Fun, Free Word Puzzle

[Chip]

Being a fan of word games (the NY Times Spelling Bee and crossword every morning with my first coffee) I was glad to find a new word puzzle.

Wordle starts with a blank 5 x 6 grid and a keyboard. You fill in letters one row at a time, trying to get a certain word.

It helps to know the frequency of occurrence for letters in English: ETAOIN SHRDLU. Linotype machines had these letters in two rows of 6, in their approximate order of frequency in the English language. Typesetters would test their machines by running their fingers down the rows, or use the letters to indicate an error in the typesetting, and occasionally would forget to remove them from the finished piece.

It also helps to know the common arrangements (th, qu, ing, ed, ea, etc.)

A fresh puzzle posts every day.

https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/