Wordle Bot just showed me the near-perfect Wordle starting word

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I used to think there was no best Wordle starting word. I was wrong and the new Wordle Bot just proved it to me.

While we've all been busy wasting a few minutes each day playing Wordle, the game that asks you to guess a five-letter word in six tries, The New York times quietly launched a Wordle Bot to help you in your quest to become a world-class Wordler.

In my first test run, I learned that, yes, there are some first Wordle guesses that are much better than others. I mean a lot better.

Before we continue, though, I'll warn you that there are spoilers ahead for today's Wordle answer No. 298.

As the New York Times explained, it built the bot with the express goal of finding the best starting words for Wordle, but that quest soon evolved into understanding «how closely our guesses matched those that would be chosen by a machine designed to solve Wordles.»

As a long-time Wordle player and someone who was for a bit writing our daily Wordle Guides and Wordle how-to's (such as how to win Wordle every day), I think I already know a thing or two about the right starting words. One of my go-to's is «FRAME.»

However, for this Wordle quest, I put myself in the hands of the Wordle Bot. Sort of.

To use Worlde Bot, it turns out, your first have to solve Wordle on your own. The bot literally turns you away if you haven't solved Wordle on the system where you're accessing the bot.

If you solved it on a different system, but still want the bot to analyze your work, you can upload an image of the completed Wordle.

Chastened, I returned to today's Wordle and started to solve it. With or without a bot, I'm always determined to finish in three. Usually, I succeed. Today, not quite. 

My progression is below in the gallery. Again, if you haven't played