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runamuckyesterday at 8:28 PM1 replyview on HN

"the most frequently occurring letters in typical English text are e-t-a-o-n-r-i." But "Wheel of Fortune" told me to guess R-N-S-T-L-E!


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toast0yesterday at 9:28 PM

It's not contradictory. Wheel of Fortune only gives you one vowel for free, e is the most common, same as here.

Wheel of Fortune gives you several consonants, order matters less, and both lists share n r and t.