According to their research, the best Wordle starting words are those with just one or two vowels.

Unfortunately, that means fan-favourite words such as ‘ouija’ may not actually be optimal Wordle starting words.

Crane

‘Crane’ follows a very similar pattern to the above.

Wordle grid with Start Words as the only attempted solutions.

Bakes

Bakes is an important one for me.

Of course, Wordle also comes down to luck in those final stages.

Sometimes, the word is right on the tip of your tongue and still seems impossible to find.

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Some days are just bad days.

With these starting words, you should quickly find the correct answer in Wordle.

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