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130 words open with A and carry O in the third box. What stands out is how evenly they spread, with no second letter taking even fifteen percent.
L is the closest thing to a leader at around fourteen percent, then B, N and D at roughly eight each. That is flatter than almost any other pattern in this set.
So a single guess will rarely narrow things much. Pick words that test two or three of those letters across other boxes at the same time.
ABOUT and ALONG are the two most people reach for, and both sit in the busier half of the group.
AVOID and ADOPT pull in different consonants and are worth holding back for a second or third guess once the easy paths are gone.
A group this evenly distributed is one of the harder shapes to solve efficiently, because no early guess buys you as much as it would elsewhere. Expect to use a guess more than you would on a lopsided pattern.
They share A, B and O in the first three boxes and differ only after that. Testing one immediately tells you a lot about the other.
Both belong, and both run A, L, O in the same three boxes. Only the last letter separates them, which makes them an efficient pair late in a puzzle.
Yes. A first, R second, O third. It is easy to overlook because the double A at the ends draws the eye away from the O sitting in the third box.