Oh, wait, actually the best Wordle opener is not “crane”…

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Why the open web links it

Analyzes and refines the strategy for the best starting word in Wordle using mathematical reasoning.

Linked by 12 independent sites, 4 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including blog.google, ycombinator.com, napier.ac.uk, arachnoid.com, rectangle.zone.