This "Broken" Wordle Strategy Isn't Actually That Great. Here's Why.

These 5 words cover 25 letters: Glent, Brick, Jumpy, Vozhd, and Waqfs. But are they actually effective at solving wordle?
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[@katieosadczuk4170]

The realization that ocean and canoe have the exact same letters shook me. I did not see that coming

[@corkscrewlikesyou]

Same lol

[@RubyPiec]

It's such a simple thing too

[@majormushu]

Earth and Heart are the same letters too. Not just the same letters but the only change is the h goes from the start to the end.

[@bcsbernard]

Relay, layer, leary and early aswell

[@corkscrewlikesyou]

@@bcsbernard wow what

[@barbedwire9975]

The other problem is that I’d argue wordles design is actually pushing the point of the game towards guessing in the smallest number of attempts, not just guessing it. That’s why you get your graph of results and have it displayed so prominently, because otherwise it would just give you your success and fail numbers.

[@lucadev8596]

completely agree. these strategies just make the game boring if there's a method you can do each time and always get the correct answer on the 5th or 6th go. Doesn't really matter if you get the word or not, it should be about how many attempts you made to get there

[@majormushu]

People can find differing fun in the same task or sometimes no fun at all. Some people will be looking for those 1/2/3 guesses on wordle, some just don't want to fail and will do what it takes not to, and others will hate the game.

[@huntzzio]

well, i mean this is also mostly for speedrunning

[@Wkkbooks]

The most challenging game is to go for low cumulative score. In which case this method will always be a loser.

[@thenamelessdragonfish]

@@Wkkbooks some people (including me) do not care about guess count. Deal with it

[@baactiba3039]

DEUCE, perhaps? Also, even as a person who's played wordle for longer than most and more than most, you still managed to keep me interested so good job. Even if wordle dies like all trends do, I hope you'll be able to keep making interesting vids like this.

[@fqnto]

i thought of the same thing

[@asheep7797]

Cant think of anything else, so I just thought of that.

[@asheep7797]

Apparently there's another word; EDUCE But that's not a possible Wordle answer. It never appears in the 6 year long list of answers, unlike Deuce (Feb 5, 2027)

[@sawyermerkle8835]

@@asheep7797 how dare you spoil the wordle for 5 years from now

[@shi3901]

@@sawyermerkle8835 youll forget it 5 years from now

[@GDFear]

Cool video, but I actually like solving puzzles. It's fun to come up with shortcuts but it gets boring after a while to just keep doing the same thing over and over again.

[@Pokecheeese]

That's valid! This kind of strategizing is more relevant for those who are speedrunning Wordle, where spending too much time thinking is wasteful. It's a different kind of challenge!

[@GDFear]

@@Pokecheeese oh yeah obviously then it would be useful. I should know, I literally speedrun Portal haha

[@drunkshinx960]

Yeah. This strategy is actually useless to most people because most people try to get it in the least amount of guesses possible and this strategy isn't very good for that

[@autribasu]

sakupen hell chad W

[@hallrules]

@@autribasu W level

[@letti4285]

I just did your strategy, and the word was "SHUNT" - so I got it on my second try. Needless to say, I will begin to use it here on out.

[@3x3memealgs62]

this channel is so unique and this video especially was really entertaining to watch. ive been watching your videos for about a month now, and the quality has gotten so much better over that time, but this video just blew me away. really great videos you’re making here

[@unknown6000]

I'm personally not a fan of either of these strategies. My goal is always to have as few guesses as possible. It's much more rewarding, though it's also quite time consuming if you try to be as optimal as possible (my average is 3.8, takes about half an hour to solve a wordle sometimes).

[@huntzzio]

@@sdrawkcabmiay yeah

[@shadowyzephyr]

@@sdrawkcabmiay Yeah, there are games like Squabble and seven wordles where speed matters

[@IronoDude]

''my personal favourite is flame shunt brick podgy'' guess what, my favourite is blame shunt frick podgy xd

[@plooshdev]

LOL

[@Cloiss_]

frick is sadly not a word - I would know, I've tried to type it in frustration many times!

[@bluerednotpurple]

I liked the video editing on this one! Maybe in a future video you could talk about why speedrunners use the strategies they use? Just an idea to maybe help this channel grow! Maybe include my set while you're at it?

[@theepiccarrot7]

Such an underrated and unique channel, this video has inspired me to start speedrunning the game as well, I hope you get more recognition :)))

[@christiann1264]

I like to use… Grant Flick Dumpy Shove It gets rid of most of the letters in 4 but more importantly puts the letters in common spots, like sh, fl, and mpy

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

And ck

[@paulitomusica6949]

Blinded by the light, revved up like a DEUCE, another runner in the night

[@huhneat1076]

I saw the WAQFS strat, but I settled upon my own IMAGE, BLUNT, FJORD, PSYCH

[@killaerial]

W video, I usually alter between your strat and stead flung womby and chirp. Also the thumbnail puzzle is deuce

[@stephanzhao2087]

NERDY PLACK SWIFT BOUGH was built to solve almost all of the anagram problems.

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

The only problem is there's no M which is the 16th most common letter

[@huntzzio]

That was a really nice video! I wonder if someone can write a code to find the four word combo that gives greens most; would help cuz u can solve faster by seeing letters easier. But that was quite cool!

[@th.nd.r]

Great video! Also deuce?

[@charlesdaloz2547]

Ty for the catch/hatch/watch tip, I remember losing on this one

[@michael_betts]

Having a 3.7% chance of not knowing the right answer after 5 guesses does not mean a 96.3% solve rate unless you never guess anything right on guess 6, but otherwise a good video.

[@Pokecheeese]

Yeah that's a fair point, I suppose the actual number is somewhere closer to 98%

[@sporkpig8723]

Other 4 starting words that I use are: Champ, Wordy, Fling, and Tubes. Great words to start with and great video!

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

K is more common than W though

[@wizrex5006]

I use glent brick jumpy waqfs and vozhd for octordle the sixteen one and duotrigordle because there are always words that you know and you get get rid of them and then find out the answers for the other ones but regular wordle is easy enough so i dont use any strat

[@tubbyidk1474]

I use tubes wordy champ fling for quordle+

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

@@tubbyidk1474 I use whatever the quordle words were for octordle

[@iwersonsch5131]

I looked at a hypothetical variation of Octordle where you would not gain information from correct guesses (I don't think it's coded anywhere so I didn't really get to play it). Looking at dorky chimp beat flung, I found that because you wouldn't be able to guess every possible 5th word, about 1.5-2% of the possible boards would not be won when using this strategy without mistakes. Which was so disappointingly low of a failure rate that I tacked on another rule and said "if you guess a letter only once, it's blue and you don't know whether the position is right. Guess it a second time to turn it yellow or green". And that's where i stopped looking cause i'm not good at coding. I started using sitar clone though

[@Grisbi6]

My approach is to carefully consider each successive guess after the initial word....always use the letters you have already learned, and don't waste anything. My goal is to solve with the fewest possible guesses.

[@LJ11420]

You could do WALTZ, NYMPH, FJORD, VIBEX, GUCKS. You could also do STEAD, FLUNG, WOMBY, CHIRP.

[@dogchico7282]

2:50 first ord came into my find to eliminate those words was cwtch, lol

[@Pokecheeese]

I think you're thinking of 'crwth', but damn that's a good one, wish i'd remembered it

[@dogchico7282]

@@Pokecheeese yeah srry that one!

[@dogchico7282]

both are words ik, but crwth is better!

[@dogchico7282]

there's also more words but watch would also eliminate all too.

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

@@dogchico7282 not if it's catch/hatch

[@Fuzzer89940]

I always use stern (because it has five of the six rstlne letters) aloud (because it covers the last of the rstlne and gives two more vowels) and then picky (because it covers as much of the rest that the others didn’t get) it takes three words, and gives you almost everything you need

[@thenamelessdragonfish]

Soare, think, lumpy. Usually guess it in 4 or 5.

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

R, S, T, L, N, E aren't important It's E, A, R, T, O, L

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

S and N are good letters but not top 6

[@Devoid0010]

I do use this strategy, but with different words. I use: ADIEU, ROCKY, WHIMS, FLUNG, and BLITZ, which has worked, but most of the time, I just start with first two, see if I can solve it, and whip out one of the other three if I can't come up with something.

[@Guins]

Has multiple duplicate letters so not a reliable strategy, your strategy im just giving constructive criticism

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

@@Guins yeah its missing the P but it has X

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

I meant Z not X

[@Pinecone6442]

I usually start with FOUND, BLACK, and WIRES, and sometimes NYMPH even though the N is repeated

[@PFA...]

I usually solve in 4, sometimes three, always by six.

[@FeeN0mene]

I guess DEUCE for the last puzzle. Btw, i'm using these 4 starter words: AMPLY, KIGHT, VENUS, CROWD. Works well, and even when i am facing the Duotrigordle.

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

I find duotrigordle easier than dordle

[@bluelobterz]

Thank you I got today’s wordless using this

[@onetwoculinarystew]

Great tips! And it’s DEUCE :)

[@nightytime]

I once used the 5-word strategy on a Quordle and I had to choose either NORTH or THORN. I got lucky. (The word in the thumbnail is DEUCE)

[@nalathehuskypupper]

Or is it educe?

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

@@nalathehuskypupper educe isn't in the answer list

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

Shouldn't the O solve that case?

[@anenglishvillageforroberti2863]

there is also a possibility for pa-er words like, paper and parer, paver, pawer and some like that. (In fact these pattern is very tricky)

[@johnmai1223]

I personally use Salet Crony Humid It’s really good

[@Kiruto72]

I just do adieu story and if I’m stuck I’ll use block but for octordle sedcordle and duotrigordle I use nasty pouch and glide cause it just helps and gives me load of common letters

[@matt5474]

I did a duotrigordle and the pattern was a_ion. It could be avion, axion, or anion. But the problem is that you have only 37 guesses to solve 32 words.

[@thenamelessdragonfish]

axion is the only one on the answer list

[@travelagencyinmylife851]

I also sometimes using that strategy like flame shunt for a practice or a speedrun. I mean imagine if the flame was today's word. Then... I would change the order of that strategy.

[@charl2182]

bug fables ost background banger

[@Z0MB13_44]

2:01 oh thank you so much! This made wordle so much easier

[@coltyn2003]

Thumbnail puzzle is DEUCE right?

[@christiann1264]

If you’re looking for fewer words… Train and house are pretty good as well

[@brettchr777]

For thumbnail: DEUCE (the two in a deck of cards) or EDUCE (to bring out or develop)

[@itmightbevid]

Thumbnail one is Deuce, I got it pretty fast because of the community tabs

[@chinareds54]

I use a 3 word starter and have solved 114/114 puzzles. The only place I've failed is with a wordle clone named WordMaster which has a bigger answer list that includes plurals. The death configuration is _A_ES or _O_ES which have a ridiculous number of possibilities. Wordle doesn't have those words as possible solutions.

[@ToastGreeting]

Another thing is as you see in the case where the word was catch, you could've easily deduced that podgy was unnecessary. It's common for people to just do all 4 or 5 guesses rapid fire without really thinking. I prefer hard mode. I played as if I were on hard mode for the most part before even switching to hard. If there's ambiguity for the word, it would've still screwed me over using those other strategies anyway. The only thing I really always do is start with "Fjord". Been doing it for over 100 days now, I just like the word.

[@thenamelessdragonfish]

Podgy isnt unnecessary because it could be patch :)

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

@@thenamelessdragonfish yeah

[@fcedits6721]

I use this strategy and I have always gotten the answer right.

[@aaronstephen3058]

Clicked for the wordle, stayed for the Bug Fables music. It’s such a good game!!

[@davidfox6904]

for the title puzzle is deuce a word?

[@Nyarpy]

I use "SLANG DROVE BUTCH WIMPY". No special cases to remember; solve all ambiguities simply by guessing one of the options. Only 3-sets are "SKATE STAKE STATE" and "AFTER EATER EXTRA".

[@thenamelessdragonfish]

you do realize terra is an answer right

[@Nyarpy]

@@thenamelessdragonfish Your point? TERRA would have a yellow T in this wordset. With what other word(s) would it be ambiguous?

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

K and F are more common than W and V but that's still good

[@ItsEvrett]

I use these words SALET and ROUND normally that gets the word but is not I do WIMPY and even if you can’t get it after that do something like batch or botch to get c, h, and b and do batch or botch to check spots for whatever vowel you have.

[@ItsEvrett]

I’ve got a 200 wordle success rate with this and I recommend it to everyone

[@TheEpikalREKT]

2:07 this actually helped in me getting an answer right

[@nogic287]

there was once a canuckle and I started with fight and got all greys then I did canoe and I got all yellows then I did ocean and got it lol

[@aidenmiller3295]

If I didn't guess D, R, or S and I know the answer is BOXE?. I put DIRES as my fifth guess. A yellow D is Boxed, a yellow R is Boxer, and a green S is Boxes.

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

Two things Boxed and boxes are not in the solution list Also when does that happen

[@generalemail5356]

What about anagrams with x

[@itsonsight3574]

deuce is the thumbnail.. it’s easy to unscramble i instantly got it

[@fortexxus]

is the thumbnail answer 'deuce'?

[@matt5474]

I did a duotrigordle I started with flame and it was flame

[@grandpajose3558]

noice i just did this strategy pretty good!

[@ILuvTheMavs]

I personally think the best strategy is to start with 3 words and have a 4th as a backup plan

[@thenamelessdragonfish]

I do that. My three are candy, poker, flubs and as backup, might.

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

Heart, spoil (cundy backup, I usually use cundy) (gumbo double backup)

[@Justfieldsolos]

My fav start is tubes, fling, champ, wordy it’s no different but the w.

[@christineshen2930]

Yeah, I use that, it leaves out K instead of W, and W is much more common

[@want-diversecontent3887]

@@christineshen2930 I checked, and k is actually directly above w in the order of common letters. (But this is a different set of words, so take this with a grain of salt.)

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

@@want-diversecontent3887 I checked the wordle answer list, K is 19th most common and W is 21 making flame shunt brick podgy the better strat

[@want-diversecontent3887]

@@locomotivetrainstation6053 I used the nltk word list, because I forgot the wordle answer list existed, and I was too lazy to recompute it with the wordle answer list, so I just used that. My results are: aerioslntucydmhpbgkwfvzjxq

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

@@want-diversecontent3887 my results are: earotlisnucyhdpmgbfkwvzxqj Roate uses the 5 most common letters Soare until uses the top 10 Heart spoil cundy uses the top 15 Flame shunt brick podgy uses the top 20

[@Starstrike21]

good video

[@joeyk107]

I use STEAD, FLUNG, WOMBY, and CHIRP. It only leaves out J, K, Q, V, X, and Z, and those aren't really that common of letters. But your strategy is also good.

[@thenamelessdragonfish]

K is more common than W. :)

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

@@thenamelessdragonfish exactly, K has 194 as opposed to W's 190

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

That's why I use flame shunt brick podgy for the K instead of W

[@ajin_kuzuri1938]

I keep on trying to find a 4-word combination, but I often end up with 19 different letters :(

[@lukeswartzentruber631]

Tubes Fling Wordy Champ is the one is use

[@LimaGrean]

There’s also Candy Sower Fight and Plumb, if you need an extra option

[@Lampshade7]

I personally use MATHS, BLOWN, FUDGE, and PRICY which leaves out QVXZJK

[@kawaiiwhite3500]

I use Power Bands Lucky Fight

[@richardbullick7827]

PUDGY BLACK FORTH MINES I came up with it

[@arabizon4255]

I'm pretty sure the answer is deuce, also great video!

[@ethbar8045]

ayo bug fables music?

[@roadMonkey_]

Was the answer to the thumbnail deuce?

[@freemeraldmarbl]

This is obviously if you just want to solve every wordle without fail. If you want to go for fewest guesses, multiple word starters probably aren’t the best. For harder wordle-likes, like Quordle tho, using multiple starting words is pretty nessicary.

[@iambradchadyt6553]

That first word could have been loves

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

Not in the answer list

[@MrMobiIeGaming]

Deuce? If it’s right then I’ll have to give the credit to my weird love for table tennis

[@Bluebery.official]

I use nymph, waltz, quick, and droid if I need to

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

Why

[@Bluebery.official]

@@locomotivetrainstation6053 because i remember it

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

I mean that is missing E and S

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

The anagram problem happened on June 27, June 28 and July 4 Wordle is screaming at us not the use the glent strat

[@stupidlybonk]

What do i do with yellow e yellow s yellow u yellow n

[@baoduong4196]

deuce for the thumbnail?

[@danmessi8142]

I got deuce on the thumbnail lol idk if thats the only answer but it works :D

[@KrazeElk]

Is the answer for the thumbnail “DEUCE”?

[@calebdickens4420]

I believe that the hidden puzzle solution in the thumbnail is “deuce”

[@antimatterg]

Which is why DUMPS WHOLE TANGY BRICK is better. You get 2 guesses, which eliminated most anagrams.

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

Problem F is 20th, W is 21 F is slightly better to use than W

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

Locomotive Wrong Station F is 19, K is 20 and W is 21

[@driftyplays]

Here before this video goes viral

[@kdr2]

i use climb, parks, ought fendy

[@gzcboy]

What about rouge, gouge and other?

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

The R solves that

[@insertname2insertsurname216]

"Zh" in "Vozhd" is pronounced the same way you would pronounce "s" in "television"

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

Televizion needs to have a Z same with is (iz) and plural words

[@Burnt99]

The answer to the thumbnail Wordle should be DEUCE, right?

[@MCE5507]

Ye

[@gabeclips70]

1:31 What about RATES STARE Just wondering?

[@RepressedButton]

You’d have all the letters and the a and the s would be in the right place. That only leaves rates, if it doesn’t then it’s stare

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

There are no plurals plus waqfs has the S at the end to solve that

[@randomclips9715]

usually, if anagrams occur, you can just stop after vozhd and figure it out if you remember the patterns (e.g. abode vs abode, etc)

[@AustinSlayer227]

What kind of what has “D,C,E,U, and X?” (In the thumbnail

[@AustinSlayer227]

Nvm forgot about duplicates

[@bup23]

Direr or rider can destroy this, I came across the word testing if it always won and rider done me in although I didn’t think of either direr or rider

[@bup23]

You also missed it

[@ShadowlessDeath47]

With his specific set of 4-letter guesses this isn't an issue, since you'd be able to tell between them with the green d (in the case of rider) with podgy.

[@randomclips9715]

direr is not on the answers list

[@yb1_]

my favourite starter is: SOARE, FLUID, NYMPH

[@charlie8582]

Normally, I would do STERN, CLAMP, and if those don’t work, then BOUGH. All simple words, and all unique letters, giving me all vowels except Y.

[@chimkinnugget7134]

Personally I use slate, frond, and chimp. Never failed

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

I use heart, spoil, cundy for an easier variant but flame shunt brick podgy for the harder ones

[@tortistortis]

thumbnail deuce?

[@pxzza3924]

Secret puzzle in thumbnail is deuce

[@ras662]

The thumbnail answer is Deuce

[@jetx_47]

But what is a Vozhd!

[@totalparkour0]

The word in the thumbnail in "deuce."

[@enamelpin628]

What about hard mode, where these strategies die completely?

[@TPG128]

deuce if thats even a word

[@monicabenavides5946]

Adieu and glory I believe are good Wordle openers for 2.

[@ShadowPhoenix4798]

Wouldn’t you also need WAXES to distinguish AXING AWING OR AGING

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

Something doesn't wor9k

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

One of those aren't in tnr list

[@schmingit]

is the answer deuce?