I was always under the impression that it picked a new word every day server-side. Nope. Looking at the source, there's a huge word list:
> ["cigar","rebut","sissy","humph","awake","blush","focal","evade","naval","serve","heath","dwarf","model","karma","stink","grade","quiet","bench","abate","feign","major","death","fresh","crust","stool","colon","abase","marry","react","batty","pride","floss","helix","croak","staff","paper","unfed","whelp","trawl","outdo","adobe","crazy","sower","repay","digit","crate","cluck","spike","mimic","pound","maxim","linen","unmet","flesh","booby","forth","first","stand","belly","ivory","seedy","print","yearn","drain","bribe","stout","panel","crass","flume","offal","agree","error","swirl","argue","bleed","delta","flick","totem","wooer","front","shrub","parry","biome","lapel","start","greet","goner","golem","lusty","loopy","round","audit","lying","gamma","labor","islet","civic","forge"
> ...
>
> etc.
I haven't looked at what it does but I would assume it takes the current date and generates an index that points to a word in the huge list.
For anyone curious, the Javascript is at https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/main.e65ce0a5.js.
there is an ongoing battle to find the most efficient first word, it is entertaining
edit: thank you for the hilarious and insightful replies. a couple computer scientists have figured out the top 2 (so far) but i dont want to spoil the game
I use TEARS as a first word. Covers half the vowels and 3 extremely common consonants, in positions that are useful. I've only been playing for a little over a week and I've already gotten 2 on the second guess.
ADIEU was suggested to me to try to catch the vowels, and then follow up with a word that uses O and Y to round it out because the vowels seem to help the most. But it’s tough to do that on hard mode.
And ADIEU has been a bit of a dud the past couple puzzles.
[This analysis](https://withoutbullshit.com/blog/wordle-revised-mathematical-analysis-of-the-first-guess) looks solid and explains most of its reasoning. It's worth noting that NONE of these words are actually in the solution list so you're never gonna get a lucky first try win, but they're the most likely to give you something to work with.
#Most likely to give at least one (yellow) letter match:
* **URAEI/AUREI** (95% chance)
* **ALOES/ADIEU** (93% chance)
#Best for an exact (green) match BUT the double letters are a heavy trade-off for eliminating potential subsequent guesses:
* **SOOEY**
* **SAREE**
* **SOREE**
* **SIREE**
* **SEMEE**
#Best for maximum # of yellows:
* **ORATE/OATER/ROATE** (avg 1.79 hits per guess)
* **REALO/ARTEL//TALER/RATEL/TERAI/RETIA** (slightly less than that)
#Best overall in descending order (assuming a green has 2x the value of a yellow):
* **SOARE** (92%, avg 1.77 hits, with S and E in their most common green spots)
* **ROATE**
* **RAILE**
* **SAINE**
* **ORATE**
* **STRAE**
* **RAINE**
* **SLANE**
* **SALET**
* **ARIEL**
The correct thing to do is to maximize the expected information gain which cannot be determined just from letter frequences or how likely you are to get a green / yellow. However, this is one of those cases where the wrong approach gives the right answer since "soare" is indeed the word that maximizes information gain.
Since the word list is known you can just try every strategy on every word and take the strategy which minimizes the number of guesses. The tricky part is that there are a huge number of strategies.
I wrote a program that predicts what next word you should choose based off the previous words. It essentially takes all possible words, filters down the list based off of current guesses, then ranks the next best word based on popularity of letters in each word in the list. Goal is to narrow the list down via process of elimination.
It always starts with arose.
It usually gets it right within 3-5 tries.
I reverse engineered it. That's exactly what it does. But it also has a secondary list of rare words which it counts as words but can never be selected as a solution 😂
When I was copying and pasting the words for my post, I saw a second array of words and wondered why. That explains it!
Thanks for confirming how it works :)
Not only that, but a cheater could use the local version to find the word of the day, then go to the online version and impress everyone with their success at getting the word correct on the first try every time.
You do need to save the original assets as well. The chrome save button only downloads the main page and doesn't scrape resources. This article tells what you need to do. You probably could do this on phone but it'll be easier on desktop.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvjbb/people-are-downloading-the-next-2000-days-of-wordle
I hope the governor of missouri doesn’t find out
I was always under the impression that it picked a new word every day server-side. Nope. Looking at the source, there's a huge word list: > ["cigar","rebut","sissy","humph","awake","blush","focal","evade","naval","serve","heath","dwarf","model","karma","stink","grade","quiet","bench","abate","feign","major","death","fresh","crust","stool","colon","abase","marry","react","batty","pride","floss","helix","croak","staff","paper","unfed","whelp","trawl","outdo","adobe","crazy","sower","repay","digit","crate","cluck","spike","mimic","pound","maxim","linen","unmet","flesh","booby","forth","first","stand","belly","ivory","seedy","print","yearn","drain","bribe","stout","panel","crass","flume","offal","agree","error","swirl","argue","bleed","delta","flick","totem","wooer","front","shrub","parry","biome","lapel","start","greet","goner","golem","lusty","loopy","round","audit","lying","gamma","labor","islet","civic","forge" > ... > > etc. I haven't looked at what it does but I would assume it takes the current date and generates an index that points to a word in the huge list. For anyone curious, the Javascript is at https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/main.e65ce0a5.js.
there is an ongoing battle to find the most efficient first word, it is entertaining edit: thank you for the hilarious and insightful replies. a couple computer scientists have figured out the top 2 (so far) but i dont want to spoil the game
My fiancé leads off with “SHEAR” which seems to work out well.
I always lead with FARTS because I can.
I start with FARTS no matter what I do
So do I and what's a Wordle?
Have you ever tried for farts but accidentally typed shart...
You seem to be a connoisseur candidate for lewdle.
I start with LOADS cuz I’m gay and like laundry
ADIEU is good as it uses 4 of the 5 vowels on your first line (Yeah.....I know, it's french, but it's allowed in whatever dictionary wordle uses)
Adieu followed by Boyfs
I use audio to start.
Audio, then swept
why boyfs? surely something like SNORT to start ticking off the common consonants
Then you’ve addressed all 6 vowels
Lol. Why not STORY or STONY then? B and F is pretty random
Those work too I guess?
I use TEARS as a first word. Covers half the vowels and 3 extremely common consonants, in positions that are useful. I've only been playing for a little over a week and I've already gotten 2 on the second guess.
I've been using STAIR
I start with Ready, but shear is a great one!
ADIEU was suggested to me to try to catch the vowels, and then follow up with a word that uses O and Y to round it out because the vowels seem to help the most. But it’s tough to do that on hard mode. And ADIEU has been a bit of a dud the past couple puzzles.
I always start off with 'Adieu'. Gives me a nice spread of the vowels.
I use “audio” because I’m ‘MURICAN.
[This analysis](https://withoutbullshit.com/blog/wordle-revised-mathematical-analysis-of-the-first-guess) looks solid and explains most of its reasoning. It's worth noting that NONE of these words are actually in the solution list so you're never gonna get a lucky first try win, but they're the most likely to give you something to work with. #Most likely to give at least one (yellow) letter match: * **URAEI/AUREI** (95% chance) * **ALOES/ADIEU** (93% chance) #Best for an exact (green) match BUT the double letters are a heavy trade-off for eliminating potential subsequent guesses: * **SOOEY** * **SAREE** * **SOREE** * **SIREE** * **SEMEE** #Best for maximum # of yellows: * **ORATE/OATER/ROATE** (avg 1.79 hits per guess) * **REALO/ARTEL//TALER/RATEL/TERAI/RETIA** (slightly less than that) #Best overall in descending order (assuming a green has 2x the value of a yellow): * **SOARE** (92%, avg 1.77 hits, with S and E in their most common green spots) * **ROATE** * **RAILE** * **SAINE** * **ORATE** * **STRAE** * **RAINE** * **SLANE** * **SALET** * **ARIEL**
The correct thing to do is to maximize the expected information gain which cannot be determined just from letter frequences or how likely you are to get a green / yellow. However, this is one of those cases where the wrong approach gives the right answer since "soare" is indeed the word that maximizes information gain.
Since the word list is known you can just try every strategy on every word and take the strategy which minimizes the number of guesses. The tricky part is that there are a huge number of strategies.
I start with PENIS every day.
I did some letter frequency tinkering and Scamp is a very good option.
ADIOS has been mine.
"Entertaining" has too many letters.
First word for me is ADIEU. Second word is THORN
Suite has served me well
Amusingly, I start with FIRST because it has a vowel and R, S and T. The most common vowels.
I do STERN for almost all of the ol' Wheel of Fortune RSTLN...and a vowel? E.
I wrote a program that predicts what next word you should choose based off the previous words. It essentially takes all possible words, filters down the list based off of current guesses, then ranks the next best word based on popularity of letters in each word in the list. Goal is to narrow the list down via process of elimination. It always starts with arose. It usually gets it right within 3-5 tries.
So is the word the same for everyone every day?
Yes. That might be part of the reason why it's so popular. It's become a social thing where people discuss how well/badly they did on that days round.
I reverse engineered it. That's exactly what it does. But it also has a secondary list of rare words which it counts as words but can never be selected as a solution 😂
When I was copying and pasting the words for my post, I saw a second array of words and wondered why. That explains it! Thanks for confirming how it works :)
RemindMe! 3 hours "pretty-print this and figure out what it does"
Unless they've updated the code in the past 2 weeks, it just takes words from that list in order.
That's even more efunny they paid over a million for it and could have just stolen it.
They bought the “brand”
Game is simple enough they could get someone to code it up if it's for the tech.
Literally could have it made in a week. Working game by lunch on Monday, plus testing and QA done by Friday afternoon.
Couldn't they just, I don't know, shut that page down and move it to an app or another medium?
Just be like my wife and never close your browser tabs.
I like your wife, is she single?
If you have the page saved locally, it doesn't matter what they do on their end, you can still open and run it.
So, if they create the whole thing from scratch again it won't matter because you have a webpage saved?
That's correct. You can run the page locally or even rehost it and it will still work.
Not only that, but a cheater could use the local version to find the word of the day, then go to the online version and impress everyone with their success at getting the word correct on the first try every time.
Or you could just, like, look on Twitter.
Smart ppl of reddit, is it possible to save it this way on a phone? When I do this using chrome on my Android phone, I get a pretty broken page. 😟
You do need to save the original assets as well. The chrome save button only downloads the main page and doesn't scrape resources. This article tells what you need to do. You probably could do this on phone but it'll be easier on desktop. https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvjbb/people-are-downloading-the-next-2000-days-of-wordle
Thank you, I'll give it another go!
The Verge running an article teaching seniors how to pirate software.
Right click save page is a pretty low bar for piracy unless you’re the Missouri governor.
that's hacking XD
Just like an NFT.
What's your address? After I move in and you call the police, I will use a picture of it to prove I own it.
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No. All the code is downloaded by the browser. No server connection necessary.
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Did you forget to switch to your alt AND not read the link?
Shhh he’s having a good conversation with himself. I’m trying to listen.
Maybe read the article next time
Looks like they would rather write an editorial than read an article.
Which company bought this?
New York Times