Wordle #1,159 Answer
August 21, 2024 · Wednesday
The answer to Wordle #1,159 was
MULCH: Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.
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Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, only one vowel.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,159 scores 40/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).
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Wordle #1,159, measured
This section compares MULCH'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, MULCH measured harder for the solver than about 40% 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
SALET left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 28 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, TARSE left 235 candidates, about 8 times as many. ARISE, RAISE, STARE and TARSE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in MULCH.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| SALET | SALET | 28 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 39 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 56 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 88 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 94 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 174 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 174 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 193 |
| STARE | STARE | 235 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 235 |
“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 MULCH → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to MULCH.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for August 21, 2024?
- The Wordle answer for August 21, 2024 (puzzle #1159) was MULCH.
- What does MULCH mean?
- MULCH: Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.
- Why was Wordle #1159 tricky?
- MULCH is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, only one vowel.