Wordle #1,123 Answer
July 16, 2024 · Tuesday
The answer to Wordle #1,123 was
DECOY: A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
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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 #1,123 scores 25/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).
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Wordle #1,123, measured
This section compares DECOY'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, DECOY measured harder for the solver than about 25% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 74.7 possible answers; it has a 3-word DEC_Y 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 13 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, SALET left 172 candidates, about 13 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| TRACE | TRACE | 13 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 20 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 34 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 43 |
| STARE | STARE | 119 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 119 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 123 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 123 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 170 |
| SALET | SALET | 172 |
“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 DECOY → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to DECOY.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for July 16, 2024?
- The Wordle answer for July 16, 2024 (puzzle #1123) was DECOY.
- What does DECOY mean?
- DECOY: A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
- Why was Wordle #1123 tricky?
- DECOY 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.