Research and strategy
The WordleSolver Pro Blog
Original analysis of how Wordle actually works: what a guess is worth, which opening words earn their reputation, and what our archive of past answers can and cannot tell us.
UNCAP Was Missing From Our Solver. Thanks, Terry, for Catching It.
A reader spotted a missing Wordle answer. We fixed UNCAP, checked our historical answer coverage, and found three more gaps.
Read the article →Three New Videos: See the Wordle, Quordle and Octordle Solvers in Action
Three short videos show how to paste a Wordle screenshot, solve four Quordle boards and keep track of all eight Octordle boards in our solvers.
Read the article →Missing a Word? Tell Us in the Comments
Your comments help improve our word list. See the latest reader suggestions we've added and how our review team checks missing-word reports every day.
Read the article →How the Wordle Best Guess Feature Works: Information Theory in Action
When hundreds of Wordle candidates remain, picking the most common word is rarely the fastest route to victory. Here is how our Best Guess filter uses Shannon entropy to rank the most powerful eliminators.
Read the article →20 New Words in Our Wordle Dictionary, All Suggested by Readers
Readers sent us 24 missing words in two weeks. We added 20 to the Wordle solver dictionary and turned down 3. Here is how we check each one, and how to send yours.
Read the article →The Best 6-Letter Wordle Starting Words, Measured (Plus 7 and 8 Letters)
We scored every qualifying 6, 7 and 8-letter word against thousands of common answers. The strongest 6-letter opener is SATIRE or SALTER, and whether the game allows plurals matters more than which list you use.
Read the article →The Best Wordle Strategy, Explained by Information Theory
What makes a Wordle guess useful? Explore entropy, starting words and endgame tactics, with original calculations across 1,880 historical answers.
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