Wordle has been cracked. Or at least, optimized to the brink.
Back when the Wordle craze dominated timelines, new strategies popped up daily, from vowel-heavy openers to probability spreadsheets. Years later, most players have settled into their own routines, casually maintaining streaks without much thought.
But this week, social media users resurfaced an almost foolproof method that strips Wordle down to pure alphabet math: The five-word strategy.
According to a viral post on X by Wordle strategist @rudy_betrayed, the optimal opening sequence is:
- CHUNK
- FJORD
- VIBEX
- WALTZ
- GYMPS
Together, these five guesses use 25 unique letters of the alphabet in just five turns, missing only the elusive Q. By the end of round five, nearly every incorrect letter has been eliminated, leaving players with a single, highly informed final guess.
The post has already amassed 22,000 bookmarks, with players marveling at how quickly the answer reveals itself once the board is filled with gray tiles.
Why It Works (And Why It Might Not Be Fun)
The logic is simple: maximize letter coverage before worrying about placement. Instead of hunting for green tiles early, this approach turns Wordle into a process of elimination, making the correct word almost impossible not to see.
That said, it’s not a magic spell. You still need to recognize valid words, navigate tricky anagrams, and actually know the solution. And as many users pointed out in the replies, aggressively “solving” Wordle may defeat the point.
After all, half the joy of Wordle lies in intuition, pattern recognition, and the small daily struggle, not brute-forcing the alphabet.
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