An expert's hacks for winning Wordle

Sid, Dina, and Frank are joined by tech expert Marc Saltzman to learn the best tips and strategies on how to beat Wordle faster.
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[@michaeldileo6971]

the "expert" said 'bleat' isn't a word. Such dopes.

[@Kdubs_TM]

My man was dying inside 🤣

[@higaddrip2583]

Two fellas on the right are clueless lol

[@Jnoel608]

Lmao, they got lucky and made the guy look bad.

[@higaddrip2583]

Ikr 😂

[@libbyworkman3459]

There are more consonants than vowels, so a better strategy is to choose a word that has the most popular consonants in order to either strike it rich or eliminate. Rates is a good beginning word. Sleet would be a terrible second word because S is blacked out. Also, it has no A.

[@alamid001]

They invited an experr but didn't want to listen. They wasted that second try

[@aquapony]

"Bleat isn't a word" 🤣

[@bjs7442]

I use the same opening word and average between 3 and 4. They were lucky but had no real method in what they were doing. The ones that are grey give you useful information as well as the yellow and green. I sometimes when I have an idea for the word but there are many slight permutations put in a throw away word that contains the letters that define the permutations that narrow the choices right down rather than simply guess. My starting word was audio but changed it to other

[@UTU49]

How to win at Wordle. Maybe with every turn, just try to think of what words will help you the most. 🙂

[@TbarRocks]

I use the same 1st word that I thought of initially and have used it every single time...have gotten it in 2 tries 7 times in 57 rounds.

[@semajleachim4623]

What is it?

[@TbarRocks]

@@semajleachim4623 Roast

[@TbarRocks]

Just used it and got today's word on 3rd try.

[@Hehehehe-bo8bj]

Lol wow I used it today, got it on the second try. Good word!

[@TbarRocks]

@@Hehehehe-bo8bj Congrats, got it in two myself...long overdue. Both my kids got it in 2 as well and they know what I use for my first word...makes me wonder. My PC got reset so sort of started over but have gotten it in 2 nine times last 53 tries. I have to work it out on paper. Best ever was ROAST/FIELD with zero right or wrong spots to get CHUNK on 3rd try.

[@johnmatthews8172]

Audio is a good word to start

[@peteowen3539]

Helps if you understand the game!

[@downhilltwofour0082]

I can't believe how so many people are into this like it's a game of chance or a game you have to "Win"! I practice worlde as a mind exercise. I do have an opening word what has as many vowels as I can get in. But from there, I just do the mental exercise thing of trying different consonants.

[@Cloud-zw8dj]

I use irate to start, it’s been doing me some good lately

[@cfgauss71]

I do the same except crate 😀

[@ShadowStoriesByDarkDave]

Still can't believe how he spells KLEAT - help me I'm on the floor 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Better to be lucky than good I need a million more just like this ....Oh man! 😂😂😂

[@ianfwhite7573]

"Bleat" is a word

[@peteowen3539]

WordHurdle you can practice 4,5 and 6 letter words endlessly.

[@ShadowStoriesByDarkDave]

Like Dokken said " I just got lucky "

[@doctormoobbc]

My stack is: Roate Plums Dingy Those three words, in that order, cover all vowels and the most statistically probably consonants.

[@Chickenworm9394]

I use CREAM, PLUTO, WINGS

[@GayCorvidae69]

I like startignwith quail and money. Gives me the most important letters, plus all of the vowels, including y

[@higaddrip2583]

Try ‘alien’ then ‘roust’. All vowels (not including y though) and the most common consonants. Of course it’s always better to start getting orange letters into the right place instead of missing them out to try some other letters :)

[@pigs6486]

Starting with a Q is incredibly dumb

[@napqleon1609]

my starting word is arise

[@nillobagel1833]

Bro said bleat isn’t a word lol

[@0GSoon]

I start avoid hyper bucks😭🤣💵🤑

[@BlueMemeZ]

i assumed bleat

[@psrpippy]

Bleat is a word.

[@adriankalil2715]

Not knowing BLEAT is a real word, I think these yung'uns have never been to a farm or petting zoo, or have just NEVER read much! If you are going to go on national television, DO YOUR HOMEWORK!

[@Winkyfacwhater]

I’ll be sure to finish a dictionary before I go on live tv

[@Sethtriggsgough]

Holy- I’m from the Uk and this is so American

[@ianfwhite7573]

Yep. They have color as a word...

[@idkyet9458]

@@ianfwhite7573 and rumor, armor, humor and other wrongly spelt words

[@joanyoder5880]

I thought you couldn’t use plural

[@lchurch1]

lol terrible second word. worked out this time but the odds weren't good.

[@Gershwin48]

Bleat IS a word.

[@havefunbesafe]

Watching these nimrods solve worldle is excruciating.

[@MrEdwardCollins]

First, you're exaggerating, of course. A letter repeated in the puzzle does not throw EVERYBODY off. (A repeated letter in the puzzle doesn't throw me off and I'm a part of "everybody.") Second, there are now 2,309 possible words that might the the answer to a puzzle. (This is down from 2,315... the NY Times just removed another six.) Third, you do NOT need to open your word with a word that has a "lot" of vowels. (This was mentioned twice.) How much is a "lot?" I would say in this context the answer is three r more and if so, that's wrong. The top Wordle programming bots, for example, are currently all using the word SALET and that word has just two vowels. Thus, two vowels in your starting word is fine. You don't need a word that has a "LOT" of vowels. Fourth, instead of RATES as an opening word, use STARE instead, if you like those five letters. The letter S only occurs 36 times as the last letter. (The NY times removed all of the four letter words that take an S at the end to form a plural.) The S as a first letter occurs a whopping 365 times. You'll get much more valuable feedback with an S in first position, than last. Finally, BLEAT is indeed a word and it's also a valid word in Wordle. (It was not removed from their list of valid words.) I would have laughed out loud if the answer had turned out to be BLEAT instead of PLEAT after hearing it said BLEAT wasn't a word.

[@wommby]

I don’t think NYT removed plural words from the answer list, I don’t think they were ever part of it to begin with.

[@wommby]

@@aSheepy if you’re talking about “hearing it said” the it refers to the statement, not the guy who said it

[@aSheepy]

@@wommby my bad :p

[@shelleyaultman1193]

I wish the word had been bleat...expert? Surely you must know words to be an expert in a word game.

[@spidey039]

ok .here is how to win easily......First word=Tubes....2nd word =Fling...3rd word=Champ...4th word=Wordy.....by now you should have enough letters in those 4 words and will have to unscramble them in 2 guesses. so far i have not lost with this method.I am sure others have their own words to start.Thoughts?

[@sanketdessai7643]

Will not work in hard mode.

[@aalekhine5109]

3 Words....Proud, Clean, Misty...I get it in 4 about 95% of the time.

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen9281]

i only use this strategy in octordle, normally i just start with irate and sound and get it done in 3 or 4 from there

[@ianfwhite7573]

I use the last word from my previous game as my first and use hard mode. Not failed me yet. Granted I've only played thirty games so far.

[@idkyet9458]

i've seen flame, brick, podgy, shunt and also fjord, waltz, quick, gybes, nymph

[@normpeterson7767]

Man, Frank, that's a stupid guess. Let's count the ways. We already know there's no "S" and you have "A" in the wrong ... wait wut?

[@samsullivan3248]

use soare

[@chiefdancingostriche]

champ, fling, tubes and wordy. my cheat list for cheat words to help me win.

[@RT-vw6yw]

I don't EVER remember the word being plural, like rates, so I never use a word with an s on the end like that.

[@janicew6222]

Great job! But for the record, Bleat is a word, it is the sound a sheep makes.

[@whatever007ism]

Omg… I’m surprised they get any at all. How dumb. They didn’t clearly see what the second word should be. They could’ve and should’ve had it in 3.

[@kevinmoore4237]

Bleat is the sound a sheep makes

[@lynnmcrae6659]

Slate

[@jameswester333]

Most annoying panel

[@cheesydinos]

E

[@thatonelegoguy4548]

I hate that they new York times bought it now its all stupid Usa words

[@dianehansma1725]

Too many talking at once!

[@colettelevesque249]

i stopped watching the video. The host was annoying. Why did he bring an expert on the show if he just wanted to do his own thing and show his own method. That's just bad tv and a bit disrespectful to Mark.