Used words are further down the page
Starting Words
Suggestions from around the Internet.
* = newest (July 5, 2022)
SIREN- OCTAL
ADIEU
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 September 6, 2022
| A – I | J – R | S – Z |
| ABACK ABASE ABATE ABBEY ABYSS ACUTE ADOBE AGAPE AGATE AGREE AHEAD ALBUM ALIEN ALLOW ALOFT ALONE ALTAR AMPLE ANGRY APHID APRON 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 BRAKE BREAK BRIAR BRIBE BRINE BRING BRINK BUGGY CACAO CANNY CARGO CATER CAULK CHAMP CHANT CHARM CHEAT CHEEK CHEST CHIEF CHILL CHOKE CHUNK CIGAR CINCH CIVIC 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 DEATH DELTA DELVE DEPOT DEPTH DIGIT DODGE DONOR DOWRY DOZEN DRAIN DRINK DROLL DUCHY DUTCH DWARF EGRET ELDER ELOPE ENEMA EPOCH EPOXY ERODE ERROR ESSAY EVADE EXULT FARCE FAVOR FEIGN FERRY FEWER FIELD FINER FIRST FIXER FJORD FLAIR FLESH FLICK FLING FLOAT FLOCK FLOOD FLOSS FLUFF FLUME FOCAL FOCUS FORAY FORGE FORGO FORTH FOUND FOYER FRAME FRESH FRONT FROTH FUNGI GAMER GAMMA GAUDY GAUZE GAWKY GECKO GIRTH GLASS GLEAN GLOAT GLOOM GOLEM GONER GOOSE GORGE GOUGE GRADE GREAT GREET GRIME GRIPE GROIN GROUP GROWL GRUEL GUILD GULLY HAIRY HATCH HEATH HEIST HELIX HERON HINGE HOARD HOMER HUMOR HUMPH HUNKY HUTCH HYPER INERT INPUT INTER IRONY ISLET IVORY | JAUNT KARMA KEBAB KHAKI KNOLL LABEL LABOR LAPEL LAPSE LARVA LIGHT LILAC LINEN LIVER LOOPY LOSER LOWLY LUSTY LYING MADAM MAJOR MANOR MARRY MASSE MAXIM MERIT METAL MIDGE MIDST MIMIC MINCE MODEL MOIST MONEY MONTH MOTOR MOTTO MOULT MOUNT MOURN MOVIE NASTY NATAL NAVAL NEEDY NIGHT NYMPH OFFAL OLIVE ONSET OTHER OUGHT OUTDO OXIDE PANEL PANIC PAPER PARRY PATTY PAUSE PEACH PERCH PERKY PHASE PICKY PIETY PILOT PINTO PITHY PLANT PLEAT PLUCK POINT POKER POUND POWER PRICK PRIDE PRIMO PRIZE PROVE PROXY PULPY PURGE QUERY QUIET RADIO REACT REBUS REBUT RENEW REPAY RETCH RETRO RHINO RHYME ROBIN ROBOT ROGUE ROOMY ROUGE ROUND ROYAL RUDER RUPEE RUSTY | SALAD SAUTE SCARE SCOUR SCRAP SEEDY SERVE SEVER SHAKE SHALL SHAME SHARD SHAWL SHINE SHIRE SHOWN SHOWY SHRUB SHRUG SIEGE SISSY SKILL SLOSH SLUMP SLUNG SMART SMEAR SMELT SMITE SNOUT SOLAR SOLVE SONIC SOWER SPEND SPICY SPIKE SPILL SPRAY SQUAD STAFF STAIR STAND START STEAD STEED STINK STOMP STOOL STORE STORY STOUT STOVE SUGAR SURER SWEET SWILL SWIRL TACIT TANGY TAPIR TAUNT TEASE THEIR THORN THOSE THUMB TIARA TIGER TILDE TIPSY TODAY TOTEM TRACE TRAIN TRAIT TRASH TRAWL TREAT TRIAD TRITE TROLL TROPE TROVE TRUSS TRYST TWANG TWEED TWICE ULCER ULTRA UNFED UNFIT UNIFY UNMET USHER USING VIRAL VITAL VIVID VODKA VOICE VOUCH WACKY WASTE WATCH WEARY WEDGE WHACK WHELP WHOOP WINCE WOOER WORLD WOVEN WROTE WRUNG YEARN YIELD YOUTH ZESTY |
| ABACK ABASE ABATE ABBEY ABYSS ACUTE ADOBE AGAPE AGATE AGREE AHEAD ALBUM ALIEN ALLOW ALOFT ALONE ALTAR AMPLE ANGRY APHID APRON 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 BRAKE BREAK BRIAR BRIBE BRINE BRING BRINK BUGGY CACAO CANNY CARGO CATER CAULK CHAMP CHANT CHARM CHEAT CHEEK CHEST CHIEF CHILL CHOKE CHUNK CIGAR CINCH CIVIC 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 DEATH DELTA DELVE DEPOT DEPTH DIGIT DODGE DONOR DOWRY DOZEN DRAIN DRINK DROLL DUCHY DUTCH DWARF EGRET ELDER ELOPE ENEMA EPOCH EPOXY ERODE ERROR ESSAY EVADE EXULT FARCE FAVOR FEIGN FERRY FEWER FIELD FINER FIRST FIXER FJORD FLAIR FLESH FLICK FLING FLOAT FLOCK FLOOD FLOSS FLUFF FLUME FOCAL FOCUS FORAY FORGE FORGO FORTH FOUND FOYER FRAME FRESH FRONT FROTH FUNGI GAMER GAMMA GAUDY GAUZE GAWKY GECKO GIRTH GLASS GLEAN GLOAT GLOOM GOLEM GONER GOOSE GORGE GOUGE GRADE GREAT GREET GRIME GRIPE GROIN GROUP GROWL GRUEL GUILD GULLY HAIRY HATCH HEATH HEIST HELIX HERON HINGE HOARD HOMER HUMOR HUMPH HUNKY HUTCH HYPER INERT INPUT INTER IRONY ISLET IVORY JAUNT KARMA KEBAB KHAKI KNOLL | LABEL LABOR LAPEL LAPSE LARVA LIGHT LILAC LINEN LIVER LOOPY LOSER LOWLY LUSTY LYING MADAM MAJOR MANOR MARRY MASSE MAXIM MERIT METAL MIDGE MIDST MIMIC MINCE MODEL MOIST MONEY MONTH MOTOR MOTTO MOULT MOUNT MOURN MOVIE NASTY NATAL NAVAL NEEDY NIGHT NYMPH OFFAL OLIVE ONSET OTHER OUGHT OUTDO OXIDE PANEL PANIC PAPER PARRY PATTY PAUSE PEACH PERCH PERKY PHASE PICKY PIETY PILOT PINTO PITHY PLANT PLEAT PLUCK POINT POKER POUND POWER PRICK PRIDE PRIMO PRIZE PROVE PROXY PULPY PURGE QUERY QUIET RADIO REACT REBUS REBUT RENEW REPAY RETCH RETRO RHINO RHYME ROBIN ROBOT ROGUE ROOMY ROUGE ROUND ROYAL RUDER RUPEE RUSTY SALAD SAUTE SCARE SCOUR SCRAP SEEDY SERVE SEVER SHAKE SHALL SHAME SHARD SHAWL SHINE SHIRE SHOWN SHOWY SHRUB SHRUG SIEGE SISSY SKILL SLOSH SLUMP SLUNG SMART SMEAR SMELT SMITE SNOUT SOLAR SOLVE SONIC SOWER SPEND SPICY SPIKE SPILL SPRAY SQUAD STAFF STAIR STAND START STEAD STEED STINK STOMP STOOL STORE STORY STOUT STOVE SUGAR SURER SWEET SWILL SWIRL TACIT TANGY TAPIR TAUNT TEASE THEIR THORN THOSE THUMB TIARA TIGER TILDE TIPSY TODAY TOTEM TRACE TRAIN TRAIT TRASH TRAWL TREAT TRIAD TRITE TROLL TROPE TROVE TRUSS TRYST TWANG TWEED TWICE ULCER ULTRA UNFED UNFIT UNIFY UNMET USHER USING VIRAL VITAL VIVID VODKA VOICE VOUCH WACKY WASTE WATCH WEARY WEDGE WHACK WHELP WHOOP WINCE WOOER WORLD WOVEN WROTE WRUNG YEARN YIELD YOUTH ZESTY |