Annoying as well - because I put the bird name first, then went down a rabbit hole earlier in the alphabet, coming back to the shorter version of it quite a few goes later!
Still haven't worked out whether it is guesses or time that is the 'winner'. So, I've decided that for me it is time, and my target will be 'under a minute'.
Met it today.
Easy 3-4 letter words make it very quick to narrow it down before thinking of what it might actually be. Start with something like mid then things like left, back, keep, goal, net, post, hit, off, red, and so on.