Wordle #1,197 Answer
September 28, 2024 · Saturday
The answer to Wordle #1,197 was
BRAIN: The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
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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 #1,197 scores 10/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).
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Wordle #1,197, measured
This section compares BRAIN'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, BRAIN measured harder for the solver than about 10% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. It has a 4-word _RAIN 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
CRANE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 7 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, SALET left 104 candidates, about 15 times as many. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CRANE | CRANE | 7 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 9 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 19 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 25 |
| STARE | STARE | 30 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 37 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 49 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 62 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 71 |
| SALET | SALET | 104 |
“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 BRAIN → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to BRAIN.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for September 28, 2024?
- The Wordle answer for September 28, 2024 (puzzle #1197) was BRAIN.
- What does BRAIN mean?
- BRAIN: The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- Why was Wordle #1197 tricky?
- BRAIN 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.