From LauncherWP: You shouldn’t cheat at Wordle. But here’s a weird way that you can.
For example, on Feb. 18, the day’s solution — dodge — ranked among the site’s top searches, which refresh every 30 seconds. Also appearing on the most-searched list were variants like “podge” , “wodge” , “bodge” and “hodge” . Those terms intermingled with more expected terms that frame the current state of the world, such as “fascism,” “false flag” and “woke.”Greg Barlow, president of Merriam-Webster, said he first noticed the phenomenon on Friday.
“I’m not sure that they’re looking to get a clue, so much as people are curious about the word,” Barlow said. “I don’t know why you would cheat at Wordle. It would ruin the fun.” Nevertheless, sneaking a peak at the Merriam-Webster search rankings would provide a Wordle player with a considerable edge. By focusing on the results with five letters, visitors can get a pretty good sense of the solution, especially if they discount the words that are as uncommon as, say, “agora.” Using the examples from Feb. 18, for instance, there would be zero chance the solution would be “bodge.
Barlow said his company has not noticed a surge in the site’s traffic, which attracts 50 million users a month, but he’s enjoying seeing people interact with language both via Wordle and Merriam-Webster.com.
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