What to Do When Playing the Word Game Wordle Isn’t Enough? Solve It. – The Ringer (2022)

TITLE
What to Do When Playing the Word Game Wordle Isn’t Enough? Solve It.

AUTHOR
Claire McNear

PUBLICATION
The Ringer

YEAR
2021

ARTICLE TYPE
Article

FROM THE ARTICLE
By its very nature, Wordle inspires competition and comparison with other players. To finish a puzzle is to wonder how, and how efficiently, others did the same. Conversations about Wordle have a way of leading straight into debates over the ideal first word. Some words, surely, leave better clues than others. And if some words are better for kicking off the hunt, could it be that one might be best of all? Somewhere in the maze of 26 letters, is there a perfect diagnostic fivesome?

GAMES MENTIONED
Wordle