https://dailywordgames.co.uk/blog/ 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. en-GB Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://dailywordgames.co.uk/blog/hive-pangram-myth/ https://dailywordgames.co.uk/blog/hive-pangram-myth/ Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. Jacob https://dailywordgames.co.uk/blog/wordle-starting-words/ https://dailywordgames.co.uk/blog/wordle-starting-words/ Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. Jacob https://dailywordgames.co.uk/blog/wordsearch-half-reversed/ https://dailywordgames.co.uk/blog/wordsearch-half-reversed/ Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. Jacob