For each  p  from -infinity to +infinity, we list the top-4 starting triples
(as ranked by the Lp metric). The ranking only changes at select values of  p,
whose values are shown surrounding the applicable rankings.

Notes: 

1. [blind, match, spore] has the same game play as [blond, match, spire], which will not be listed below.

2. At p=1 all triples are tied.

3. This list was compiled from a systematic examination of the first 124303
triples in the accompanying file  alltriples.zip . That file lists all
triples of Wordle solution words that use 15 different letters. It is
sorted by a rough heuristic descibed in the main files in this directory,
so the "best" triples are likely near the top. The "best" 10% of all these
triples were checked individually, and a comparison to the next-best 10%
found no candidates that were even close to being competitive except for
the largest values of  p  (We do know that at p=+infinity there *are*
triples that are not in the top 10% and yet are optimal by that metric;
they are listed in the file  6clusters  and have been checked separately.)
So I am very confident that this list includes all starting triples that
are within the top four, for any  p  except possibly for very large yet
finite  p .

p= +infinity
 [bland, comet, sprig], [blimp, dance, worst], [blond, rivet, scamp], [birth, model, spawn]  <-- p=+oo (M1=max cluster)
p=+11.71352813                                                                            X
 [bland, comet, sprig], [blimp, dance, worst], [blond, rivet, scamp], [chirp, golem, stand]
p=+5.447696681                                                      X
 [bland, comet, sprig], [blimp, dance, worst], [chirp, golem, stand], [blond, rivet, scamp]
p=+4.832136351                                                                            X
 [bland, comet, sprig], [blimp, dance, worst], [chirp, golem, stand], [climb, sandy, trope]
p=+4.653702382                                                                            X
 [bland, comet, sprig], [blimp, dance, worst], [chirp, golem, stand], [climb, donut, parse]
p=+4.352045120                                                      X
 [bland, comet, sprig], [blimp, dance, worst], [climb, donut, parse], [chirp, golem, stand]
p=+4.269300919                                                                            X
 [bland, comet, sprig], [blimp, dance, worst], [climb, donut, parse], [clamp, diner, ghost]
p=+3.965199546                                                      X
 [bland, comet, sprig], [blimp, dance, worst], [clamp, diner, ghost], [climb, donut, parse]
p=+2.921990990                                                                            X
 [bland, comet, sprig], [blimp, dance, worst], [clamp, diner, ghost], [blimp, dance, short]
p=+2.282649886                               X
 [bland, comet, sprig], [clamp, diner, ghost], [blimp, dance, worst], [blimp, dance, short]
p=+2.251911054                                                                            X
 [bland, comet, sprig], [clamp, diner, ghost], [blimp, dance, short], [blimp, dance, worst]
p=+2.232224367                               X
 [bland, comet, sprig], [blimp, dance, short], [clamp, diner, ghost], [blimp, dance, worst]
p=+2.215819853                                                                            X
 [bland, comet, sprig], [blimp, dance, short], [clamp, diner, ghost], [bland, copse, right]
p=+2.199553312                                                      X
 [bland, comet, sprig], [blimp, dance, short], [bland, copse, right], [clamp, diner, ghost]
p=+2.178192742                               X
 [bland, comet, sprig], [bland, copse, right], [blimp, dance, short], [clamp, diner, ghost]
p=+2.166571184        X
 [bland, copse, right], [bland, comet, sprig], [blimp, dance, short], [clamp, diner, ghost]
p=+2.158013825                               X
 [bland, copse, right], [blimp, dance, short], [bland, comet, sprig], [clamp, diner, ghost]
p=+2.083155268                                                      X
 [bland, copse, right], [blimp, dance, short], [clamp, diner, ghost], [bland, comet, sprig]  <-- p=2 (ave. cluster)
p=+1.868687951                                                                            X
 [bland, copse, right], [blimp, dance, short], [clamp, diner, ghost], [blind, comet, sharp]
p=+1.648213462                                                      X
 [bland, copse, right], [blimp, dance, short], [blind, comet, sharp], [clamp, diner, ghost]
p=+1.640329525                                                                            X
 [bland, copse, right], [blimp, dance, short], [blind, comet, sharp], [blind, match, spore]
p=+1.612711193                                                      X
 [bland, copse, right], [blimp, dance, short], [blind, match, spore], [blind, comet, sharp]
p=+0.8397946901                                                                           X
 [bland, copse, right], [blimp, dance, short], [blind, match, spore], [midge, porch, slant]
p=+0.4438447706                                                     X
 [bland, copse, right], [blimp, dance, short], [midge, porch, slant], [blind, match, spore]
p=+0.4384194019                                                                           X
 [bland, copse, right], [blimp, dance, short], [midge, porch, slant], [bland, copse, mirth]
p= 0.0000000000                                                     X                       <-- p=0 (M2 = # clusters)
 [bland, copse, right], [blimp, dance, short], [bland, copse, mirth], [midge, porch, slant]
p=-0.7479659304       X                                                                 
 [blimp, dance, short], [bland, copse, right], [bland, copse, mirth], [midge, porch, slant]
p=-1.896709803                               X
 [blimp, dance, short], [bland, copse, mirth], [bland, copse, right], [midge, porch, slant]
p=-2.132156607                                                      X         
 [blimp, dance, short], [bland, copse, mirth], [midge, porch, slant], [bland, copse, right]
p=-3.899236025                                                                            X
 [blimp, dance, short], [bland, copse, mirth], [midge, porch, slant], [blond, march, spite]
p=-infinity                                                                                  <-- p=-oo (M3 =#singletons)


In total, there are only 15 triples mentioned here:
    [birth, model, spawn], [bland, comet, sprig], [bland, copse, mirth],
    [bland, copse, right], [blimp, dance, short], [blimp, dance, worst],
    [blind, comet, sharp], [blind, match, spore], [blond, march, spite],
    [blond, rivet, scamp], [chirp, golem, stand], [clamp, diner, ghost],
    [climb, donut, parse], [climb, sandy, trope], [midge, porch, slant]