Past Wordle difficulty
Which answers were hardest for this solver?
Search past puzzles and compare the features that can make an answer difficult: long solver routes, large remaining groups, repeated letters and close alternatives.
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1,858 puzzles
| Puzzle | Solver difficulty | Solver route | Avg. branch | Closest trap | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUPPY #1,837 · Jun 30, 2026 | 100Hard for the solver | 5 turns | 229.7 left | P_PPY · 2 | The example solver route takes 5 turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group. |
| DIZZY #1,714 · Feb 27, 2026 | 100Hard for the solver | 5 turns | 175.0 left | _IZZY · 3 | The example solver route takes 5 turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group. |
| POPPY #1,475 · Jul 3, 2025 | 100Hard for the solver | 5 turns | 221.3 left | P_PPY · 2 | The example solver route takes 5 turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group. |
| HILLY #1,267 · Dec 7, 2024 | 100Hard for the solver | 5 turns | 159.0 left | _ILLY · 6 | The example solver route takes 5 turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group. |
| JIFFY #1,119 · Jul 12, 2024 | 100Hard for the solver | 5 turns | 205.7 left | No close family | The example solver route takes 5 turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group. |
| JOLLY #1,037 · Apr 21, 2024 | 100Hard for the solver | 5 turns | 174.7 left | _OLLY · 5 | The example solver route takes 5 turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group. |
| JAZZY #712 · Jun 1, 2023 | 100Hard for the solver | 5 turns | 189.0 left | No close family | The example solver route takes 5 turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group. |
| GUPPY #684 · May 4, 2023 | 100Hard for the solver | 5 turns | 229.7 left | _UPPY · 2 | The example solver route takes 5 turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group. |
| GULLY #441 · Sep 3, 2022 | 100Hard for the solver | 5 turns | 183.0 left | _ULLY · 5 | The example solver route takes 5 turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group. |
| PULPY #138 · Nov 4, 2021 | 100Hard for the solver | 5 turns | 183.0 left | PU_PY · 2 | The example solver route takes 5 turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group. |
| WOUND #1,576 · Oct 12, 2025 | 99Hard for the solver | 5 turns | 105.3 left | _OUND · 8 | The example solver route takes 5 turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group. |
| LEVEL #1,518 · Aug 15, 2025 | 99Hard for the solver | 5 turns | 105.7 left | _EVEL · 3 | The example solver route takes 5 turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group. |
How solver difficulty is calculated
Solver difficulty is a percentile within the past-answer archive. It combines the mean branch left by CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU, the number of turns in the example solver route, the size of the word's closest one-letter trap family, and repeated letters.
It does not use private NYT player data and it does not claim that every player found a word equally hard. Use the separate columns when you care about one particular kind of difficulty.
The exact recipe
log₂(max(mean branch, 1)) + 1.25 × max(turns* − 2, 0) + 0.12 × max(trap size − 2, 0) + 0.3 × repeated-letter types
The raw value is converted to a percentile, so 90 marks the hardest 10% of this archive under this measure.
*Turns is the length of the example solver route. When a newly added answer has no route yet, the calculation uses a neutral three-turn value and the table shows —*.