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Countdown’s Queen of Dictionary Corner Susie Dent has had her say on Wordle, blessing us with her top tips for the word game that’s got everyone hooked., which gives users six chances to work out a five-letter word, we have plenty of faith in Susie to help us out.‘Sometimes I’m fairly systematic in that I will go with an opening word that has a lot of vowels,’ she explained to. ‘I know that’s what a lot of people like to do. But vowels for me alone, don’t really do it.
As for what letters to include in your opening word, Susie said you could base it on letter frequency.‘The letter “e” is the most frequently used word in the English language. You’ve also got “t” and “r” and “m”. I think the most common letters at the beginning of words are “t”, “w”, “d”, “a”, and “o”.Susie pointed out that different people will envision words in different ways so, while starting with a vowel-heavy word could work for some, it might be useless to others.
Meanwhile, Susie is continuing her reign as the dictionary queen on her tour, The Secret Lives Of Words.‘So it’s very light hearted. I give my greatest hits when it comes to etymology. So my favourite origins, my favourite words, and my least favourite words. I kind of split the show into two halves- the things I love and that most people love, etymologies, beautiful words, funny sayings, mistakes, things that make us laugh.