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Top 11 consonants in terms of frequency of use (in any of the 5 positions): R T L S N C H P D G M

Rank order of the 6 vowels (including Y) in terms of frequency of use (in any of the 5 positions): E A O I U Y

Typical Wordle word: 2 vowels (counting Y as the sixth vowel), 1 compound (ex KN)/paired consonant (ex NN)

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Today’s Wordle: CRANE (Typical)[spacer height=”20px”]

NYT WordleBot average score: 3.4 (per Marc McLaren*)
WordleGuru score:  3 😊

Seed Word: ALTER: It is the first word of the triad – ALTER/SONIC/PUDGY.

2^nd Word: CHASE:  It is not the second word of the triad.
Reason for selection: A typical Wordle word has 2 vowels. Since the seed word revealed 2 vowels, we didn’t need to search for additional vowels.  Therefore, I chose not to use the second word of the triad (SONIC). Instead, I used CHASE. I had two objectives in mind with CHASE, 1) confirm the positions of the two vowels (A and E) and 2) look for the presence of 3 high volume consonants (C, H and S).
What we learned: CHASE confirmed the positions of the two vowels (stroke of luck) and revealed the consonant “C” in the 1^st position. At this stage there are 3 possible answers, all three orthographic neighbor words – CRANE, CRAZE and CRAVE. ☹
Next step: Either deploy the EnotE© strategy (to ensure the score does not exceed 4) or “spin the roulette wheel” with the knowledge that the score may turn out to be a 5.  I decided in favor of “spinning the roulette wheel”.  I tend not to use the EnotE© strategy if there are only 3 possibilities.

3^rd Word: CRANE: It is not the third word of the triad.
Reason for selection: The frequency data favored CRANE.  Luckily it was the answer. My score could easily have gone to 4 or 5. 😊

Interesting Observation:  CRANE is one of the recommended seed words!  I don’t use CRANE but those who do, scored an ACE (a hole in 1 in the golf parlance) today!😊😊😊😊😊

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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.
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