The answer to Wordle #1,023 was

VOILA: Alternative spelling of voilà.

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Word difficulty: Tricky

Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, uncommon letters.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,023 scores 20/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).

141 Possible answers after CRANE
59 Possible answers after SLATE
17 Possible answers after ADIEU
3 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,023, measured

This section compares VOILA'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

20/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, VOILA measured harder for the solver than about 20% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 72.3 possible answers.

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 2 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, CRANE left 141 candidates, about 70 times as many.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against VOILA, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
AUDIO AUDIO 2
ARISE ARISE 9
RAISE RAISE 12
ADIEU ADIEU 17
SLATE SLATE 59
SALET SALET 69
TARSE TARSE 101
STARE STARE 131
TRACE TRACE 133
CRANE CRANE 141

“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

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1 Suppressed
2 Suppressed
3 Suppressed
4 Suppressed
5 Suppressed
6 Suppressed
X Suppressed

The bars pool all 26 contributed games across every completed puzzle. The Observatory does not publish per-puzzle guess distributions below its sample threshold, so this is the broadest available comparison. “Suppressed” marks a low-count cell.

Solver replay

One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to VOILA.

The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for April 7, 2024?
The Wordle answer for April 7, 2024 (puzzle #1023) was VOILA.
What does VOILA mean?
VOILA: Alternative spelling of voilà.
Why was Wordle #1023 tricky?
VOILA is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, uncommon letters.

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