Wordle #1,006 Answer
March 21, 2024 · Thursday
The answer to Wordle #1,006 was
SHADE: Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
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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 #1,006 scores 40/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).
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Wordle #1,006, measured
This section compares SHADE'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, SHADE measured harder for the solver than about 40% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. The example solver route takes four turns; it sits in a 7-word SHA_E 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
STARE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 12 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 54 candidates, about 4 times as many. The vowel-heavy probes ADIEU and AUDIO revealed comparatively little here. Vowel coverage helps only when the answer's vowels are still in doubt.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| STARE | STARE | 12 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 13 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 15 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 21 |
| SALET | SALET | 21 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 30 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 35 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 35 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 45 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 54 |
“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 SHADE → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to SHADE.
The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for March 21, 2024?
- The Wordle answer for March 21, 2024 (puzzle #1006) was SHADE.
- What does SHADE mean?
- SHADE: Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
- Why was Wordle #1006 tricky?
- SHADE 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.