I have succumbed to Wordle, the new online craze. You begin with a blank gtid and type in a five-letter word. My strategy is to begin with a word that has the letters R, S, and E. E is the most used vowel so you have a good chance, S the most used consonant. You press enter and the letters are shown in different colors: green means a letter you've typed is in the correct place in the answer; yellow means it's in the word but not in the place you've put it; gray means it's not in the word. In the grid above, the letters A and O are somewhere in the answer, just not where you put them. I usually pick a word for the second grid with an A (second most common vowel) and an L since it shows up in a lot of consonant blends. You have six chances to spell the correct word. So far, I've gotten all of them, probably because as a speech pathologist I had a lot of practice thinking up words with different sounds.
Note: This game is addicting but you can't overdo it because there is only one puzzle a day. You can google Wordle and get to the website and see entries on strategy It's a fun way to start the day.
