How To Win At Wordle: Tips And Tricks To Succeed At The Viral Puzzle Game

 Wordle, the word-puzzle game sensation from developer Josh Wardle, has taken the internet by storm.

I’ve already written an explainer piece on why the game is so popular and how you can get started playing it. Now I want to give a few tips on how to master the game and ensure that you make the most of your guesses each time you play.

There are basic strategies at success, but also habits you can get into that will make playing this—and other similar games—more fun.

Here are a few tips to get you started, as well as a basic rundown of how to play.

How To Play Wordle For Beginners

First, head over to the Wordle website. The game isn’t available on the App Store or Google Play. It isn’t even monetized. No ads, no microtransactions, no subscription fee.

To play, you’ll need to guess a five-letter word. You have six guesses. Each guess reveals correct and incorrect letters. Any correct letter in the right spot shows up green. Any correct letter in the wrong spot is yellow. All the rest are grey.

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Wordle Tips & Tricks

Tip #1: Use Common Letters

There are some letters in the English language that are more common than others. Anyone who has played Scrabble knows that a “Z” or a “Q” is a lot more rare than an “I” or an “S”.

The most common letters in the English language are e, t, a, i, o, n, s, h, and r.

The most common letters at the beginning of an English word are t, a, o, d and w.

The most common letters at the end of an English word are e, s, d and t.

Tip #2: Think Of Words That Use The Most Common Letters

Pretty straightforward, but you’ll need to use actual words to guess in Wordle. You can’t just string together e, t, a, i, o because “Etaio” isn’t a word. You can use some of the following as solid starter-words, however:

• earns
• steam
• slate
• rents
• tears
• snare

Think of others with common letters and give it a shot. It’s not a guarantee, but even if all you do is rule out the more common letters that at least gets you on track toward a solution.

Tip #3: Read Some Books Or Play Text-Heavy Video Games

Reading is the most surefire way there is to expand your rusty vocabulary. The more you read, whether fiction or nonfiction, fantasy or the classics, sci-fi or even graphic novels, the better you vocabulary will become.

Vocabulary is the arsenal you bring with you to this game. The more words you know, the better you’ll do. While you get clues—green and yellow and grey letters—using those to figure out the solution requires knowledge of the English language.

Reading books—or playing text-heavy games like Skyrim or Divinity: Original Sin or many other RPGs—can really help strengthen your vocabulary.