Currently the game would seem to be balanced towards quickly "brute-forcing" the words one by one. E.g. I've now finished two Wednesdays under four minutes and average four stars while the game says "5½ minutes (with practice)", and English is a second language to me:
> Three Magic Words Wednesday/Week 5: ***** in 03:43/21 guesses
> Three Magic Words Wednesday/Week 5: ***** in 03:43/21 guesses