Forget CRANE, find the Wordle answer easily now! Check the exciting NEW Wordlebot 2.0 starting word

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One of the biggest problems players face while playing Wordle is picking the starting word. There are so many permutations and combinations that make picking that one perfect word a difficult task. But then, the New York Times came up with its bot that not only helped you in analyzing your puzzle but also suggested the best starting word for Wordle. The word was ‘Crane' for easy mode and ‘Dealt' for hard mode. This completely changed the game for many and Crane instantly became the most popular starting word overnight. But Wordlebot had some glitches so, the NYT has been tweaking it, and now, the upgraded Wordlebot 2.0 has found an entirely new word to take your game to the next level. Try it to get the Wordle answer today. So, what is the word?

On August 18, Josh Katz, journalist and graphics editor at the NYT, tweeted about the Wordlebot upgrade. He said, “remember wordlebot? today we're unveiling wordlebot 2.0, now with new features, a new algorithm, and fancy new sneakers”. But that's not all, it also has a new starting word recommendation. In the easy mode, now Wordlebot prescribes using SLATE instead of Crane and in hard mode, it suggests using LEAST instead of Dealt. So, if you're a regular player of the game, give these starting words a shot and see if it can make your game better. But the question is, why were the suggestions changed?

Wordlebot was first introduced in April as a daily companion that would review your puzzle and suggest how you can improve your guessing abilities. But its analysis was based on the word bank of Wordle and as a result, it was geared so much towards efficiency that it was not able to understand how a human mind works. For example, sometimes even after knowing a couple of clues,