM CHEAT CHEEK CHEST CHIEF CHILL CHOKE CHUNK CHUTE CIGAR CINCH CIVIC CLASS CLICK CLING CLOCK CLOTH CLOWN CLUCK COAST COLON COMET COMMA CONIC CORNY COULD COYLY CRAMP CRANK CRASS CRATE CRAZE CRAZY CREAK CREAK CREPT CRIMP CROAK CRUST CYNIC DANDY DEATH DELTA DELVE DENIM DEPOT DEPTH DIGIT DODGE DONOR DOUBT DOWRY DOZEN DRAIN DRINK DROLL DUCHY DUTCH DWARF EGRET ELDER ELOPE ENEMA ENJOY EPOCH EPOXY EQUAL ERODE ERROR ESSAY EVADE EXULT | FARCE FAULT FAVOR FEIGN FERRY FEWER FIELD FINER FIRST FIXER FJORD FLAIR FLESH FLICK FLING FLOAT FLOCK FLOOD FLOOR FLOSS FLOUT FLUFF FLUME FOCAL FOCUS FOGGY FORAY FORGE FORGO FORTH FOUND FOYER FRAME FRESH FRONT FROTH FUNGI GAMER GAMMA GAUDY GAUZE GAWKY GECKO GIRTH GLASS GLEAN GLOAT GLOOM GLORY GOLEM GONER GOOSE GORGE GOUGE GRADE GRATE GREAT GREET GRIME GRIPE GROIN GROUP GROVE GROWL GRUEL GUILD GULLY HAIRY HATCH HEATH HEIST HELIX HERON HINGE HOARD HOMER HOWDY HUMOR HUMPH HUNKY HUTCH HYPER INEPT INERT INPUT INTER IONIC IRONY ISLET IVORY JAUNT KARMA KEBAB KHAKI KNOLL LABEL LABOR LAPEL LAPSE LARVA LEAVE LEERY LIGHT LILAC LINEN LIVER LOFTY LOOPY LOSER LOWLY LUSTY LYING MADAM MAJOR MANOR MARRY MARSH MASSE MAXIM MERIT METAL MIDGE MIDST MIMIC MINCE MODEL MOIST MONEY MONTH MOTOR MOTTO MOULT MOUNT MOURN MOVIE MUMMY NASTY NATAL NAVAL NEEDY NIGHT NYMPH OFFAL OLIVE ONSET OTHER OUGHT OUTDO OXIDE PANEL PANIC PAPER PARRY PATTY PAUSE PEACH PERCH PERKY PHASE PHOTO PICKY PIETY PILOT PINEY PINTO PITHY PIXEL PLANT PLEAT PLUCK POINT POKER POKER POUND POWER PRICK PRIDE PRIMO PRIZE PROVE PROXY PULPY PURGE | QUERY QUIET QUIRK RADIO REACT REBUS REBUT RECAP RENEW REPAY RETCH RETRO RHINO RHYME ROBIN ROBOT ROGUE ROOMY ROUGE ROUND ROYAL RUDER RUPEE RUSTY SAINT SALAD SAUTE SCALD SCARE SCORN SCOUR SCRAP SEEDY SERVE SEVER SHAKE SHALL SHAME SHARD SHAWL SHINE SHIRE SHOWN SHOWY SHRUB SHRUG SIEGE SISSY SKILL SLOSH SLOTH SLUMP SLUNG SMART SMEAR SMELT SMITE SNEAK SNOUT SOGGY SOLAR SOLVE SONIC SOWER SPEND SPICY SPIKE SPILL SPRAY SQUAD STAFF STAIR STAND START STEAD STEED STEIN STICK STING STINK STOMP STOOL STORE STORY STOUT STOVE SUGAR SURER SWEET SWILL SWIRL TACIT TANGY TAPIR TAUNT TEASE THEIR THEME THORN THOSE THUMB THYME TIARA TIBIA TIGER TILDE TIPSY TODAY TOTEM TRACE TRAIN TRAIT TRASH TRAWL TREAT TRIAD TRICE TRITE TROLL TROPE TROVE TRUSS TRYST TWANG TWEED TWICE TWINE ULCER ULTRA UNFED UNFIT UNIFY UNMET UPSET USHER USING USURP VALID VIGOR VIRAL VITAL VIVID VODKA VOICE VOUCH WACKY WALTZ WASTE WATCH WEARY WEDGE WHACK WHELP WHOOP WINCE WOOER WORLD WOVEN WROTE WRUNG YEARN YIELD YOUTH ZESTY |