Word games Wordle

Wordle is a simple word game that gives players six attempts to guess a five-letter word each day.

First, you want to start with words that contain a lot of common letters. However, Wordle also has a “hard mode” which stops you from doing this. - Blank – the letter is not in the word - Yellow – the letter is in the word, but in a different spot - Green – you have put the right letter in the right spot Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

This is despite the publication's promise that the gameplay would not change after it purchased the game. It also comes after Wordle officially migrated to the ...

Not even celebrities were spared from the Wordle frustration. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The word of the day is “tacit”, which means to have “understood or made known without being put into words”, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

Such is the magic of the very simple daily word game, Wordle. The premise is pretty straightforward – you get six tries to guess a five letter word, with a new ...

According to Lee, this has a lot to do with the feeling of community and harmony. Over time, Wordle became so popular that it even managed to catch the attention of the New York Times, lover of both word games and paywalls. Once Wordle made its switch to the Times, a plethora of problems arose, most significantly that the words for us to guess became significantly harder. “Typically the game starts out with easy levels of success, which reward the player with small dopamine reactions frequently and often to get the player hooked,” David adds. It’s the sheer simplicity and uncomplicated-ness of it that has taken social media by storm. And everyone in the world gets the same word.

Scientist Barry Smyth reveals the best word to start all your Wordle games with and which words aren't going to help you win the game.

When playing Wordle, the first word you enter is incredibly crucial. However using the words “arose”, “alien”, “aisle”, and “raise” as your starter word usually means the game can be solved the majority of the time. Everyone has their own set way of playing the game.

The braggers posting their scores on social media offer a treasure trove of data, giving mathematicians a better understanding of the game and why we play ...

Instead of looking at successful games played by humans, Xan Gregg found the best start word by allowing a computer to try out 3,622 start words. And if you want to up your strategy, Smyth also discovered the best start words (scroll all the way to the bottom if you would like a spoiler – it’s not adieu!). Mathematicians have looked at players’ results to better understand the game and the way we play it.