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468 five letter words begin with W, and the WH opening carries far more weight than its share of the count.
A leads at about twenty seven percent, H at twenty, I at seventeen, O at thirteen and E at twelve. R adds another seven.
WHICH, WHERE, WHILE, WHITE and WHOLE all sit on the H branch, and they are among the most used words in written English.
So although H is only the second largest branch, the words on it turn up far more often than the numbers suggest.
WRITE, WRONG, WROTE and WRECK all open with a W you do not say. The R does the work and the W is invisible in speech.
It is a small branch at seven percent, but every word on it is common, so it repays a guess more than its size implies.
WATER is the most informative opener. It covers the largest branch and its A, T, E and R are four of the commonest letters at this length.
It carries the question words and several of the most frequent connectors in English, so those entries appear constantly in ordinary writing.
They share four letters and differ in one box, so landing either one settles the other. Both are common enough to be worth the guess.
It is one of the most common words here, but its repeated vowel sound and the U make it less informative than WATER for narrowing the field.