There’s an art and a science to picking a good starting word for Wordle. Here are my suggestions for the best starters—and how to find the best starter for your playing style.

Today's 'Wordle' answer will take a lot of dedicated daily players by surprise, but don't worry - it's not a mistake.

Fittingly, the puzzle has begun reusing words on Groundhog Day, and it chose the very first Wordle answer ever to use again.

Wordle is a game about words, but numbers can help you beat it. We've delved into the data to find the most useful patterns.

That number was whittled down to 2,309 by the NYT after it bought Wordle in January 2022, and then increased by an unknown amount over the next couple of years, with the addition of solutions such as SNAFU (game #659) and OOMPH (#1662).

Wordle represents a rare phenomenon in the digital age: a simple, minimalist game that achieved global popularity without aggressive marketing,

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment. When he's not playing Call of Duty he's eating whatever ...