This board seems to generate completely randomly, so that getting a board with a first move square is not uncommon.
You pretty much need a quick route to a square or you might as well exit and come back in to a new board.
The best boards have a natural square available for the first move, but a square using a single clear dot isn’t a bad start either.
Aside from getting a good initial start, make squares, pick the square that clear the most dots, and conserve clear dots.