The taming of the Wordle
May. 6th, 2022 11:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shewhomustThere has been correspondence recently in the Guardian in which the writers display the merits of their preferred Wordle start words. If you are dismissive of Wordle in general, or having a preferred start word - let alone writing to the Guardian about it - this post is not for you.
Where I took issue with the writers was that they were unanimous in triumph at the number of vowels they had managed to squeeze into a five letter word: ADIEU was one, for example. I can see why you might choose that strategy, but my own start word - yes, I admit it, I have a preferred start word, and although I experiment with others, I return to it - is all about the consonants. Four consonants and an E gives me a structure, and has just allowed me to solve the Wordle on my second attempt (why does Wordle refer to 'guesses'? I'm not guessing) two days in a row.
This post is not intended as a boast about my cleverness. When the system tells me I have three correct consonants incorrectly placed, it gives me quite a big hint about the correct placing, and frees my imagination to pick a random vowel. The rest is luck.
Title of this post provided bydurham_rambler's comment when I told him my start word: which is SHREW.
Where I took issue with the writers was that they were unanimous in triumph at the number of vowels they had managed to squeeze into a five letter word: ADIEU was one, for example. I can see why you might choose that strategy, but my own start word - yes, I admit it, I have a preferred start word, and although I experiment with others, I return to it - is all about the consonants. Four consonants and an E gives me a structure, and has just allowed me to solve the Wordle on my second attempt (why does Wordle refer to 'guesses'? I'm not guessing) two days in a row.
This post is not intended as a boast about my cleverness. When the system tells me I have three correct consonants incorrectly placed, it gives me quite a big hint about the correct placing, and frees my imagination to pick a random vowel. The rest is luck.
Title of this post provided by
durham_rambler's comment when I told him my start word: which is SHREW.
