Wordle #114 Answer
October 11, 2021 · Monday
The answer to Wordle #114 was
HYPER: Clipping of hyperextension.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #114 scores 83/100 for solver difficulty (tricky).
This compares past puzzles under the same solver settings; it does not measure how players performed. Compare more puzzles →
Wordle #114, measured
This section compares HYPER'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, HYPER measured harder for the solver than about 83% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is tricky. The example solver route takes four turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group.
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
ARISE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 102 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 193 candidates. AUDIO came back all gray. None of its letters appear in HYPER. The vowel-heavy probes ADIEU and AUDIO revealed comparatively little here. Vowel coverage helps only when the answer's vowels are still in doubt.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| ARISE | ARISE | 102 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 104 |
| SALET | SALET | 108 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 116 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 118 |
| STARE | STARE | 122 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 126 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 128 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 170 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 193 |
“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 HYPER → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to HYPER.
The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for October 11, 2021?
- The Wordle answer for October 11, 2021 (puzzle #114) was HYPER.
- What does HYPER mean?
- HYPER: Clipping of hyperextension.
- Why was Wordle #114 tricky?
- HYPER is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.