Guides
Longer reads on words and word games, written by our editor Louisa Lowe. One habit sets them apart: wherever a guide states a number, we computed it ourselves from this site's own 168,401-word dictionary, so every figure can be checked against our word lists.
Wordle strategy, measuredThe best openers and letter positions, computed from all 8,610 five-letter words.Letter frequency in EnglishWhy the dictionary order differs from the famous ETAOIN SHRDLU — all 26 letters charted.The two-letter wordsThe complete list, the strange ones explained, and the Scrabble tactics they unlock.Q without UAll 29 words that manage it, what they mean, and when to play them.Hangman, solved-ishThe optimal guessing order by word length — computed, not folklore.Solving anagrams fasterFive practisable habits, and the suffix statistics that explain them.Word laddersCarroll's Doublets, solving tactics, and how our puzzles are generated.How many English words?What the big dictionaries claim, and our own exact, checkable count.
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