# Words left behind **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [August 14, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/words-left-behind/2727 "2024-08-14T22:14:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![phil](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/user_avatar/community.hanzihero.com/phil/32/6_2.png) [@phil](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/phil)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/words-left-behind/2727/2 "2024-08-14T22:25:36Z")
You can read more about [our word selection algorithm in the docs here](https://hanzihero.com/docs/lesson-item-ordering). To highlight one important factor: > - Do all characters have a word item to pair with it? Do some characters have less word items than others? In short, we always select words to help with learning new characters first. So, as long as you continue to learn new characters, words will be prioritized to make sure you have “word coverage” for those new characters. I understand that the default ordering of words on that list page can be misleading though, we should change that 🙂 Here’s another thread on the topic: > [@Why are some words blocked?](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/why-are-some-words-blocked/2104/3): > > Most of those words are also [recently added some days ago](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/tuesday-june-05-2024-simplified-curriculum-update/) which may be why they haven’t shown up quite yet. As Phil mentioned, the word selection algorithm will try to focus on “broad character coverage” (i.e., getting an even character-distribution in the words selected), which is why this may not have shown in your queue quite yet. As we start adding more and more lower-level HSK words, we are also looking into potentially adding an option for users to change the word-selection algorithm to p… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/words-left-behind/2727)._