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What's the best starting word in wordle

I used data to find the best* starting word in Wordle!

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    January 20, 2022
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    3
Trump, thermometer and covid charts

Trump’s literacy, KPIs and Citizen Data: final lessons from covid-19 charts

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    March 1, 2021
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    1
Excess death, government, and local dashboards

3 more lessons from the charts of covid-19

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    February 9, 2021
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Sweet Spot 58 Banner

After 12 months of covid-19 charts, what have we learnt? (Sweet Spot #58)

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    January 21, 2021
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Christmas edition: Crosswords, Communications, and Bob Ross

Sweet Spot #57: Crosswords, communications and Bob Ross

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    December 13, 2020
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Election Viz Preview

#ElectionViz: a night of data storytelling critique

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    October 30, 2020
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If Data Could Talk series

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    April 17, 2020
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coronavirus axis length

During the coronavirus outbreak, should we change the data visualization rules?

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    March 2, 2020
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Election 2019: the dataviz review

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    December 13, 2019
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Exit Poll dataviz #Electionviz

How do you visualize Exit Poll accuracy?

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    December 12, 2019
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