The fastest way to solve a five-letter word puzzle is to gather as much information as possible with the first two guesses, then use every color clue in each later guess. Most words can be found in three or four tries this way.
Choose a strong first word
A good opening word contains five different letters that appear often in the language, usually two or three vowels and common consonants such as R, S, T, L and N. Avoid words with repeated letters at the start, because a duplicate gives you less information.
There is no single perfect word: what matters is that the letters are common and spread across different positions.
Use the second guess to explore
If the first guess gave little information, use the second guess for five completely new letters. Two guesses with ten different letters often reveal most of the word.
If you already have several greens and yellows, start combining them instead.
Read every color carefully
A green letter is fixed. A yellow letter must move to a new position. A grey letter can be removed from all positions — unless the same letter is also green or yellow elsewhere in that guess, which means the word contains it exactly as many times as it is colored.
Watch out for repeated letters
Many words contain a letter twice. When you are stuck with few vowels left, consider a double letter. The color logic handles duplicates fairly: each copy of a letter is only marked as many times as it really appears.
Avoid the 'one letter away' trap
Sometimes four letters are green and many words fit the last spot. Instead of trying them one by one, use a guess that contains several of the candidate letters at once. It costs one turn but can save three.
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