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#1890 SAT 08/22/2026
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Letter Frequency Chart (based on the unplayed 2315 words)
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A(167): A1(22), A2(73), A3(41), A4(30), A5(16)
B(51): B1(34), B2(4), B3(12), B4(5), B5(1)
C(86): C1(36), C2(10), C3(9), C4(31), C5(5)
D(74): D1(26), D2(4), D3(17), D4(13), D5(22)
E(181): E1(11), E2(44), E3(38), E4(74), E5(58)
F(40): F1(30), F2(2), F3(4), F4(5), F5(3)
G(59): G1(18), G2(0), G3(19), G4(15), G5(9)
H(61): H1(13), H2(22), H3(0), H4(6), H5(20)
I(141): I1(6), I2(55), I3(62), I4(22), I5(3)
J(7): J1(6), J2(0), J3(1), J4(0), J5(0)
K(44): K1(3), K2(2), K3(2), K4(10), K5(29)
L(120): L1(11), L2(37), L3(27), L4(35), L5(21)
M(59): M1(18), M2(6), M3(16), M4(14), M5(8)
N(107): N1(5), N2(12), N3(31), N4(38), N5(25)
O(122): O1(12), O2(48), O3(38), O4(35), O5(10)
P(75): P1(28), P2(14), P3(12), P4(13), P5(11)
Q(3): Q1(2), Q2(1), Q3(0), Q4(0), Q5(0)
R(166): R1(28), R2(51), R3(31), R4(24), R5(56)
S(151): S1(94), S2(1), S3(24), S4(32), S5(11)
T(120): T1(28), T2(9), T3(20), T4(29), T5(47)
U(99): U1(5), U2(47), U3(35), U4(17), U5(0)
V(27): V1(10), V2(4), V3(7), V4(6), V5(0)
W(39): W1(17), W2(8), W3(6), W4(5), W5(4)
X(4): X1(0), X2(1), X3(2), X4(1), X5(0)
Y(117): Y1(0), Y2(9), Y3(7), Y4(1), Y5(104)
Z(8): Z1(1), Z2(0), Z3(3), Z4(3), Z5(1)
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Leaders in position 1: S(94), C(36), B(34), P(28), R(28)
Leaders in position 2: A(73), I(55), R(51), O(48), U(47)
Leaders in position 3: I(62), A(41), E(38), O(38), U(35)
Leaders in position 4: E(74), N(38), L(35), O(35), S(32)
Leaders in position 5: Y(104), E(58), R(56), T(47), N(25)
T1(28) also ties with P and R.
Thank you!
thanks! i’ve updated my 🍏notes file 🙏
Starter Word Analysis based on the unplayed 2315 words (464 words left).
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Yellow Score is the number of words where the letter matches in right or wrong position out of 464 words.
Green Score is the number of words where the letter matches in the right position only out of 464 words.
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Best to Worst
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AERIS (806 Yellow Score)
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RAISE (253 Green Score) #1035
ARISE (225 Green Score) #1603
SERAI (202 Green Score) playable
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AEORS (787 Yellow Score)
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AROSE (201 Green Score) unplayed
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AERST (785 Yellow Score)
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TASER (255 Green Score) ADD – Weighted Bottles 51.38%
STARE (226 Green Score) #1290
ASTER (173 Green Score) ADD – Weighted Bottles 54.74%
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AEIRT (775 Yellow Score)
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IRATE (185 Green Score) #745
TERAI (136 Green Score) – playable
RETIA (130 Green Score) – playable
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AENRS (772 Yellow Score)
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SANER (328 Green Score) unplayed – Probably the best Green Score going
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EILRS (759 Yellow Score)
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SLIER (323 Green Score) playable
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AEORT (756 Yellow Score)
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ROATE (204 Green Score) playable
ORATE (191 Green Score) ADD – 50.87% Weighted Bottles
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AELST (739 Yellow Score)
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SLATE (259 Green Score) #548
STALE (237 Green Score) #505
TALES (213 Green Score) playable
SETAL (209 Green Score) playable
STEAL (192 Green Score) unplayed
STELA (192 Green Score) playable
TAELS (185 Green Score) playable
LEAST (175 Green Score) #1535
TEALS (159 Green Score) playable
TESLA (147 Green Score) playable – Would love this to be an ADD
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ENORS (Yellow Score 727)
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SNORE (226 Green Score) #1768
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AORST (Yellow Score 726)
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ROAST (196 Green Score) unplayed
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AINRT (Yellow Score 701)
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RIANT (209 Green Score) playable
TRAIN (167 Green Score) #319 (first year REPEAT!)
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ALSTY (Yellow Score 675)
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SALTY (327 Green Score) #925
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ADLSY (Yellow Score 629)
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SADLY (323 Green Score) unplayed
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ACSUY (Yellow Score 620)
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SAUCY (337 Green Score) #1146
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ADNSY (Yellow Score 616)
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SANDY (315 Green Score) #1750
Yay, SANER! 😄
Wordle 1,890 3/6
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ALINE
⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ SNARK
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN
That’ll do. 😀
Just noticed that had I used my other favorite starting word ROUST, the first guess grid would have looked the same.
Wordle 1,890 3/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ Scone
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ Trail
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Prawn
I will feel a little more relaxed when we get the next Repeat or Add…. 😳
Don’t sweat either of those!
Historical odds for both are %10 each.
So, odds are %80 for OG (2315) words.
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Short term odds are 40% for an ADD and 7% for a REPEAT.
Even that makes it 47% collectively. (I think this is short term).
So, that makes it 53% chance (better than even) that it’s neither an ADD or a REPEAT.
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Also, the word pools are skewed!
The 2315 list has only 464 words left.
The list of ADD’s (which is the Weighted Bottle list over 40%) is 605 (653 minus 48 words already played).
So
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80% chance that it’s from a pool of 464. (Unplayed 2315)
10% chance that it’s from a pool of 605 (ADDs)
10% chance that it’s from a pool of approximately 343 (365 First Year Words minus 22 REPEATS).
(Granted, there have been a couple of non first year REPEATs.)
This makes playing from the 2315 list even more of the preferred play (for now).
When a REPEAT or an ADD comes along, I just figure it will be a 4 that day.
If the odds of either REPEATS or ADD’s approach the odds for 2315, I might consider pooling the word lists together and adjust my “second guess” accordingly. I wont do it until it does.
Since the pool of ADDs is much larger, it will be more difficult to predict which word it will be.
Just rule out the 2315 words and then play for the other 2 categories.
Know that the short term chances of an ADD is almost 6X that of a REPEAT now.
So, don’t play a REPEAT unless it’s a burner word or filter. Don’t expect that to be the answer.
So, I don’t worry about them at all. You shouldn’t either.
🤜 👍☝️ 👌 💯 ….. For now.
I am intrigued to see if this ADD rate goes over 50%.
Thanks for the interesting info!
You’re welcome.
Today, I was able to rule out 2315 words on the 2nd word.
Check those Weighted Bottle scores on the ADD’s. The good scores should be on the most common words.
https://wordletools.azurewebsites.net/weightedbottles?SortOrder=ByWeight&submit=Submit
Keep in mind that words like PSHAW WB score is about 40% vs 58% for more common words.
Just ordered fried noodles with PRAWNs for lunch, so this one came easily.
Wordle 1,890 2/6*
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ WISPY 5
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN
WordleBot
Skill 99/99
Luck 92/99
Wahoo!
Congrats!
🦅✨ way to go!
Wordle 1,890 3/6
⬛⬛⬛🟦⬛
⬛⬛🟦⬛🟦
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
STEAL, MINOR left 10 possible, only two unused: DRANK, PRAWN. I chose well l
Wordle 1,890 4/6*
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ STILE
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ CAROM
🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ ARRAY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN
WordleBot
Skill 73/99
Luck 37/99
NYT AVG. 3.7
This is the 3rd time I’ve posted & it’s not showing up. I know I’m not blocked because my many replies are there. Let’s see…
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ SLATE … 7 NU OG wl
🟨🟩🟩⬛⬛ WRACK … 1 NU OG wl
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN …
🩶I believe wrack was the only perfect filter in the 7 NU OG wl after slate.
Happy 🥧🦷🧚♂️ day!
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NU… never used
wl… word list
OG… original NYT wordle wl
Wordle 1,890 3/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 TONER
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 DRAIN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN
Wordle 1,890 3/6*
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 85/99
Luck 42/99
I noticed a little error. The daily alphabetical list has two words for day 1884, ASPIC and TRIBE.
What were your guesses?
SAUCE
TONAL
PRAWN
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ RISKY
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ LURCH
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 MOWER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN
surprisingly, lurch and mower are solve words and lured and parch aren’t.
Started with prawn several times
The vibes were present early this .morning before my bad golf game .
My 3 beat the Bot!
Wordle 1,890 3/6
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ Rinse
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 Drown
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN
I Used rinse since there was about a in yesterday’s word…
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The vibes said drown, not argon and I love prawns!
Beat that Bot!
🪡 sew….hoping to chill a bit, cast my line into the creek and immediately got a bite 🎣 on yet another arrr in c2! appears to be a run on ’em lately.
reached into the trusty tackle box and pulled up the c2 arrr 🏴☠️ list (yeah, i keep one in there 😉). crosschecked that with the ffff* (in there too) and, after yesterday’s sneaky re-pete fiasco, decided that the ptb* might think brawl 🥊 would be a humorous teaser choice for the masses. 🤔
on the right track 🚂 but not quite there yet.
down from on high, “let them eat fish” rang out (well, prawns anyway)…and there you have it…
dinner is served, on a sea of greens. 😎
Wordle 1,890 3/6*
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ creek
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ brawl
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 prawn
🧐 ptb* throne room???
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* fab five forks filter
* powers that be/per tracy bennett
Wordle 1,890 2/6*
⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ TREAD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN
[Kim Kattrall and Andrew McCarthy Run Lines]
I guess it’s true. They’re running out of words.
I considered playing AROMA since it’s only a fraction of a first year word. Finally found an unused one though and went for it.
Congrats!
Nice!
🦅✨ good one
Wordle 3/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ CLEAT (221)
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ARSON (6)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN
As a follow up to yesterday’s conversation, today I turned off hard mode and sure enough the bot started with slate not tarps. The bot then solved in 4.
That’s interesting.
I don’t play hard mode, but it seems that this good strategy by the bot. By playing R3 and S5 in TARPS, it can play the high frequency letters in places where it doesn’t form a pattern trap like yesterday’s word. _RA_E. It also plays one vowel which is equally interesting.
I think its almost a completely different game.
Wordle 1,890 3/6*
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ STEAL
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ RANDY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN
WordleBot
Skill 85/99
Luck 56/99
Took me a while to choose the third word because I wanted to use an ADD.
Other unused ADD words are CARNY, FRANC, and ARGON.
🙋🏼♀️ I really like carny 🎡 and argon 🫅🏼⛽️
Wordle 1,890 4/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ adieu
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ coach
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ blank
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 prawn
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ AROSE
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ DRAWL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN
Same as Judy S
DRAWL is the best 2nd guess (to eliminate NU words).
Still below 3 in the 14-day-average (2.86)
Still drooling for A ROSE at dawn
This is almost the same as my game except the start word with one letter different.
Your monthly average is exceptional BTW!
Wordle 1,890 3/6
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ RAISE
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ DRAWL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN
RAISE leaves 15 words.
This is a new pattern since I started playing RAISE.
The best filter I can come up for this one is DRAWL. There are 2 words that start with D. 4 words with D. 4 words with W.
Also, BRAWL is still unplayed.
I am also considering ADORN for this pattern.
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A turtle lifts its head to look for traffic before crossing the road.
You done good to get it in 3… I just tried RAISE & ADORN in private mode. 🤖 chose BRONC … odd.
I still think it’s a possibility TB is going to do an overhaul of wordle sometime soon … so holding off on a change … for now … 🤷♀️
You don’t think she’ll play out the remaining 460+ words on the OG list while slowly ramping up REPEATs?
I think it will be more of a whimper than a bang.
We’ll see!
You could be right for sure… the end game she’s playing could be a whimper… as we run out of words, we’re going to see more and more 2s and even a lot more 1s. It will make for an interesting end game.
* on the day of the last OG word left, how many do you think will get it in one?
That’s an interesting thought! I think, at that point, she’ll have mixed in REPEATs or ADDs at a collective %99 RATE.
So, yes, there will be people guessing that word for a couple of weeks until it finally hits.
Meanwhile, because that word is IDK “RAZOR” e.g. People will get 5’s and 6’s, because they started with RR and a Z. LOL!
Wordle 1,890 3/6*
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛. Misty
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛. Round
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩. Prawn
Wordle(Bot) 1890 3/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ steal (228)
⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ drank (4)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 prawn
Wordle 1,890 4/6
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛SLATE
⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛CRONY
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩BRAIN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩PRAWN
WordleBot
Skill 90/99
Luck 36/99
WordleBot
Skill 74/99
Luck 34/99
🙏
sUmmer of U-words from Professor Mike – aUg. 22; RULES sponsored by Dave
Happy Birthday, Dave! 🎂
It came down to BRAVA and PRAWN: the last time I chose the P word, it didn’t Pan out. This time it would have 🙂 That’s Wordle…
Good ☀️/🌃 to all!
I don’t see your puzzle.
Wordle 1,890 5/6*
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ RULES 233 wl
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ TARRY 33 wl
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ CRACK 13 wl
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ BRAVA 6 wl
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN
WordleBot
Skill 74/99
Luck 34/99
JD,
Thanks for the heads up!
Let’s try to guess what it is…
🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️
⬛️🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️
?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
that’s all I could get …
Without the break in it, a snail crossing the same street as my turtle.
Wordle 1,890 3/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ STEAL 218
⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 CAIRN 5
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN
Of 5 remaining only 2 were NU, and I thought PRAWN feels more common than ARGON
JD – with apology I originally posted my response on Thursdays AP (not sure how I got there, could have sworn I clicked on today’s), so I duplicated it here.
Not JD, but Jeb – good GRIEF! 🤦🏻♂️
Don’t feel bad… I keep calling him Jed (damn autocorrect)
No problem. I’ll remove from Thursday.
— The Real Jeb
🤔 v the “unreal” jeb ? 😎
Hey! I’m the real Jeb!
I’m also Sparticus BTW!
You’re also Negan!
… And so’s my wife!
Welease Bwian!
Wordle 1,890 3/6
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜slate
⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜drank
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩prawn
Wordle 1,890 4/6*
🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ arose
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ brail
⬛🟩🟩🟨⬛ drank left only the answer
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 prawn my 3 vs 4 battle is back
Wordle 1,890 4/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ CLOUT
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ AFIRE
🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛ RASPY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PRAWN
Needed paper and pencil today to list 6 good words to choose from in 3rd guess but it took 4 guesses.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_King_Prawn
love the muppets! 🦐🐸🐷🐻
I had an anniversary dinner at a very nice place spoiled by a prawn. Allergic reaction. 🤢
Oh, no!
Wordle 1,890 3/6
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 Saner
⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ Drank
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Prawn
This is one of the rare cases where I didn’t use a throw-away word to test five more letters in the second row.
don’t you just love it when that happens? 🎉👏🥂⭐️
Wordle 1,890 3/6
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
STEAL
CAMPY
PRAWN
Wordle 1,890 2/6*
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
That’s more like it! My P.A.L strikes again!
Well done!
What’s P.A.L?
And what was the first word in your sequence today? I see it started with a P.
Oooo, I want to play ‘What’s the Word’! … My guess for the start word is PASTE.
And I too am curious what P.A.L is.
Yay!
🦅✨ it’s a twofer for youfer!!!
🧐 Inquiring minds want to know … your starting word that starts with P and the meaning of P.A.L. (Purely Accidental Luck? 🍀😉)
🙋♂️ i am going with:
precisely aligned logic 🤓
Congrats!
My first word was PASTE so well done Mike S.
And PAL isn’t as interesting as your guesses suggest! It stands for my Previous Answers List–an alphabetical list of all my incorrect, non-repeat answers. After my starter words I usually choose from that list to save time and I’ve scored a surprisingly high number of 2s and 3s from my PAL.
Excellent list! It, obviously, has brought you success!
Wordle 1,890 3/6
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜arose
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜drawl
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩prawn
We think the same!!
Wordle 1,890 5/6
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ QUASI 172
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ GRAZE 26
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ CRACK 13
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 TRAMP 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Got there eventually after a bit of a tramp past a few NUs
Meh… once again overthunk & used an extra guess….
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ DOUSE (for old time sake) possible add
⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ CRANK sv
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 TRAIN (listened to the noise about a repeat repeat)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🍤 not for me thanks
Wow, Douse is a starter word I like to use too but didn’t realize it wasn’t on the 2315 list and would be an add!
IKR… seems it should be on the list…
I almost began with CLOUT too – another old fave, which would’ve netted the same result – zilch
Block out the noise
i did (2moro) 😁
Nice