Wordle is the addictive daily word game that took the world by storm in 2021.
The rules of Wordle are simple. Players need to work out a mystery five-letter word in six guesses or fewer, and then a color-coded tile system lets you know if you’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 just in the wrong spot, while a gray tile shows that letter does not appear in the word at all.
The New York Times bought Wordle for a “seven-figure” sum from creator Josh Wardle in 2022 after it went viral in October of the previous year and the newspaper recently analyzed 515 million Wordle games.
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Researchers found that one of the most popular first-word choices, “Adieu,” which was in the top 30 most-used starting words, 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 authors Josh Katz and Aatish Bhatia for The New York Times. “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.”
WordsRated also did some research on the game and found the most common starting letter is S, with 15.81 percent of answers beginning with this letter.
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.
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 please scroll with caution if you want to work it out yourself.
‘Wordle’ #1,027, Clues for Thursday, April 11
Newsweek has gathered five clues to help you solve today’s Wordle brainteaser.
Hint #1: Today’s answer contains three vowels.
Hint #2: There are no repeated letters.
Hint #3: Today’s Wordle is a noun and a verb.
Hint #4: The last letter is a vowel.
Hint #5: “L” is the first letter of today’s answer
‘Wordle’ #1,027, Answer for Thursday, April 11
The answer to today’s Wordle puzzle is “Louse.”
Wordle is released at midnight in your local time zone. If you find yourself stuck on tomorrow’s puzzle, Newsweek will be back with another set of clues to help you figure out the answer.
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