The ones I missed, all of which seem like they might be genuine answers, were TENSE, TINGE, TEPEE, TULLE, TITLE, THINE, and TITHE.Įven without those extra options I didn't like my odds of guessing correctly for a 2/6, so I decided to do what I could to guarantee a 3/6 by playing a throwaway word. I say TRACE left me with 13 possible answers, but I was a bit slapdash in my workings and only found six of them: THOSE, THESE, THEME, THYME, TILDE and TWINE. CRANE didn't fare so well today, though, leaving 125 answers. Anyone playing SLATE had 23, CRATE 22 and STARE 24. WordleBot liked TRACE very much, awarding it 99 for skill, and telling me I now had just 13 possible solutions left to pick from. I will admit that choosing it was pure laziness on my part, but I'll come up with something a little more original tomorrow, I promise. That was certainly the case with my choice today of TRACE - a variation of yesterday's CRATE that merely swapped the C and T. What's more, several of the best Wordle start words will have given you a particularly good entry into the game today. With no major issues letter-wise, and with a word that everyone will know, this Wordle holds few dangers.

The M is the least common of the four letters used today, sitting in a middling 16th place. You might also expect TH to be a very common starting combination, but as it happens it only ranks 25th in this regard, occurring 24 times in total.

The T at the start of the word is also very common it's the fourth most likely letter to begin a Wordle. LEERY, two games ago, had a repeated E, as did NEEDY in game #431 and ELOPE in game #401, so it's certainly something to consider when you're playing. That's because - as I show in my analysis of every Wordle answer - E is repeated 172 times in Wordle's 2,308 games, meaning you'd expect to see that pattern about once every 13 or 14 puzzles. In fact, last Friday's game, CHARM, was the last time it happened - so this is something of a relief.Īs with six of the past seven games, it has a repeated letter, but this time round it's an E that features twice, which makes finding the second one easier than with most letters.

It's been a while since we've had a Wordle that dipped below 4/6 as an average, but according to the NYT's WordleBot tool, people are solving this one in just 3.8 guesses. So, what is today's Wordle answer for game #447?

Find people 411