Wordle letter frequency

Here's a fun exercise.

I compiiled a list of all the wordle answers to date (through Wordle 918, on 2023-12-24) and found the frequency of each letter in the answers.

This isn't really an in-depth analysis. I don't account for letter order, repeated letters in words, and many other factors that probably could be helpful. Some of these are hard to quantiy - for example, Wordle doesn't often use plurals - but here's what I found:

• A: 413
• B: 110
• C: 193
• D: 147
• E: 486
• F: 82
• G: 130
• H: 169
• I: 255
• J: 10
• K: 91
• L: 272
• M: 123
• N: 221
• O: 323
• P: 143
• Q: 14
• R: 365
• S: 240
• T: 311
• U: 180
• V: 51
• W: 73
• X: 18
• Y: 151
• Z: 19

Thus, the top 10 letters used in Wordle answers are:

• E: 486
• A: 413
• R: 365
• O: 323
• T: 311
• L: 272
• I: 255
• S: 240
• N: 221
• C: 193

Therefore, I think a good starting word would be:

• LATER

After this guess, you should prioritize the letters:

• O
• I
• S
• N
• C

If the Wordle contains no letters from the word LATER, you should guess:

• SCION

I'll be trying this out to see if my scores improve.