My strategy is built to ensure I solve 95% of the puzzles in 4 guesses or less.
It is not built to always shoot for the lowest score possible.
The score depends a lot on the seed word.
Wordle is a game of luck and skill.

Target Word: INEPT
Typical Wordle Word Construct: 2 Vowels and one compound/paired consonant (2 letters or 3 letters; seen with >50% frequency)
Today’s Wordle Word Construct: Typical; 2 Vowels (I and E), one compound consonant (PT)
# Of Guesses: 3.8 WordleBot average per Marc McLaren*; 3 for WordleGuru

Seed Word: ROAST; a less frequently used seed word by me
Seed Word Revelations: no vowel but one consonant in the 5^th spot
# Of Possible Solutions after the seed word: Too many

Second Word: LINED; Since the seed word did not reveal any vowels, I had to search for at least one vowel. I was pretty sure there is no Y in today’s target word so essentially, I had to look for E, I, and U. I also wanted to search for additional consonants. So, I didn’t want the second word to have three vowels and only two consonants. I chose LINED as the second word. Of the five vowels, U has the lowest frequency. Therefore, I chose not to include it in the second word.
Second Word Revelations: 2 vowels (I and E) but not their positions; one consonant (N) but not its position
# Of Possible Solutions after the second word: two possible answers FEINT and INEPT.  Since FEINT is not a common word, INEPT became the answer.

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EnotE (Eliminate-not-Enumerate) Strategy deployment: Not required today.

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Final thoughts:  Wordle is a game of luck and skill. So much depends on the seed word.  Today’s seed word revealed only 1 letter and its correct position. The second word proved to be more effective and led me to the answer.  LadyLuck was in my corner today.

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Statistics corner: Only the second time a T has followed a P.

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My other work you may find interesting
I write Rhyming Prose (Prose that rhymes). My work in this area can be found on my website, Rhyming Prose — … when a poem won’t do it!

I have also started writing free-verse poems. My work in this area can be found on my website, Budding Poets Corner – Poet Laureates of Tomorrowhttps://wordleguru.com/

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*The WordleBot score I refer to comes from Tom’s Guide by Marc McLaren.  Marc writes his post at around 7 AM U.K. time.
https:  //www.tomsguide.com/news/what-is-todays-wordle-answer#section-previous-wordle-answers

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