I can give you the list that NYT wordle uses

[nolanlad]

I was able to extract the exact word list that the NYT uses for wordle from the website's java script, I can make a pull request adding it if you would like.

[kiprobinson]

thanks, sorry for the slow reply

i pulled the list i use from the wordle code prior to the NYT acquisition. there were two lists in the code at the time:

1. all words that are accepted as valid words (i.e. if you guessed this word, it would not say "that's not a word")
2. an ordered list of all the answer words

i'm exclusively using list 1, because it doesn't seem fair to know exactly which words are possibly right answers, and using esoteric words can sometimes help narrow things down well even if they're not going to be a real answer word.

If you want to create a PR, make sure it is the list 1 list, and please alphabetize it (alphabetizing doesn't matter to my algorithm, i just want it that way. 😄 )