# Wordle skill level rating of opening words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-skill-level-rating-of-opening-words/991520>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** board-card-word-game\
**Created:** [October 13, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-skill-level-rating-of-opening-words/991520 "2023-10-13T17:15:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-skill-level-rating-of-opening-words/991520/1 "2023-10-13T17:15:08Z")

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As an opening word, **slate** is referred to by the bot as the word of a “Wordle genius” and is given a skill level of 99. The word, **stale** , is given a skill level rating of 97. Same letters, different order. Does this mean that there are more words in the Wordle dictionary that end with te than with le?

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-skill-level-rating-of-opening-words/991520/2 "2023-10-13T17:36:38Z")

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Or sl rather than st, etc.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-skill-level-rating-of-opening-words/991520/3 "2023-10-13T21:51:04Z")

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Stale my starting word until it was the actual answer so I changed in an effort to some day get a second 1st quess.