Funny, I use a couple of
first words. One of my first words is AROSE. (Yet tip suggested ARISE. Gets three vowels out there. )
I also use MEANT and HEART
Unless I have really good success, I follow up guess #2 with another word that has totally different letters from guess #1, regardless of my first words results
Though, after reading the article, I'm going to use this tip
I like the challenge of coming up with a new starter word every day so Wordle doesn’t start to seem like a rote, mechanical task.