If the player guesses a letter correctly and puts it in its correct position, it will appear green ... the word have? The word has two vowels and three consonants. Hint 2: Does the word start ...

That meant my opener of ORATE turned both 'A' and 'E' green, leaving 50 possible answers to choose from, according to WordleBot. The Bot's b est Wordle start words improved on this by some distance.