Word game blog
Strategy guides, lists worth memorizing, and the occasional dictionary rabbit hole, all written around the same frequency-sorted word data that powers the finder.
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June 11, 2026
Q Without U: Every Word That Saves Your Scrabble Rack
The Q is the most dangerous tile in the bag, unless you know the short list of words that play it with no U in sight.
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June 11, 2026
Scrabble vs Words With Friends: The Dictionary Differences That Cost You Points
TWL, CSW, ENABLE: three dictionaries, three different answers to "is that a word?". Where they disagree, and which one your game actually uses.
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June 10, 2026
The Best Wordle Starting Words, Backed by Letter Frequency
Forget hunches: the math of letter frequency points to a handful of openers that test the most common letters in the fewest guesses.
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June 10, 2026
Two-Letter Scrabble Words: The Highest-Value List You Can Memorize
A hundred-odd tiny words separate casual Scrabble players from dangerous ones. Here is why the two-letter list matters and how to actually learn it.
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June 10, 2026
Wordle Strategy: A System for Winning in Four Guesses or Fewer
A repeatable four-step system (strong opener, disjoint second word, frequency-ordered candidates, and endgame discipline) that turns Wordle from luck into process.