How To Win At Wordle Every Time

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  • čas přidán 10. 06. 2024
  • David Kwong, New York Times Crossword Constructor, instructs us on how to win at Wordle - the viral word puzzle that has been taking the internet (and Twitter) by storm.
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Komentáře • 535

  • @buzzfeedmultiplayer
    @buzzfeedmultiplayer  Před 2 lety +89

    What's your go-to starting word? 👀

  • @susiehopper7005
    @susiehopper7005 Před 2 lety +32

    I prefer to start with a different word every day - and usually it's just the first thing that pops into my head. Of course, that means I don't win every day, but it's fun to mix things up.

  • @davidalearmonth
    @davidalearmonth Před 2 lety +181

    I like to play it safe and start every day with the word Entry, typically followed by Audio to get all the vowels. I find that starting with Entry gets me that occasional critical letter y and tells me whether it's at the end of the word or not which is really important. After that if I'm searching for more consonants I will often go with champ, chimp, chomp, or chump, depending on which vowel I have in the word. Or maybe Flesh for the letter e.

    • @davidalearmonth
      @davidalearmonth Před 2 lety +2

      @WhoIsKrystal Sometimes I like to use these 4 words: Glide, Frost, Nymph, Quack

    • @woodedlane
      @woodedlane Před 2 lety +5

      interesting - I like entry - I use 'poise' and 'laugh' and then 'forty' if needed. Audio is another good one I never considered. I got today's in 4 tries - all letters right from the beginning. Nice when that happens - rare for me.

    • @justicegusting2476
      @justicegusting2476 Před 2 lety

      People with “trusty starting words” are idiots.

    • @justicegusting2476
      @justicegusting2476 Před 2 lety

      @@woodedlane Nobody cares, dearie.

    • @woodedlane
      @woodedlane Před 2 lety +8

      @@justicegusting2476 lol Obviously you did. Feel better now?

  • @elenas3571
    @elenas3571 Před 2 lety +295

    Alternatively: look up the secret word ahead of time and brag online about how you got it “first try!!”

  • @nitwitbit
    @nitwitbit Před 2 lety +11

    I love that many books in the background were green (plus the vase? mug? on the table), as was the Nirvana shirt.

  • @Iluvbillkaulitz11210
    @Iluvbillkaulitz11210 Před 2 lety +29

    I start with Adieu and Story first, gets rid of the vowels, and the str letters too!

    • @AtheistPilgrim
      @AtheistPilgrim Před 2 lety

      Mine are IRATE and SOUND

    • @Aero-rh8ce
      @Aero-rh8ce Před 2 lety

      Mine is adieu and storm... Basically the same but m is more commonly used than y I guess...

    • @UTU49
      @UTU49 Před 2 lety

      @@Aero-rh8ce
      btw...
      "adieu" + "snort"
      ... is the same letters as...
      "irate" + "sound"
      I think leaving the "n" that late would make me anxious. 😅

  • @swifty6990
    @swifty6990 Před 2 lety +5

    If you do , fjord,waltz,nymph,gybes,quick then you get all letter gone except x and v or double letters

  • @valef4977
    @valef4977 Před 2 lety +5

    My secret to keeping a streak of one word guesses is playing it first in an incognito tab. After getting the correct word, I then encode it on my tab that keeps my data

  • @markwilson4078
    @markwilson4078 Před 2 lety +14

    My starting word is typically “stone”. It only uses 2 vowels, but all 5 letters are within the 8 most common letters used, and I almost always get some information from that word to make educated guesses that normally gets me to the actual word within 4 guesses.

  • @davidreichert9392
    @davidreichert9392 Před 2 lety +4

    I like to emphasize consonants over vowels. It's much easier to determine a word from its consonants over its vowels.

  • @catakuri6678
    @catakuri6678 Před rokem +3

    i once guessed the word "THING" and it was all in yellow!
    i then realized that the answer is NIGHT

  • @knusern
    @knusern Před 2 lety +18

    My starting word today was clown 💀

  • @24magiccarrot
    @24magiccarrot Před 2 lety +3

    My first 3 words are Aired, Ghoul and Scamp, whilst it covers one less letter than your three words it covers all the vowels and only the a is double with it being a vowel it is in a lot of words anyway so gives me two chances of finding it's placement

  • @TheMattooine
    @TheMattooine Před 2 lety +16

    Got it on my 1st guess the other day when the word was OTHER. Pure luck.

  • @RosanneCooke
    @RosanneCooke Před 2 lety +26

    I got the word on my first try last week. I really enjoy playing so I was bummed it was over so fast. 😂

    • @AznJsn82091
      @AznJsn82091 Před rokem +2

      I argue that getting the word in two or more guesses is better than getting it on the first try

  • @rheffner3
    @rheffner3 Před 2 lety +3

    Irate is my main starting word. Today it allowed me to get it in 2. Pretty pretty good.

  • @shanek7672
    @shanek7672 Před 2 lety +7

    Great video! Very likable host as well.

  • @fractalinfect3454
    @fractalinfect3454 Před 2 lety +5

    I thought I was something special with a 3.74 average, but then found out that Sweden is the world leader with an average of 3.71. (The US trails far behind with 3.9 something). So I started to focus and got it down to 3.59. My goal is to get to 3.5. Love this game. I used to start with Heart but then discovered that WordleBot solves most quickly using the starting word Crane. So I switched.

  • @thisfungrandma5893
    @thisfungrandma5893 Před rokem +1

    Really comprehensive video! 👍👍👍

  • @SueMoseley
    @SueMoseley Před 2 lety +3

    I start with audio, followed by tiers if I think there might be an 'e' in there. Getting the vowels sorted first helps me.

  • @9liveslisa
    @9liveslisa Před 2 lety +5

    Fun video! I love Wordle. I do it every morning to wake up my brain and my sister and a friend and I share how many guesses and then after that we share our words. The one that stumped me the most was a word with NO VOWELS! That really threw me! I think of words usually having vowels. But now I know better! Oh and I always start Wordle with a different word every day. Using the same one would be too boring to me. lol!

  • @Fidget1764FreoFanman
    @Fidget1764FreoFanman Před rokem +2

    My top starters (I always eliminate C and common vowels and consonants. I also avoid using U on the first try, hence no CRUST):
    CRANE, CREST, CRATE, TRACE, TRICE, CARTS, REACT, CRIES, COAST, ASCOT, SCORE, CASTE, SCARE, SCENT, SCALE, ENACT, ACTOR, CLEAR, CLONE

  • @Charlie1875
    @Charlie1875 Před 2 lety +5

    I personally go for ‘Adieu’ as my first word. Gets 4/5 vowels out of the way first,

  • @jayteadesigns
    @jayteadesigns Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks! 👍

  • @brazenzebra
    @brazenzebra Před 2 lety +6

    Brag about a consecutive 5 game total score rather than a single game score: A+=15-16, A=17-19, B=20-22, C=23-25, D=26-30, F=

  • @RealRyanMcLeod
    @RealRyanMcLeod Před 2 lety +18

    I have more 4 guess finishes than all other rankings combined. I got there by using my first three guesses to use as many consonants as possible. once you've cleared the board of those, there are generally simple rules you can follow to figure out which vowel and where it goes. getting the vowels first is novice at best... because every word has vowels. It's the instantly known factor.

  • @bevbo42
    @bevbo42 Před 2 lety +1

    Irate and Sound are usually my first 2 words. That way I've covered all vowels in my first 2 goes.

  • @BennydoesstuffYT
    @BennydoesstuffYT Před 2 lety +1

    Life changing

  • @epicshade144
    @epicshade144 Před 2 lety +7

    I actually start with ADIEU. That way I can get 4 of the 5 vowels out of the way. Then follow it up with ROCKY or WORTH but only if there were no letters in ADIEU. I haven't busted since I started and am currently 100% after 62 tries.

  • @jocelynhaeberle1401
    @jocelynhaeberle1401 Před 2 lety +1

    Stare is always my first guess, too!

  • @doncooper6163
    @doncooper6163 Před 2 lety

    I start with poise and then depending, I go with aught. Then I have all the vowels and maybe a consonant or two. Since it's only a five letter word, it's not hard after that.

  • @ClaritaTC
    @ClaritaTC Před 2 lety

    Another good word to start with is audio BC it has four out of five vowels a, I, o, u, then for more information do trees since it has e and then you used all your vowels

  • @lakeisharhyant2045
    @lakeisharhyant2045 Před 2 lety

    Adieu is a good word to start with. I missed the word today because a letter repeated. I usually get a little stumped with words with one vowel.

  • @grotgrusson5124
    @grotgrusson5124 Před 2 lety +1

    I always go for SHARK as my first guess 🙂
    Works like a sharm

  • @ScottWorthington
    @ScottWorthington Před rokem

    I like the starter word ROAST, usually followed by WEIGH, then PLUNK. Or JUNKY. Strategy may change based on the letters that hit.

  • @whosfredol5194
    @whosfredol5194 Před 2 lety +2

    My seven-year-old self: I'm 10 parallel years ahead of you guys and it's called mastermind... I don't know why I loved that game it was just guess colors but yet it was so much fun.

  • @Bevity
    @Bevity Před 2 lety +1

    I go with a hunch. The first word that comes to me is what I go with. I usually get 2 or 3 green tiles right off. Sometimes 3 or 4 yellow tiles. The best I have ever done was get the right word in 2 guesses. I have rarely used 5 words and never 6 and I have never lost a game. Yet.

  • @privatepilot979
    @privatepilot979 Před 2 lety +7

    Today, 10 February 2022, I guessed the wordle in 2 guesses without anyone’s help.

    • @suebean3873
      @suebean3873 Před 2 lety +2

      First time tonight I did it on the first try. What are the chances. I’m still in shock.

    • @1otterlover
      @1otterlover Před 2 lety +1

      Me too!

  • @70PaulK
    @70PaulK Před 2 lety +1

    SEPIA has been my first word, but will see if Roate does better.

  • @darwinthecat
    @darwinthecat Před 2 lety

    My first 3 words are usually completely different. Just trying to get as many letters as possible (depending on the outcome of the first 2).

  • @cindyweber9846
    @cindyweber9846 Před 2 lety +1

    I start with the word "aurei". The majority of the vowels are in this word. If none of these are in the word, then you know it's a word with the letter o and/or y.

  • @maartenandries2576
    @maartenandries2576 Před 2 lety

    AISLE & YOUTH as first tries. Works everytime. All vowels.

  • @locomotivetrainstation6053

    1:10 or just do corgi, it tests positions for the R, it has most of the letters in dingo and it could be the word

  • @TheLT704
    @TheLT704 Před 2 lety

    could ADIEU followed by WROTH work as starting words ??
    My nephew used FROST this morning with luck :)

  • @Whoever68
    @Whoever68 Před 2 lety +1

    I always start with ‘about’ followed by ‘smile’. I normally solve it in three or four guesses.

  • @Chris-ei2wl
    @Chris-ei2wl Před 2 lety +1

    Raise followed by mouth followed by fudgy (if necessary) has never failed me lol

  • @piotrbukowski9566
    @piotrbukowski9566 Před 2 lety +39

    Actually it's not true that ROATE is statistically the best opener. There are better ones like: SALET, CRATE, TRACE, SLATE, REAST, CRANE, SLANE, SLANT, CARTE, CARLE. They statistically give the greatest possible amount of information taking into account all possible later moves and combinations, not just the first guess... Check out the channel 3blue1brown for all the mathematical explanations and simulations, especially the latest addendum to the topic.

    • @ITR
      @ITR Před 2 lety +2

      Roate is the best if you look at the first 3! The addendum only covers looking at the best 2, and the first video had the bug / not based on the wordlist.

    • @piotrbukowski9566
      @piotrbukowski9566 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ITR Hm but look at the best average scores in the table (at the right) at 8:30 timestamp of that addendum video ("Oh, wait, actually the best Wordle opener is not “crane”")? Opening with SALET gives an average score of 3.433 moves and ROATE is not even present in the top 15? but is only #2 when considering just the amount of information gained from a single opening word?

    • @ITR
      @ITR Před 2 lety +1

      @@piotrbukowski9566 Ah, I think I see my mistake, I was optimizing for "most solved in 4 or less guesses" rather than average score. Might be a completely different answer then, I'll rerun it later.

    • @rugby_is_golden
      @rugby_is_golden Před 2 lety +1

      The best is audio..u use 4 vowels

    • @Firefly256
      @Firefly256 Před 2 lety

      @@rugby_is_golden how is that good? You don’t have consonants to go off of

  • @daneekaplan4284
    @daneekaplan4284 Před 2 lety

    LOL Adieu is my starting word, followed by front. I get all the vowels and often get it in 3 or 4.

  • @user-co1yg1bv5h
    @user-co1yg1bv5h Před měsícem

    I usually use
    Ocean
    or
    Tiler
    For vowels

  • @Abdullah-mon
    @Abdullah-mon Před 2 lety +1

    The strategy I do is email then soups just to do all the vowels

  • @DashB-ee9ty
    @DashB-ee9ty Před 2 lety +5

    For 20/26, I do
    Tubes
    Fling
    Champ
    Wordy

    • @Lyxtra
      @Lyxtra Před 2 lety

      For 25/26 I do
      GLENT
      BRICK
      JUMPY
      WAQFS
      VOZHD I win 99.9% of the time

  • @meredithinserra4670
    @meredithinserra4670 Před 2 lety

    I start with the words ABOUT or ADIEU because of the vowels.

  • @ToastedBread68
    @ToastedBread68 Před 2 lety +1

    I think the only times I've lost at wordle is when the word ends with "ing". There's so many possible correct guesses for that.

  • @crosswordboss
    @crosswordboss Před 2 lety

    3 Word Combo: STAIR, (B/C/H)ONED and LUMPY

  • @pgplaysvidya
    @pgplaysvidya Před 2 lety +3

    the last time kayak was the word du jour reddit was a fountain of sad panda
    also there should be more discussion on hard mode strategy. I'm of the opinion that your guesses should have at least 2 or 3 words in advance. So if you for example, stumble into a _ound situation (mound pound sound found hound...uh, bound wound round...) then you would have lost because the chances of just getting 6/6 depends on typically how many more than 4 versions of the word exist.
    So unless you have to (and you dun goofed if you do) don't make word guesses that force you into guess a _ound word. instead you could guess say, brown and now if you still end up in the _ound situation you've ruled out bound round wound
    i dunno. i dislike hard mode bc i dislike thinking in this manner. i just like my wordle streak which obviously is heavily weighted toward 4 and 5/6

  • @iamroberty
    @iamroberty Před 2 lety +1

    Haha I always start with stare too.

  • @beltingtokra
    @beltingtokra Před 2 lety

    I always start with TEACH and NOISY

  • @locomotivetrainstation6053

    I made a system to score wordle words (a good word is above 25-30 I'd say)
    Highest score - 42.12 - ROATE
    Lowest score - 6.99 - XYLYL

  • @paramspov
    @paramspov Před 2 lety

    ADIEU is my starting word since it has 4 vowels in it followed by SPORT. It has the missed out vowel and the most used four letters in it

  • @shartish43
    @shartish43 Před 2 lety

    Brick, podgy, shunt, flame; my go to words

  • @adrianalex86
    @adrianalex86 Před 2 lety +2

    Normally, I'll go with TEARS as the first try.

  • @billsee476
    @billsee476 Před 2 lety

    i use the word AROSE as it has 3 vowels and commonly used consonants

  • @davewhiting9730
    @davewhiting9730 Před 2 lety

    I look for others to post theirs and it can help to give me some strategy

  • @tomralph8540
    @tomralph8540 Před 2 lety

    MATES
    ROUGH
    PICKY
    BL_ND
    Checks 19 unique letters, all of them more common than the suggestion in the video which utilised C and Z, and the only duplicated guess will check a new position of 4 of the 5 vowels depending on what’s coming up yellow in the first 3 guesses.
    BLAND, BLEND, BLIND or BLOND makes BL_ND the most versatile guess in the game.

  • @jenignacio
    @jenignacio Před 2 lety

    haven't lost yet at WORDLE Hard Mode after 141 games (sometimes because of luck :) ). Guess distribution is currently mainly at 4 (40%) and 3 (30%) which i guess is pretty average or even below. I start off with NITES.... this is a nice way to kick off my day together with NERDLE :D

  • @its_autumnnnn
    @its_autumnnnn Před 2 lety +3

    Just used roate today. R, a, t, and e we’re all yellow. Then tried trace. Everything yellow. Crate, c in the right spot. Caret, c, a, and e are green. Cater! Correct

    • @K41d4n
      @K41d4n Před 2 lety

      Roate doesn’t work for me

    • @its_autumnnnn
      @its_autumnnnn Před 2 lety

      @@K41d4n yesterday was saute and it was perfect! I got it in 4 tries

  • @SeriousPigi
    @SeriousPigi Před rokem +1

    Kayak actually showed up

  • @bean9O
    @bean9O Před rokem

    People always say to use adieu but it usually gets you not far. The reason is the word is usually complex

  • @lazypeon1572
    @lazypeon1572 Před rokem

    for normal mode i always do aisle, mound, crypt

  • @BackToBlueSide218
    @BackToBlueSide218 Před 2 lety +2

    Not being native speaker in English Wordle is even harder because it’s so many words I’ve never even heard of😅

  • @Nulled6666
    @Nulled6666 Před 2 lety

    Movie is my go to word in order to eliminate 3 of the 5 vowels

  • @fatherjack636
    @fatherjack636 Před 2 lety

    I usually do it first on my iPad then do it on my laptop afterwards. I always seem to get it first go then.

  • @wknight8111
    @wknight8111 Před rokem

    I used to start with "IRATE" and then go on to "SOUND". That gives me all the vowels and a few of the common consonants. Now I just pick random words to start with because I'm an animal.

  • @yinkaoreoluwa9654
    @yinkaoreoluwa9654 Před 2 lety +2

    I'll never forget, "movie" and "robot" fucked me up. 😅. Also Quordle is quite nice too; if you get bored of regular wordle.

    • @zach14m
      @zach14m Před rokem

      "movie" ended my streak of 68. I had one guess left and guessed moxie. What a nightmare that was.

  • @jackhemming6128
    @jackhemming6128 Před 2 lety

    My dads mate does alien then mousy. Removes all of the vowels and the y which is a Demi vowel

  • @bcrowcroft
    @bcrowcroft Před 2 lety

    Best starting point for me is the word AUDIO which offers 4 vowels

  • @lylestavast7652
    @lylestavast7652 Před rokem

    audio works for me... style usually pumps in a few... I don't get F very often and it bites me in the backside... I've written a bash script that uses "grep" against a dictionary I combined several text files to create... most of my errors at this point are keyboarding errors... octordle is a good stretch of the original wordle...

  • @jessiemontgomery5838
    @jessiemontgomery5838 Před 2 lety

    My go to words : audio, aisle, patio.

  • @abiromu
    @abiromu Před 2 lety

    I use AUDIO or ROUTE for my first word. I almost always get at least 1 letter in yellow or green using either of these.

  • @chrisb4003
    @chrisb4003 Před 2 lety

    I prefer to start with 1 vowel, first, strap, ports, something like that with 4 good consonants

  • @c0mplicated
    @c0mplicated Před 2 lety +1

    just start with adieu to know all the vowels in the word

  • @DJRAPID247
    @DJRAPID247 Před 2 lety

    Audio adieu are good starters in my opinion

  • @thepixelfoxy
    @thepixelfoxy Před 2 lety

    The first word I go for are words that use the vowels.

  • @hidden1319
    @hidden1319 Před 2 lety

    3:50 talks about getting Geese one day then the word of today is Goose lol.

  • @04adventures
    @04adventures Před 2 lety +10

    This game is basically like Mastermind but with words.

    • @MrEdwardCollins
      @MrEdwardCollins Před 2 lety +1

      Basically, yes. But Mastermind is much more difficult and thus, to me it's more fun.
      With Mastermind, you're also told when you got a colored peg exactly right, and when you got a colored-peg in the wrong position... _but you're not told which peg it is!_ That's for you to figure out for yourself! Wordle, of course, tells you exactly which letters you have exactly right, and which letters you have right but in the wrong position. This takes away much of the logical deductions you would normally have to make.
      Of course, if Wordle did that, the game wouldn't NEARLY be as popular as it is. Most people don't want to think that much.

  • @vindoodles7346
    @vindoodles7346 Před rokem

    "is this the best one youve ever done?"
    they ask as they look at a page that shows having done only 7 games ever.

  • @pigo-picoldo
    @pigo-picoldo Před 2 lety

    2:21 try
    FLAME
    BRICK
    PODGY
    SHUNT

  • @lucaybarra567
    @lucaybarra567 Před rokem

    Nice

  • @OddSwiftGoose
    @OddSwiftGoose Před rokem

    @ 2:19 i start with "piano" and then "carts"

  • @melissahollowell7255
    @melissahollowell7255 Před 2 lety

    I also use STARE! i feel smarter already.

  • @kazzyftw
    @kazzyftw Před 2 lety

    Tubes, fling, champ, wordy

  • @andrewolson7742
    @andrewolson7742 Před rokem

    Adieu and Story. You're welcome. 😊👍

  • @adanna.n
    @adanna.n Před rokem

    I usually begin with “anime” “otaku” “house” or “suave” cos they have 3 vowels

  • @TomCee53
    @TomCee53 Před 26 dny

    I take objection with the title. There is no way to guarantee a win.

  • @v0calbeatzlaughs
    @v0calbeatzlaughs Před 2 lety +1

    I usually do roast and then mince ☺️😋

  • @dylanrees
    @dylanrees Před 2 lety

    skein, graft, clump, howdy

  • @malachigroves5705
    @malachigroves5705 Před 2 lety

    I start with beans, and one day, it will be beans.

  • @KironKabir
    @KironKabir Před 2 lety

    I start off with ADIEU and then SNORT, and thankfully I’ve got it every time within 3-6 attempts

  • @mdizdguy
    @mdizdguy Před 2 lety

    I use adieu then Storm that gets me all the vowels in two guesses

  • @ronwillcox8735
    @ronwillcox8735 Před 2 lety

    I HAVE GOT SOME GREAT IDEAS FOR WORD GAMES BUT DONT KNOW HOW TO GET THEM PUBLISHED ....ANY IDEAS