So whenever I play Wordle, I start with 3 words that cover a huge amount of letters in the alphabet. I use SPARE, LIGHT, MOUND every time unless I can easily guess the answer earlier.
It feels like I’m cheating, so I was wondering what others think.
I used to do that, until I started playing hardcore (you have to use letters revealed), but I still start with DUSTY every time and then CLIMB if there are no matches, and KNAVE if there are still none.
Generally, I find the word faster than if I had started with all three.
Why those three? I’ve never seen them recommended, but I’m curious if there’s a best three. I’ve used CRANE and SLIPT, but it didn’t have a suggested third word with it and I’ve used DOUGH more often than not.
They just feel right, I do think that using recommended first words is kinda cheating. DUSTY is a blend of common consonants and uncommon vowels, which works well for me personally. CLIMB hits a bunch of less common consonants. Usually by then I have at least a few hits, so I rarely get to KNAVE, but it gets the common vowels and trickier consonants. I haven’t exactly done analysis on them, but it rarely takes more than 3-4 attempts.
CRANE SPLIT is really good! According to my research, DOUGH is indeed your best follow-up if you aren’t shooting for 3.
Nah, I start with Audio
It’s not cheating so much as using a strat to play the game optimally.
Think of it like the difference between playing a game casually and speedrunning a game. When you play casually you just do whatever, fuck around and if you make it to the end in a somewhat proper way great, if you don’t that’s good as well. When you are speedrunning a game you learn all the strats and execute them for optimal gameplay with the goal to complete the game as fast as possible within a certain ruleset.
It totally depends on what you want to do, do you want to fuck around and just have some fun? Or do you want to get to the end as fast as possible? Neither is wrong and I wouldn’t consider speedrunning cheating, it’s just a different way to enjoy the same game.
I just start with ADIEU to maximize vowel discovery and go from there.
I don’t think its cheating. People have their own favourite starting word. I’ve always used CRANE
