Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

AIBU to ask what your Wordl started word is?

169 replies

Macrodatarefiner · 26/01/2025 13:57

Just that! I had such a great run and now I seem to have hit a wall. Do you use the same one every time? Do you ever use pen and paper alongside? It's cheeky I know I'm being unreasonable I'm also just curious!

OP posts:
WonderingAboutThus · 26/01/2025 14:35

My first word is random and often not at all strategic.

maximist · 26/01/2025 14:30

alibongo5 · 26/01/2025 13:59

I always start with stare as it's got the most common letters in it. If none of those are in the word, my second word is pound. I'm on a good streak of 88 at the moment, including stare coming up so getting it in one!

I used to start with stare too, until I got it in one. Now I use tears - same letters, different order. Stare must have been a common first word as I saw quite a few people getting it in one that day.

Mischance · 26/01/2025 14:29

abuse, then point.

titchy · 26/01/2025 14:27

Raise, then touch

PointsSouth · 26/01/2025 14:26

STEAD

Edinvillian · 26/01/2025 14:24

Mine has always been stare. It finally came up about a month ago!

WhoStoleYourHighHorse · 26/01/2025 14:21

TyneTeas · 26/01/2025 13:59

Adieu and then pilot to cover the vowels

Just moved from adieu to stare and my average has dropped from 4 to 3 over the last two weeks

Therealmetherealme · 26/01/2025 14:20

Crane then toils/pilot/spilt. I can never decide between getting the correct position of letters and ruling out other letters.

DappledThings · 26/01/2025 14:19

I do Quordle first then use whichever of those 4 words has the most vowels for that day's Wordle starting word

AScoundrel · 26/01/2025 14:18

just FYI if you use MOUSE it has been the answer so you’ll never get it in one but I just can’t bring myself to change it now!!

AScoundrel · 26/01/2025 14:12

MOUSE followed by THING if there is nothing from the first word. It is a
a tortoise rather than hare word (if you want the latter go for STARE or LATER) but it’s served me well.

I currently have a streak of 512. It would be higher but I left my phone in a taxi 513 days ago 😂

luckylavender · 26/01/2025 14:12

alibongo5 · 26/01/2025 13:59

I always start with stare as it's got the most common letters in it. If none of those are in the word, my second word is pound. I'm on a good streak of 88 at the moment, including stare coming up so getting it in one!

I used to start with STARE but it was the word recently so I'm trying different things now.

Pebbles16 · 26/01/2025 14:09

HOUSE then PLAIT (depending on what comes up from HOUSE)

MargaritaPracticallyCan · 26/01/2025 14:09

Usually random, based on the first five letter words I hear spoken on the Today programme when I wake up.
Wordle is also the first thing shared with a few family members and friends every day. It's our check in. Love Wordle so much. And Strands and less so Connections which is excellent but sometimes very frustrating!

StormingNorman · 26/01/2025 14:09

Raise
Pouty

Clears out all the vowels plus y (substitute vowel) and some of the most frequently used consonants.

TakemedowntoPotatoCity · 26/01/2025 14:09

I vary it as long as I cover all vowels plus y in the first two guesses.

saveforthat · 26/01/2025 14:09

TyneTeas · 26/01/2025 13:59

Adieu and then pilot to cover the vowels

Mine is adieu then short

Solocatmum · 26/01/2025 14:09

I focus on lowest scrabble points to pick up most commonly used letters.

So tend to start with TEARS and then might go for DOING if tears was a blank.

HeyJackKerouac · 26/01/2025 14:08

Also ADIEU. I think back when wordle began it was touted as a strong starter word. Seems a lot of us are using it. Second word varies depending on result of first but will always contain O. I think getting the vowels is the key. I'm on an 86 day streak. Previous best streak was 109. It was a dark day when I lost that.

Crochetpenguin · 26/01/2025 14:08

Audio then tyres

mandarinchocolate · 26/01/2025 14:08

ADIEU
Covers 4 vowels

WrylyAmused · 26/01/2025 14:07

Trend, then shoal for letter frequencies. I think consonants are more useful to know than the vowels.

BeanAround · 26/01/2025 14:07

According to the wordl bot, the top 10 most frequently used starter words are:

Adieu
Audio
Stare
Raise
Crane
Slate
Arise
Train
Irate
Great

personally I like to pick a word at random as it’s more fun that way.

PickAChew · 26/01/2025 14:06

I occasionally play quordle or octordle and use PIOUS then TRADE for the vowels plus R, S and T.

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 26/01/2025 14:05

RAISE.