Wordle is the craze of the week (and I confess, I'm a daily player). You have six tries to guess a five-letter word. After each try, you will learn whether each letter is in the word, in the right place in the word, or not in the word. Oh, and there's only one game per day. That's the whole of the game, and yes, it's brilliant. This article looks at the reasons why the same succeeds, and mentions especially the way players build on failure. There's also a lot of commentary out there on strategies for success. I've seen a number of people focus on vowels, because they appear most frequently in words. But I think patterns and recognition matter more, and have focused on the most common consonants, with a fair bit of success.
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