Word Game Guides

How to get better at the games, not just how to get today's answer.

Strategy Guides

How To Get Better At WordleThe handful of habits that move an average from five guesses toward four. How To Solve NYT ConnectionsSixteen words, four groups, four mistakes. Here is how to stop losing on the last group. How To Reach Genius In Spelling BeeA method you can follow every morning instead of staring at the hive. The Two Letter Words That Win Scrabble GamesThe shortest words on the board are the ones that decide the closest games. How To Unscramble Words In Your HeadThe methods puzzle solvers actually use, so the tool becomes a check rather than a crutch.

The 360 Series

360 Best Wordle Starting WordsOpeners ranked by letter coverage 360 Top Scrabble WordsThe highest scoring rack words 360 Richest Letter SetsLetter sets that make the most words Word StatisticsThe dictionary, measured

Where To Start

If you play Wordle, start with How To Get Better At Wordle. The single habit it opens with, using the same first word every day, is worth more than any clever opener, and the section on trap endings like -IGHT explains the losses that feel like bad luck.

If you play Spelling Bee, the Genius strategy guide is a routine you can follow every morning: pangram first, then endings, then every outer letter paired with the center. Connections players should read How To Solve NYT Connections for the purple group tricks, which repeat more often than people expect.

For Scrabble and Words With Friends, learn the two letter words before anything else. They are what make parallel plays possible, and parallel plays are where the big scores come from. And if you want to stop reaching for a solver at all, How To Unscramble Words In Your Head teaches the chunking method puzzle solvers use.

About These Guides

The guides are written for people who want to play better, so they explain methods rather than list answers. Where a guide quotes a number, such as how many five letter words contain a letter, it comes from the same dictionary the tools on this site use. If you spot a mistake or want a game covered, tell us.