How to Choose a Starting Word for Wordle-Style Games
We scored every five-letter word on a general 8,582-word list by the letters it tests and the green tiles it expects. AROSE,…
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Author: Kleoniq Kosova
Kleoniq Kosova is a writer in Tirana, Albania, who plays too many word games and got curious about which obscure words actually count. He writes The Verbarium's word lists, strategy guides and etymology pieces.
Anagram Families: The Letter Sets That Spell the Most Words
Ranked tables of the letter sets that rearrange into the most playable words, from the eight-word AEST family to the eleven-word AEPRS…
Octopuses or Octopi? The Right Plural for Cactus, Data, Criteria and More
Octopuses and octopi are both recorded, data can take a singular verb, and agenda is no longer plural. Here is what dictionaries…
How to Make Your Own Printable Word Puzzles From Any Word List
An animals word search built from start to finish, the grid-size and filler rules tested on a thousand grids (accidental words appeared…
Find the Word Adventure Mode, Tested: The Real Deadline at Every Level
The clock says sixty seconds, but in Adventure mode the bot finishes first. We ran the live game at fixed typing speeds…
How to Find the Words Hidden in a Set of Letters
Sort the letters, set aside the S and the common endings, pair vowels with consonants and swap one letter at a time.…
Words That Start With Q, X, Z and J: Lists, History and the Hardest Letters
X is the scarcest starting letter by every count, but Q, Z and J are hard in different ways. This reference maps…
Color or Colour? A Decision Chart for Writers and Word-Game Players
The game accepts both color and colour, yet rejects colourful and watercolour. This chart separates the word-game question from the writing question…
The Words You Can’t Play: Answers to the Rejections Players Ask About
A question-by-question guide to rejected words, from missing apostrophes and joined-up compounds to brand names, accents, two-letter words and the offensive-word blocklist.
Words Without Vowels: All 114, the 7-Letter Ones, and Words With No Y
The complete list of vowel-free words sorted by the letter you are dealt, set against the short words made almost entirely of…