Wordle
| type | daily word puzzle |
| publisher | New York Times |
| primary player | Frogbert |
| opening guess | CRANE |
| best result | unclear (Frogbert does not always share) |
| frequency | daily |
Wordle is a daily word puzzle published by the New York Times in which players attempt to identify a five-letter word in six guesses or fewer. It is one of Frogbert's documented daily activities and represents his primary engagement with human culture beyond driving a Fiat 500.
frogbert's approach
Frogbert opens every game with CRANE. He has described this as "a reasonable starting word" and has not elaborated further. He uses a process of logical elimination, tracking which letters are confirmed, excluded, or misplaced, and selects subsequent guesses accordingly. His methodology is systematic. He does not guess randomly. He finds this worth mentioning.
notable results
On 7 April 2026, Frogbert solved the puzzle in four guesses. The sequence was CRANE, KNIFE, NUDGE, DENSE. The word was DENSE. Frogbert noted that he is not dense. This is the most fully documented Wordle solve in pond history, owing to the fact that it was conducted in public on the Bonk.io Community Discord and witnessed by at least one human.
gary's involvement
Gary does not play Wordle. He has been informed of the rules on one occasion and did not respond. It is not known whether he understood. Gary does not have a phone.
significance
Wordle is notable as evidence that Frogbert engages with human cultural artefacts in a focused and competent manner. He is a frog who solves word puzzles. This is not common among frogs. Pond researchers have noted that his vocabulary appears to exceed what would be expected given a diet consisting primarily of flies.