Two Word Opener
Assume that you are playing the standard 5-letter word game Wordle or practicing at WordPlay.com. Your first word gets ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛, it whiffs. What is your go-to 2nd word?
If you do this, send me your 2 word combination to wordnerdle@gmail.com
If you are playing in hard mode, you can generally ignore this. Having a rigid two word opener means that you ignore the hints provided in the first word. This is a strategy, at least in easy mode. Some players may even have a 3rd word as well.
Lets look at this...
Two word opener
- 5 constants confirmed 🟩, 🟨, or ⬛
- 5 vowels confirmed 🟩, 🟨, or ⬛
- 4 remaining guesses
- 🟩 or 🟨 for 1st word makes 2nd word impossible to be correct.
Three word opener
- 10 constants confirmed 🟩, 🟨 or ⬛
- 5 vowels confirmed 🟩, 🟨 or ⬛
- 3 remaining guesses
- 🟩 or 🟨 for 1st word makes 2nd word impossible to be correct.
- 🟩 or 🟨 for 1st or 2nd word makes 3rd word impossible to be correct.
This can be spotted when people post their emoji score. If there are 🟨🟨 in the 1st round, but only 1 🟨 or 1 🟩 in the 2nd round, hints were ignored. Look at this result:
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨🟩🟨🟨
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Here is another result:
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟨🟩⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Here are a few good 2 word starts
- CRANE, then SLIPT or STOGY
- STERN, then AUDIO
- AROSE, then UNITY or UNIFY
I do not recommend this strategy, as it widely ignores the hints provided.