Starting-letter word lists
Starting-letter searches are useful when a puzzle has confirmed the first tile or when you want to build a Wordle guess around a known prefix. Start with the pages below, then use each page’s filters to narrow by second letter, included letters, excluded letters, and vowel count.
Use when A is fixed first; group and filter by the second letter.
B · 78 recordsUse when B is fixed first; compare BA, BE, BL, BO, BR, and BU.
C · 108 recordsUse when C is fixed first; split CH, CL, CO, CR, and other openings.
P · 102 recordsUse when P is fixed first; narrow by the second tile and remaining feedback.
IN · 22 recordsUse only when both I and N are fixed; the third letter is the useful next split.
S · 159 recordsThe largest starting letter; 90 records put a consonant cluster second.
T · 74 recordsSplit between TA, TR, and TH; exactly half the file repeats a letter.
M · 81 recordsEvery second letter is a vowel or Y; the strongest answer-pool share here.
D · 65 recordsThe DE- family holds 27 of 65 records; watch the repeat trap.
R · 84 recordsRE- dominates with 51 records; two-thirds of the file repeats a letter.
When to use a starting-letter list
Open one of these lists when the first tile is green or a clue supplies the beginning of the answer. On the single-letter pages from A to T, a known second letter is usually the quickest filter. The IN page is already fixed at two letters, so its useful split is the third letter: INC-, IND-, INS-, INT-, and the smaller families.
After choosing the closest list, enter every confirmed-but-misplaced letter in Yellow letters with all positions where it failed, and put every truly eliminated letter in Excludes. Use Contains only when a letter is required but no failed position is known. If the first position is still unknown, the six-letter Wordle guide is a better place to compare general guesses.
All record totals are generated from the 1,485-word accepted-guess pool. The 682-word answer pool is a labeled subset, not an official list or probability forecast. Data review: September 1, 2026. Pool version: answers-ef976d79dbc2_guesses-27c282147058. See Word List Sources and Methodology for provenance, scoring limits, and corrections.