Same starting word. Originally I was using RAISE, then I changed to LEAST (since Wordle bot kept recommending it), before finally settling on SHALE. SHALE works well for me because E and A are in typical E and A position, so a yellow or a gray tells me a lot about the word.
https://www.reddit.com/r/wordle/comments/17a5wq0/strategy_for_2nd_word_choice/

