Total character hints for each first guess (across the set of all possible answers):
arose
24,791 hintssoare
24,791aeros
24,791serai
24,469reais
24,469raise
24,469arise
24,469aesir
24,469aloes
23,996seral
23,994
- ...
adieu
19,358
- ...
gyppy
5,459fuffy
5,457xylyl
5,432
Determined using the official word list (below). Duplicate hints are ignored (e.g. p
in apple
counts as 1 hint). You get similar results if you sort by median-case hints.
I then use the following words as a second guess based on the number of matches (0 - 5)
minty minty until lamps rages final