Wordle #1,005 Answer
March 20, 2024 · Wednesday
The answer to Wordle #1,005 was
LINGO: Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.
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Why it may be easier: five different letters, at least two vowels and none of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,005 scores 33/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).
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Wordle #1,005, measured
This section compares LINGO's solver-difficulty percentile, first-guess results for ten familiar openers, and opt-in player reports. Each number identifies its dataset.
Solver difficulty, as a percentile
This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, LINGO measured harder for the solver than about 33% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group; it has a 3-word _INGO family.
Solver pressure ranks the answer within the pool; it does not measure player performance. The opener table compares first-guess results, and the contributed ratings report player results.
CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU benchmark
AUDIO left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 11 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, TRACE left 255 candidates, about 23 times as many. STARE, TARSE and TRACE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in LINGO.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 11 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 57 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 88 |
| SALET | SALET | 100 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 113 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 113 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 119 |
| STARE | STARE | 235 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 235 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 255 |
“Answers still possible” counts the words in the site's 2,374-word working answer pool whose feedback would match that opener exactly. This is pattern arithmetic, not a simulation. A smaller number means the opener left fewer possible answers after the first guess. It does not describe later turns.
Contributed player ratings
Not enough contributed games to publish player figures for this puzzle. Per-puzzle numbers appear only after at least 10 opt-in games arrive. See how the Observatory collects and publishes player data →
See the solver's route to LINGO → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to LINGO.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for March 20, 2024?
- The Wordle answer for March 20, 2024 (puzzle #1005) was LINGO.
- What does LINGO mean?
- LINGO: Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.
- Why was Wordle #1005 tricky?
- LINGO is rated easy for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be easier: five different letters, at least two vowels and none of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.