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Data-driven articles about word games, strategy and language. We analyse real puzzle data from DailyWordGames.co.uk and explain what actually works and why.

• The Truth About Spelling Bee Pangrams: '-tion' Is Rarer Than You Think

  2026-05-13 · 6 min read

  Strategy guides tell you to hunt for -tion, -ness and -ment endings. An analysis of 774 British English Hive pangrams shows that 98.3% end in something else entirely.

• The Best Wordle Starting Words in British English — A Data Analysis

  2026-05-13 · 7 min read

  Which word should you have a go at first? An analysis of 1,173 British English Wordle answers shows that SHARE, SLATE and CRANE tell you the most after round one.

• Nearly Half of Every Wordsearch Hides Its Words Backwards

  2026-05-13 · 6 min read

  A behavioural analysis of 944 British English wordsearch puzzles shows that 49.9% of all hidden words run in a direction your eye has to read in reverse.