The answer to Wordle #1,050 was

VALUE: The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.

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Word difficulty: Moderate

Why it may be difficult: uncommon letters.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,050 scores 17/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).

51 Possible answers after CRANE
16 Possible answers after SLATE
16 Possible answers after ADIEU
4 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,050, measured

This section compares VALUE'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

17/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, VALUE measured harder for the solver than about 17% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. The example solver route takes four turns.

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

SALET left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 3 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, CRANE left 51 candidates, about 17 times as many.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against VALUE, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
SALET SALET 3
ADIEU ADIEU 16
SLATE SLATE 16
TARSE TARSE 24
RAISE RAISE 28
AUDIO AUDIO 36
STARE STARE 41
TRACE TRACE 45
ARISE ARISE 49
CRANE CRANE 51

“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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What did you get?

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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 VALUE.

The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for May 4, 2024?
The Wordle answer for May 4, 2024 (puzzle #1050) was VALUE.
What does VALUE mean?
VALUE: The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
Why was Wordle #1050 tricky?
VALUE is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon letters.

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