Wordle has become a global phenomenon since its public launch in October 2021.
Much of its appeal lies in its simplicity, but it is still challenging enough to keep you coming back every day for more.
Players need to solve a mystery five-letter word in six guesses or fewer and are guided by a color-coded tile system to let them know if they’re on the right track.
A green tile means the letter is correct, while yellow tells you the letter appears in the word but is in the wrong spot. Finally, a gray tile shows that the letter does not appear in the word at all.
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WordsRated crunched some numbers and found the most common starting letter used by Wordle players is S, with 15.81 percent of answers beginning with it.
The next most common starting letter is C, with 8.58 percent of Wordle answers starting with the consonant, although S is the starting letter for 167 more words than its nearest rival. B is in third place with 7.49 percent.
Josh Katz and Aatish Bhatia of the New York Times analyzed 515 million Wordle games and found that one of the most popular first-word choices was “Adieu.” However, although it was in the top 30 most-used starting words, it was actually not that helpful in solving the daily puzzle.
“The strategy seems to make sense: Figure out the vowels, and the other letters will fall into place,” wrote Katz and Bhatia. “Our new analysis, though, shows that starting with ADIEU or AUDIO does actually put human players at a disadvantage.”
They continued: “On average, players who started with ADIEU needed about a third of a turn more to solve their Wordles compared with players who started with SLATE, adding up to 132 extra turns over the course of a year.”
If you need a hand solving today’s Wordle brainteaser, Newsweek has put together a few hints to help you out. But be warned, the answer appears further down in the article, so scroll down with caution if you want to work it out yourself.
‘Wordle’ #1,070, Clues for Friday, May 24
Hint #1: Today’s Wordle contains two vowels.
Hint #2: The answer is a noun or a verb.
Hint #3: There are no repeated letters.
Hint #4: The last letter is a vowel.
Hint #5: Today’s word can be done in the air, on water or on ice.
‘Wordle’ #1,070, Answer for Friday, May 24
The answer to today’s Wordle is “Glide.”
As a verb it can mean, “to move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly,” according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
When used as a noun, glide means “a calm stretch of shallow water flowing smoothly,” among other things.
Did you get it? Well done if you did! If not, you can always try again when Wordle resets at midnight in your local time zone. Newsweek will be back tomorrow with more hints, so take a look if you find yourself struggling.
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