Today, I finish all the Wordle available up to this day. That’s 1,688 wordles.
These are my tips for consistent results. For the first guess
- use high frequency letters
- use five unique letters
- balance out between consonant and vowels (2:3 is best in my opinion).
For the second guess:
- use revealed letters but shift position if yellow, and stay if green (just as in hard mode)
- use new set of unrevealed letters
- use high frequency letters
- if a vowel is revealed in the first guess don’t guess with a second unrevealed vowel.
70 percent of words will have 5 unique letters. Over 25 percent will have 4 unique letters (one repeated). Less than 3 percent will use 3-or-less letters.
4 guesses is a par. 3 guesses is a birdie. Failing to finish in six guesses should be at a rate of less than once a month.