Wordle #1,098 Answer
June 21, 2024 · Friday
The answer to Wordle #1,098 was
PAINT: A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
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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 #1,098 scores 26/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).
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Wordle #1,098, measured
This section compares PAINT'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, PAINT measured harder for the solver than about 26% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. The example solver route takes four turns; it has a 4-word _AINT 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
RAISE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 6 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, STARE left 74 candidates, about 12 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| RAISE | RAISE | 6 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 9 |
| SALET | SALET | 16 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 17 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 20 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 32 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 45 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 52 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 54 |
| STARE | STARE | 74 |
“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 PAINT → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to PAINT.
The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for June 21, 2024?
- The Wordle answer for June 21, 2024 (puzzle #1098) was PAINT.
- What does PAINT mean?
- PAINT: A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
- Why was Wordle #1098 tricky?
- PAINT 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.