In the video, posted Feb. 6, Sanderson was able to determine the optimal guess providing the best information about the answer, using math and his algorithm. The best starting word to use? C-R-A-N-E.

Here are some of Hikmet’s best starter words according to his Unwordle tool designed to help you solve Wordle puzzles with a 99.3% success rate. It uses the exact same strategy of only examining ...

Some sense of how AI algorithms may collaborate with humans can be seen in games. Chess or Go players can team up with computer programs to perform at an elevated level. This requires a new set of ...

YouTuber 3Blue1Brown created a program to solve Wordle puzzles as quickly as possible and it helped discover the best possible starting word, as long as your second guess is good too.

His algorithm follows a similar design pattern to the tools we’ve discussed in the past. Working from Wordle’s known list of around 12,972 potential guesses, his script calculates how often ...

Computer programs that perform these kinds of on-the-go calculations are called streaming algorithms. Because data comes at them continuously, and in such volume, they try to record the essence of ...

By using the word Crane first in every puzzle, Sanderson’s testing results in an average score of 3.438. You can watch the full video – which explains the detail behind his findings – below.

Learn what an algorithm is with this KS1 primary computing guide from BBC Bitesize for years 1 and 2. We will define what an algorithm is and how they work.