T_R_Oglodyte
TUG Lifetime Member
I've tried focusing on vowels first as well as focusing on consonants first. Personally, I find it easier to hunt vowels first, but that's probably just related to how my mind works. I'm left-handed, so my mind generally works differently than most peoples.I used to go with ADIEU first, but I've switched to STORM and then PLACE (and occasionally FUNGI if necessary).
Adieu gets you the vowels right away, but I found I would often end up repeating vowels I knew for no extra information to narrow down the consonants.
Using less vowels in guess 1 "saves" some of them to be revealed in future guesses, which makes those guesses more powerful since all the letters add useful information.