[archi42]

Obviously anyone can play however they like and how they enjoy the game. But I feel like this "enter three optimized words and win" is too easy. So instead I go with hard mode, and have to think some more. I still start with the same word every time, but from there on most parts vary. I also allow myself to fall back to normal mode if finding the word depends on pure luck (e.g. _ATCH).

Bonus: If you and your friends play hard mode, you can try to do a reverse wordle on their solutions.

[taberiand]

My strategy on hard mode is to start with words containing uncommon letters, using new starting words each time to keep it fun. That way I find the "*atch" problem is reduced because (hopefully) the number of possible options has already been narrowed down.

My histogram is mostly 4's, with 2 losses in around 100 games, so I think I'm doing something right.

[skhm]

exact same strat, exactly 2 losses in 100 games, gave up at 100. two anecdata is data, right?