Highest estimated difficulty
PUPPY repeats P. A no-repeat strategy is slow to test the second copy, and the scale weighs each duplicate more heavily than any other single feature.
See its meaning, Wordle status and opener stats.
Past Answers
Browse all 30 completed answers from June 2026, with a page for each puzzle's definition, difficulty and solver replay.
June 2026 is complete, with 30 puzzles and every date recorded. On the site's word-property scale it was an ordinary month. The highest estimated difficulty occurred on Jun 30, 2026 and the lowest on Jun 10, 2026; 13 answers doubled a letter and 9 answers used at least one of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.
Highest estimated difficulty
PUPPY repeats P. A no-repeat strategy is slow to test the second copy, and the scale weighs each duplicate more heavily than any other single feature.
Lowest estimated difficulty
ALIGN has five distinct letters, 2 vowels and no uncommon letters. Common first guesses therefore test many of its letters.
The spread ran from 0 points on Jun 10, 2026 to 4 on Jun 30, 2026. Both numbers describe single words, not a sequence. A hard day and an easy one can occur in the same week, so the trend line below compares whole months rather than individual days.
An ordinary month. June's 30 answers averaged 1.6 points on the estimated word-difficulty scale against 1.7 across the trailing six months, and a gap of 0.1 points sits inside the normal month-to-month spread of about ±0.3. At roughly thirty answers a month that is sampling noise, not a change in how answers were chosen. The difference does not support changing openers or strategy. The scale combines general-English corpus frequency with repeats, uncommon letters and missing vowels. It measures word properties, not player results.
13 of 30 answers doubled a letter, above the long-run archive rate of about 31%. That is the pattern that punishes never-repeat guessing: on a stalled board, testing a doubled letter should have come earlier than usual.
9 of 30 answers used at least one of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W, in line with the long-run archive rate of about 28%. Standard openers test these letters less often, so the difficulty scale adds a penalty for each one.
3 days reused an earlier answer. Repeats are ordinary in the archive, so do not discard a guess only because it has already been a solution.
Double-letter days: Jun 1 (#1,808) doubled I; Jun 2 (#1,809) doubled S; Jun 4 (#1,811) doubled L; Jun 8 (#1,815) doubled A; Jun 11 (#1,818) doubled T; Jun 13 (#1,820) doubled L; Jun 16 (#1,823) doubled A; Jun 21 (#1,828) doubled I; Jun 23 (#1,830) doubled R; Jun 24 (#1,831) doubled E; Jun 27 (#1,834) doubled O; Jun 28 (#1,835) doubled E; Jun 30 (#1,837) doubled P.
Uncommon-letter days: Jun 9 (#1,816) used W; Jun 12 (#1,819) used K; Jun 13 (#1,820) used Q; Jun 16 (#1,823) used Z; Jun 17 (#1,824) used K; Jun 19 (#1,826) used J; Jun 20 (#1,827) used K; Jun 22 (#1,829) used V; Jun 24 (#1,831) used Q.
Repeat days: Jun 7 (#1,814) reused an answer first played in October 2021; Jun 12 (#1,819) reused an answer first played in December 2021; Jun 26 (#1,833) reused an answer first played in December 2021.
No day from this month has reached the Observatory's minimum public sample of 10 opt-in games, so no crowd numbers appear. The gate is deliberate: below it, a handful of results could stand in for a crowd and misrepresent a day.
Answer words are shown only for completed puzzles. Open a puzzle for its definition, difficulty and solver replay.
| Date | Day | Puzzle | Answer | Word difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | Tuesday | #1,837 → | PUPPY | Hard |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Monday | #1,836 → | CRUDE | Easy |
| Jun 28, 2026 | Sunday | #1,835 → | EMCEE | Tricky |
| Jun 27, 2026 | Saturday | #1,834 → | SCOOP | Moderate |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Friday | #1,833 → | ACUTE Used 2 times | Easy |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Thursday | #1,832 → | UNITY | Easy |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Wednesday | #1,831 → | QUEER | Tricky |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Tuesday | #1,830 → | CURRY | Tricky |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Monday | #1,829 → | OVATE | Tricky |
| Jun 21, 2026 | Sunday | #1,828 → | ALIBI | Moderate |
| Jun 20, 2026 | Saturday | #1,827 → | DRAKE | Moderate |
| Jun 19, 2026 | Friday | #1,826 → | EMOJI | Moderate |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Thursday | #1,825 → | ENTRY | Moderate |
| Jun 17, 2026 | Wednesday | #1,824 → | TOKEN | Moderate |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Tuesday | #1,823 → | AMAZE | Tricky |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Monday | #1,822 → | BROIL | Hard |
| Jun 14, 2026 | Sunday | #1,821 → | SEPIA | Tricky |
| Jun 13, 2026 | Saturday | #1,820 → | QUELL | Tricky |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Friday | #1,819 → | BREAK Used 2 times | Moderate |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Thursday | #1,818 → | TESTY | Tricky |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Wednesday | #1,817 → | ALIGN | Easy |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Tuesday | #1,816 → | WHARF | Tricky |
| Jun 8, 2026 | Monday | #1,815 → | MAFIA | Moderate |
| Jun 7, 2026 | Sunday | #1,814 → | THUMB Used 2 times | Moderate |
| Jun 6, 2026 | Saturday | #1,813 → | MORPH | Moderate |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Friday | #1,812 → | NOBLY | Hard |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Thursday | #1,811 → | ALLOY | Moderate |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Wednesday | #1,810 → | NOTCH | Moderate |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Tuesday | #1,809 → | BASIS | Moderate |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Monday | #1,808 → | CHILI | Moderate |
Past answers published on September 7 in earlier years. Every puzzle listed here is complete, so this section does not spoil a live game.
Nothing unusual appears in the letters: all five are distinct and familiar. Ordinary letter coverage works well on words like this.
Nothing unusual appears in the letters: all five are distinct and familiar. Ordinary letter coverage works well on words like this.
The doubled L raises the difficulty. Once a letter shows up yellow or green, few players try it a second time unprompted.
The Easy-to-Brutal badge combines general-English corpus frequency with repeats, uncommon letters and vowel count. It estimates word difficulty, not player results. Dates come from the site's recorded answer history.
Estimated word difficulty combines wordfreq corpus frequency with repeats, uncommon letters and vowel count. It measures word properties, not player results. Compare solver difficulty →