Board 8 > Wordle Topic 6

(+) Yeah! (+)

...you took until your third word to guess an E?

My strategy is pretty simple. The opener of CATER/CRATE/REACT/TRACE - which one based on what I'm feeling, despite them all having the same five letters - gives a wealth of information. There are three consonants that are easily combo-able and the two most common vowels. If none of these are in the puzzle, I go with SOUND - because this does the same thing with the next set of 3 and 2. If there's still nothing, MILKY is my third.

It's easy enough to find words that work for whatever you get using these words, and it practically guarantees, anomalies like PARER aside, getting the word in four or fewer guesses. A C may not be as common as an S, but whether the word has a C or not - and its potential positions - is important information. Today, for instance, getting the A in the middle position plus a C that's not in the 4th slot means there are very, VERY few possibilities, especially once I tried CHASM to ensure I got it in three.

I do hope that helps some of you get half of them in three or four words like I tend to do.

meh.