<h2 data-path-to-node="16">Top Strategies to Win at 5 Letter Words</h2>
<p data-path-to-node="17">If you want to stop staring at gray boxes and start seeing rows of green, you need a solid strategy. Here are the top tips used by word game pros:

<h3 data-path-to-node="18">1. Choose the Perfect Starting Word</h3>
<p data-path-to-node="19">Your first guess is the most important. You want to eliminate as many common letters as possible. The best starting words contain a mix of popular vowels (<strong data-path-to-node="19" data-index-in-node="155">A, E, O) and high-frequency consonants (<strong data-path-to-node="19" data-index-in-node="195">R, S, T, L, N).

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<p data-path-to-node="20,0"><strong data-path-to-node="20,0" data-index-in-node="0">Pro Tip: Exceptional starting words include <strong data-path-to-node="20,0" data-index-in-node="44">ADIEU (eliminates 4 vowels), <strong data-path-to-node="20,0" data-index-in-node="73">AUDIO, <strong data-path-to-node="20,0" data-index-in-node="80">STARE, <strong data-path-to-node="20,0" data-index-in-node="87">ROATE, or <strong data-path-to-node="20,0" data-index-in-node="97">RAISE.

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<h3 data-path-to-node="21">2. Don&rsquo;t Waste Your Second Guess</h3>
<p data-path-to-node="22">If your first word yields mostly gray letters, don&rsquo;t panic. Use your second guess to test completely different letters. If your first word was <em data-path-to-node="22" data-index-in-node="143">STARE and it failed, try a word like <em data-path-to-node="22" data-index-in-node="180">CHINO or <em data-path-to-node="22" data-index-in-node="189">BLUNT next to scan the rest of the alphabet. 5 Letter Words

<h3 data-path-to-node="23">3. Watch Out for Duplicate Letters</h3>
<p data-path-to-node="24">Remember that words can contain the same letter twice (e.g., <em data-path-to-node="24" data-index-in-node="61">ROBOT, <em data-path-to-node="24" data-index-in-node="68">APPLE, or <em data-path-to-node="24" data-index-in-node="78">SWEET). Just because a letter turns green in position two doesn't mean it can't also appear in position five!