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Abigail Nicholson

Countdown's Susie Dent shares favourite Wordle starting word

Getting off to a good start is key to solving Wordle puzzles as quickly as possible.

Wordle has taken to world by storm and is showing no signs of slowing down any time soon.

The game is an online five-letter word game. Each day a new word is released and players have six attempts to guess what it is.

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A grey letter means it isn't featured in today's word, whilst a yellow letter signals it is in the word but in the wrong position. The green letters mean it is in the word and in the correct place.

Getting off to a good start is key when it comes to Wordle and Countdown's Susie Dent has given her advice on how she plays the game.

She said: "I know there are a lot of people that think I'm going to be a real strategist about this, and there are a lot of people that try to work out algorithms and things, but to be honest, I just dive straight in.

"I will go with one of the most frequently used letters, 'E', always, because that is top of the list. I often start with 'NOISE' because that includes some of the most frequently used letters, as well. So you can, if you like, approach it from that point of view.

"But for me, the kind of real pleasure is in the process of elimination, and the code breaking exercise that comes after."

Susie Dent have given her advice to Wordle players (Huddersfield Daily Examiner)

Susie had described the puzzle as "a joyful oasis in a messy world".

She added: "Its rules are very simple and we are set the same challenge as everybody right across the world every day, and there's only one, we're rationed to one, so it's teaching us a level of patience that hasn't been required of us, really, for years.

"There are so many apps out there that offer us endless plays of things, so I think it's really special from that point of view."

The app keeps track of your statistics, showing the number of correct answers you've managed, and your winning streak.

If you really want a challenge, Wordle even has a hard mode, which can be turned on in the settings.

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