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Fla Dem

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Sun Mar 6, 2022, 12:21 PM Mar 2022

All about Wordle; Links and Hints

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Wordle
The original Wordle. Solve one 5 letter word in 6 attempts
https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

Wordhurdle (Formerly Wordle2)
2 games each day. New 6 letter puzzle at Noon and Midnight.
https://www.wordhurdle.in/

Dordle
https://wordlenyt.io/dordle#google_vignette
http://zaratustra.itch.io/dordle/
Solve 2 Wordle puzzles at once with 7 tries.

Quordle
https://www.quordle.com/#/
Solve 4 Wordle puzzles at once with 9 tries. High difficulty

Octordle

https://octordle.com/?mode=daily
Solve 8 Wordle puzzles at the same time with 13 tries. Very High degree of difficulty

Wordle tips: How to master the game, according to a linguistics expert

It’s the game that social media can’t get enough of, but we can’t help but wonder: should you really start Wordle with the same word every day?
Laura Hampson finds out
5 days ago

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What are the best starting words for Wordle?
Some users swear by starting each game with the same word. Usually vowel-heavy, some popular starting words include ‘ADIEU’, ‘STEAK’, ‘TREAD’, ‘TABLE’ and ‘AUDIO’.

But is this really the best tactic? Murphy, a Wordle fan who plays the game daily in three different languages, says she varies the words she starts with – but they are always consonant-heavy.

“Consonants are more informative than vowels – there are more of them to knock out of contention,” she explains. “Things like ‘CLAMP’ or ‘DRINK’, which have either an ‘L’ or an ‘R’ and either an ‘M’ or an ‘N’.

“Whereas if you guess something vowel-heavy like ‘ALIEN’ at the start, you might learn that the word has an ‘A’ and an ‘E’, but a lot of words have those two vowels – you haven’t ruled as many words out.

Consonants are more informative than vowels
“I like using ‘L’, ‘R’, ‘N’, and ‘M’ (linguists call them sonorant consonants) early because they combine easily with other consonants. Once I know that a word with a ‘P’ doesn’t have an ‘L’, for instance, I’ve ruled out a lot of the possible ‘P’ words.”

More........
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/wordle-starting-word-hints-win-b2024307.html
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All about Wordle; Links and Hints (Original Post) Fla Dem Mar 2022 OP
Thanks nt delisen Mar 2022 #1
There is also this one dweller Mar 2022 #2
Got it in two yesterday. gibraltar72 Mar 2022 #3
I like to use AUDIO Marthe48 Mar 2022 #4
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