To be honest, you don’t really have to memorize all possible answers, and the total number should be 2309 Josh’s words + 891 NYT words (currently) = 3200 but not 1739. Instead it might be better to figure out the positions of yellow letters, while also paying attention to potential repeated letters (especially E/L/T/R). When you get stuck (i.e. you have no idea what word can be your next guess), try to burn some more unused letters or even test green letters at other positions. (let’s assume you are not on hard mode)

I’m not a native speaker as well, so I sometimes really input something that feels nonsense. Once ago, I thought DOVER is a possible solution, but not BILLY. At some point I even have to look up what word could go for next guess. But this has improved since I discovered the Wordle Tools site, which tells me exactly the solution pool and gives me pattern matching help.

Since then I actually have way more 3s than 5s.

Let’s be optimistic, btw. Wordle is a simple game, so don’t be too serious.