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.

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Target Word: CHAFE
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 (A, E), one compound consonant (CH)
# Of Guesses:  3.7 WordleBot average per Marc McLaren*; 5 for WordleGuru ☹

Seed Word: LIARS; I looked at the last 5-7 Wordle words to decide among the 8 most frequent consonants and 5 vowels (A and E are the two highest frequency vowels; R, T, L, S, N, C, H and G are the 8 highest frequency consonants.)
Seed Word Revelations: A in the 3^rd position
# Of Possible Solutions after the seed word: N/M

Second Word: NOTCH; After some deliberation, I picked NOTCH with 1 vowel (O) and 4 of the 8 most frequent consonants.  O is the 3rd most frequent vowel after A and E. It did its job effectively narrowing the field to just 3 words – CHAMP, CHAFF and CHAFE. From a frequency perspective CHAFE was the first choice.  I made a mental mistake, didn’t think of CHAFE.  This led to falling in “enumeration Hell”.

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EnotE (Eliminate-not-Enumerate) Strategy deployment: Deployed right after the first word.  Worked effectively, except for my mental error.
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Final thoughts: Wordle is a game of luck and skill.   I snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

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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, haikus and songs. My work in this area can be found on my website, Budding Poets Corner – Poet Laureates of Tomorrow

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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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