The answer to Wordle #1,045 was

CRAFT: Intellectual power; skill; art.

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Word difficulty: Moderate

Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,045 scores 41/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).

7 Possible answers after CRANE
20 Possible answers after SLATE
289 Possible answers after ADIEU
3 Words in the _RAFT family
3 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,045, measured

This section compares CRAFT'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

41/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, CRAFT measured harder for the solver than about 41% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group; it has a 3-word _RAFT 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

TRACE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 1 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 442 candidates, about 442 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.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against CRAFT, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
TRACE TRACE 1
CRANE CRANE 7
STARE STARE 12
TARSE TARSE 12
SALET SALET 20
SLATE SLATE 20
ARISE ARISE 35
RAISE RAISE 79
ADIEU ADIEU 289
AUDIO AUDIO 442

“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

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Solver replay

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

The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for April 29, 2024?
The Wordle answer for April 29, 2024 (puzzle #1045) was CRAFT.
What does CRAFT mean?
CRAFT: Intellectual power; skill; art.
Why was Wordle #1045 tricky?
CRAFT is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.

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