Wordle #1,017 Answer
April 1, 2024 · Monday
The answer to Wordle #1,017 was
FROND: The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
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Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English, only one vowel.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,017 scores 33/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).
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Wordle #1,017, measured
This section compares FROND'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, FROND measured harder for the solver than about 33% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group.
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
CRANE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 17 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, SLATE left 229 candidates, about 13 times as many. SALET and SLATE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in FROND.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| CRANE | CRANE | 17 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 36 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 43 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 49 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 50 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 95 |
| STARE | STARE | 102 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 103 |
| SALET | SALET | 229 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 229 |
“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 FROND → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to FROND.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for April 1, 2024?
- The Wordle answer for April 1, 2024 (puzzle #1017) was FROND.
- What does FROND mean?
- FROND: The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
- Why was Wordle #1017 tricky?
- FROND is rated hard for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English, only one vowel.