Wordle #115 Answer
October 12, 2021 · Tuesday
The answer to Wordle #115 was
THUMB: The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
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Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #115 scores 61/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).
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Wordle #115, measured
This section compares THUMB'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, THUMB measured harder for the solver than about 61% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. 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
TRACE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 18 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, CRANE left 273 candidates, about 15 times as many. ARISE, RAISE and CRANE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in THUMB. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TRACE | TRACE | 18 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 22 |
| SALET | SALET | 88 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 90 |
| STARE | STARE | 102 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 110 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 174 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 174 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 193 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 273 |
“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 THUMB → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to THUMB.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for October 12, 2021?
- The Wordle answer for October 12, 2021 (puzzle #115) was THUMB.
- What does THUMB mean?
- THUMB: The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
- Why was Wordle #115 tricky?
- THUMB is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.