i used to think that getting the vowels was most important, but now i'm starting to notice single vowel words to start have an advantage. when you pinned the A and E, you were limited to 3 new letters/ guess in subsequent words whereas i got some of the more used consonants out of the way early on. nevertheless... luck still plays a role quite often.Phew! That was close.
have you found a list of all the Wordle words uses to date?I have been using stare mostly as a start word. Once it becomes the wordle word I'll use others. A friend got it in one yesterday as the word she usually uses came up.