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Wordle #1,202 hints & answer for October 3, 2024

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Hints for Wordle #1202

What kind of word

Wiktionary lists it as a noun.

What it means

“A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people).”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

How it ends

Ends in N.

How it starts

Begins with W.

The middle letter

The middle letter is G.

Reveal the answer and explanation

The answer to Wordle #1,202 was

WAGON: A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people).

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Word difficulty: Moderate

Why it may be difficult: uncommon letters.

The word rating describes familiarity and letter features. The solver score below measures how a fixed strategy handles the puzzle; an unusual word can still be easy for that strategy.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

Solver pressure: 87/100 (tricky). This is a percentile among past puzzles under the same strategy: 0 is easiest and 100 is hardest for the solver.

47 Possible answers after CRANE
143 Possible answers after SLATE
291 Possible answers after ADIEU
4 Guesses in the solver replay

This compares past puzzles under the same solver settings; it does not measure how players performed. Compare more puzzles →

Wordle #1,202, measured

This section compares WAGON'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

87/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, WAGON measured harder for the solver than about 87% of all 1,967 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

CRANE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 47 of the 2,391 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, ADIEU left 291 candidates, about 6 times as many.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against WAGON, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
CRANE CRANE 47
TARSE TARSE 69
AUDIO AUDIO 78
SALET SALET 87
RAISE RAISE 94
STARE STARE 133
TRACE TRACE 134
SLATE SLATE 143
ARISE ARISE 161
ADIEU ADIEU 291

“Answers still possible” counts the words in the site's 2,391-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 →

What did you get?

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1 Suppressed
2 Suppressed
3 13
4 12
5 Suppressed
6 Suppressed
X Suppressed

The bars pool all 44 contributed games across every completed puzzle. The Observatory does not publish per-puzzle guess distributions below its sample threshold, so this is the broadest available comparison. “Suppressed” marks a low-count cell.

See the solver's route to WAGON → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.

How the solver finds WAGON

The strategy receives only earlier guesses and their feedback. It does not know the answer before choosing a move. Guessing the answer itself on turn one is a lucky one-turn result, not a recommended general strategy.

Normal mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 522 after. This feedback leaves 522 candidates.

    All 522 surviving candidates

    AALII, BABBY, BABKA, BABOO, BABUL, BACCA, BACCO, BACCY, BACHA, BACKY, BACON, BADAM, BADDY, BADLY, BAFFY, BAGGY, BAGUA, BAIZA, BAJAN, BALDY, BALKY, BALLO, BALLY, BALMY, BALOI, BALON, BALOO, BALUN, BAMBI, BAMMA, BAMMY, BANAK, BANAL, BANCO, BANDA, BANDH, BANDY, BANIA, BANJO, BANKY, BANYA, BAOZI, BAPPU, BAULK, BAVIN, BAWDY, BAYOU, BAZOO, CABAL, CABBY, CABIN, CABOB, CABOC, CACAO, CACKY, CADDY, CADGY, CAHOW, CAJON, CAJUN, CALID, CALIF, CALIX, CALLA, CALMY, CALPA, CALYX, CAMAN, CAMPI, CAMPO, CAMPY, CANAL, CANDO, CANDY, CANID, CANNA, CANNY, CANON, CAPAX, CAPIZ, CAPON, CAPUL, CAUDA, CAULD, CAULK, CAVIL, CAXON, DABBA, DACHA, DADAH, DADDY, DADLA, DAFFY, DAGGA, DAGGY, DAIKO, DAILY, DALLY, DAMAN, DAMNA, DAMPY, DANCY, DANDA, DANDY, DANIO, DANNY, DAPPY, DAUBY, DAWAH, DAYAL, DAYAN, DAYCH, FABBO, FABBY, FACIA, FADDY, FAFFY, FAGGY, FAGIN, FALAJ, FANAL, FANCY, FANGA, FANGO, FANNY, FANON, FANUM, FAUCH, FAUGH, FAULD, FAUNA, FAWNY, GABBA, GABBY, GADDI, GADGY, GADID, GADJO, GAILY, GALAH, GALAX, GALIA, GALLY, GALOP, GALVO, GAMAY, GAMBA, GAMBO, GAMIC, GAMIN, GAMMA, GAMMY, GANCH, GANDY, GANJA, GANOF, GAPPY, GAUCH, GAUCY, GAUDY, GAUMY, GAUZY, GAWCY, GAWKY, GAYAL, GAYLY, GAZAL, GAZON, GAZOO, HACKY, HADAL, HADJI, HAFIZ, HAHAM, HAICK, HAIKA, HAIKU, HAILY, HAJJI, HAKAM, HAKIM, HALAL, HALDI, HALFA, HALID, HALLO, HALMA, HALON, HALVA, HALWA, HAMAL, HAMBA, HAMMY, HAMZA, HANAP, HANCH, HANDI, HANDY, HANGI, HANKY, HAOMA, HAPAX, HAPLY, HAPPI, HAPPY, HAUGH, HAUGO, HAULD, HAULM, HAVAN, HAVOC, HAZAN, IAMBI, JACAL, JACKY, JAFFA, JAGGY, JALAP, JALOP, JAMBO, JAMBU, JAMMY, JAMON, JAMUN, JANKY, JANNY, JAPAN, JAWAN, JAZZY, KAAMA, KABAB, KABOB, KACHA, KADAI, KAHAL, KAIAK, KAIKA, KAING, KAJAL, KALAM, KALIF, KALPA, KALUA, KAMIK, KANAL, KANDY, KANGA, KANJI, KANZU, KAPAI, KAPHA, KAPOK, KAPOW, KAPPA, KAUGH, KAVAL, KAWAU, KAYAK, KAZOO, LABDA, LABIA, LACCY, LACKA, LACKY, LADDU, LADDY, LADOO, LAGAN, LAGGY, LAHAL, LAICH, LAIGH, LAIKA, LAKIN, LALDY, LAMBY, LAMIA, LAMMY, LANAI, LANCH, LANKY, LAPIN, LAPPA, LAPPY, LAUAN, LAUCH, LAUGH, LAUND, LAVAL, LAVVY, LAWIN, LAWNY, LAXLY, LAYBY, LAYIN, LAYUP, LAZZI, LAZZO, MABAN, MACAW, MACCA, MACHI, MACHO, MACKA, MACON, MADAL, MADAM, MADDY, MADID, MADLY, MAFIA, MAFIC, MAGIC, MAGMA, MAGNA, MAHAL, MAHUA, MAHWA, MAIKO, MAILL, MAILO, MAKAF, MAKAI, MAKAN, MALAI, MALAM, MALAX, MALIC, MALIK, MALKY, MALMY, MALVA, MALWA, MAMAK, MAMBA, MAMBO, MAMBU, MAMIL, MAMMA, MAMMY, MANDI, MANDY, MANGA, MANGI, MANGO, MANGY, MANIA, MANIC, MANKY, MANLY, MANNA, MANNY, MANOA, MANUL, MANZO, MAPAU, MAPOU, MAPPY, MAQAM, MAQUI, MAUBY, MAUKA, MAULA, MAUMY, MAUND, MAUVY, MAUZY, MAVIN, MAWKY, MAWLA, MAXIM, MAYAN, MAZAC, MAZAK, NABAM, NABBY, NABLA, NABOB, NACHO, NAGGY, NAHAL, NAIAD, NAILY, NAJIB, NAKFA, NALLA, NAMAD, NAMAK, NAMAZ, NAMMA, NANCY, NANDU, NANNA, NANNY, NANUA, NAPOH, NAPOO, NAPPA, NAPPY, NAUCH, NAVAL, NAVVY, NAWAB, NAWAL, NAZZY, OAKUM, PAAHO, PACAI, PACAY, PACHA, PACKY, PADAM, PADDO, PADDY, PADMA, PADOU, PAGAN, PAGOD, PAKAY, PAKKA, PAKKI, PAKUA, PAKUL, PALAK, PALAY, PALKI, PALLA, PALLU, PALLY, PALMY, PALPI, PAMBY, PAMPA, PANAX, PANCH, PANDA, PANDY, PANGA, PANIC, PANIM, PANKO, PANNA, PANNI, PANNY, PAOLI, PAOLO, PAPAD, PAPAL, PAPAW, PAPPI, PAPPY, PAUXI, PAVAN, PAVID, PAVIN, PAVON, PAVVY, PAWAW, PAWKY, QAJAQ, QAPIK, VACAY, VACUA, VACUI, VACUO, VAGAL, VAKIL, VALID, VALLI, VAMPY, VANDA, VANGA, VAPID, VAUCH, WACKO, WACKY, WADDY, WAGGA, WAGON, WAGYU, WAHAY, WAHOO, WALDO, WALLA, WALLY, WANKY, WANLY, WANNA, WAUFF, WAUGH, WAULK, WAZOO, YABBA, YABBY, YACCA, YACKA, YADDA, YAGNA, YAHOO, YAJNA, YAKKA, YAKOW, YAMPA, YAMPY, YAMUN, YANDY, YAPOK, YAPON, YAPPY, YAULD, YAWNY, ZAIDA, ZAIDY, ZAMAC, ZAMAK, ZAMAN, ZAMBO, ZAMIA, ZANJA, ZANZA, ZAPPY, ZAYIN

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test MANLY against the 522 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    522 before → 31 after. This feedback leaves 31 candidates.

    All 31 surviving candidates

    BACON, BAJAN, BAVIN, CABIN, CAJON, CAJUN, CAPON, CAXON, FAGIN, FAUNA, GAZON, HAVAN, HAZAN, JAPAN, JAWAN, KAING, NABOB, NACHO, NAIAD, NAJIB, NAKFA, NAPOH, NAPOO, NAPPA, NAUCH, NAWAB, PAGAN, PAVAN, PAVIN, PAVON, WAGON

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 36.353. Information: 3.416 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test FAGIN against the 31 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    31 before → 2 after. This feedback leaves 2 candidates.

    All 2 surviving candidates

    PAGAN, WAGON

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 2.68. Information: 1.989 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Test PAGAN against the 2 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    2 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    WAGON

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.04 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  5. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    WAGON

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 5 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 4.

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Hard Mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 522 after. This feedback leaves 522 candidates.

    All 522 surviving candidates

    AALII, BABBY, BABKA, BABOO, BABUL, BACCA, BACCO, BACCY, BACHA, BACKY, BACON, BADAM, BADDY, BADLY, BAFFY, BAGGY, BAGUA, BAIZA, BAJAN, BALDY, BALKY, BALLO, BALLY, BALMY, BALOI, BALON, BALOO, BALUN, BAMBI, BAMMA, BAMMY, BANAK, BANAL, BANCO, BANDA, BANDH, BANDY, BANIA, BANJO, BANKY, BANYA, BAOZI, BAPPU, BAULK, BAVIN, BAWDY, BAYOU, BAZOO, CABAL, CABBY, CABIN, CABOB, CABOC, CACAO, CACKY, CADDY, CADGY, CAHOW, CAJON, CAJUN, CALID, CALIF, CALIX, CALLA, CALMY, CALPA, CALYX, CAMAN, CAMPI, CAMPO, CAMPY, CANAL, CANDO, CANDY, CANID, CANNA, CANNY, CANON, CAPAX, CAPIZ, CAPON, CAPUL, CAUDA, CAULD, CAULK, CAVIL, CAXON, DABBA, DACHA, DADAH, DADDY, DADLA, DAFFY, DAGGA, DAGGY, DAIKO, DAILY, DALLY, DAMAN, DAMNA, DAMPY, DANCY, DANDA, DANDY, DANIO, DANNY, DAPPY, DAUBY, DAWAH, DAYAL, DAYAN, DAYCH, FABBO, FABBY, FACIA, FADDY, FAFFY, FAGGY, FAGIN, FALAJ, FANAL, FANCY, FANGA, FANGO, FANNY, FANON, FANUM, FAUCH, FAUGH, FAULD, FAUNA, FAWNY, GABBA, GABBY, GADDI, GADGY, GADID, GADJO, GAILY, GALAH, GALAX, GALIA, GALLY, GALOP, GALVO, GAMAY, GAMBA, GAMBO, GAMIC, GAMIN, GAMMA, GAMMY, GANCH, GANDY, GANJA, GANOF, GAPPY, GAUCH, GAUCY, GAUDY, GAUMY, GAUZY, GAWCY, GAWKY, GAYAL, GAYLY, GAZAL, GAZON, GAZOO, HACKY, HADAL, HADJI, HAFIZ, HAHAM, HAICK, HAIKA, HAIKU, HAILY, HAJJI, HAKAM, HAKIM, HALAL, HALDI, HALFA, HALID, HALLO, HALMA, HALON, HALVA, HALWA, HAMAL, HAMBA, HAMMY, HAMZA, HANAP, HANCH, HANDI, HANDY, HANGI, HANKY, HAOMA, HAPAX, HAPLY, HAPPI, HAPPY, HAUGH, HAUGO, HAULD, HAULM, HAVAN, HAVOC, HAZAN, IAMBI, JACAL, JACKY, JAFFA, JAGGY, JALAP, JALOP, JAMBO, JAMBU, JAMMY, JAMON, JAMUN, JANKY, JANNY, JAPAN, JAWAN, JAZZY, KAAMA, KABAB, KABOB, KACHA, KADAI, KAHAL, KAIAK, KAIKA, KAING, KAJAL, KALAM, KALIF, KALPA, KALUA, KAMIK, KANAL, KANDY, KANGA, KANJI, KANZU, KAPAI, KAPHA, KAPOK, KAPOW, KAPPA, KAUGH, KAVAL, KAWAU, KAYAK, KAZOO, LABDA, LABIA, LACCY, LACKA, LACKY, LADDU, LADDY, LADOO, LAGAN, LAGGY, LAHAL, LAICH, LAIGH, LAIKA, LAKIN, LALDY, LAMBY, LAMIA, LAMMY, LANAI, LANCH, LANKY, LAPIN, LAPPA, LAPPY, LAUAN, LAUCH, LAUGH, LAUND, LAVAL, LAVVY, LAWIN, LAWNY, LAXLY, LAYBY, LAYIN, LAYUP, LAZZI, LAZZO, MABAN, MACAW, MACCA, MACHI, MACHO, MACKA, MACON, MADAL, MADAM, MADDY, MADID, MADLY, MAFIA, MAFIC, MAGIC, MAGMA, MAGNA, MAHAL, MAHUA, MAHWA, MAIKO, MAILL, MAILO, MAKAF, MAKAI, MAKAN, MALAI, MALAM, MALAX, MALIC, MALIK, MALKY, MALMY, MALVA, MALWA, MAMAK, MAMBA, MAMBO, MAMBU, MAMIL, MAMMA, MAMMY, MANDI, MANDY, MANGA, MANGI, MANGO, MANGY, MANIA, MANIC, MANKY, MANLY, MANNA, MANNY, MANOA, MANUL, MANZO, MAPAU, MAPOU, MAPPY, MAQAM, MAQUI, MAUBY, MAUKA, MAULA, MAUMY, MAUND, MAUVY, MAUZY, MAVIN, MAWKY, MAWLA, MAXIM, MAYAN, MAZAC, MAZAK, NABAM, NABBY, NABLA, NABOB, NACHO, NAGGY, NAHAL, NAIAD, NAILY, NAJIB, NAKFA, NALLA, NAMAD, NAMAK, NAMAZ, NAMMA, NANCY, NANDU, NANNA, NANNY, NANUA, NAPOH, NAPOO, NAPPA, NAPPY, NAUCH, NAVAL, NAVVY, NAWAB, NAWAL, NAZZY, OAKUM, PAAHO, PACAI, PACAY, PACHA, PACKY, PADAM, PADDO, PADDY, PADMA, PADOU, PAGAN, PAGOD, PAKAY, PAKKA, PAKKI, PAKUA, PAKUL, PALAK, PALAY, PALKI, PALLA, PALLU, PALLY, PALMY, PALPI, PAMBY, PAMPA, PANAX, PANCH, PANDA, PANDY, PANGA, PANIC, PANIM, PANKO, PANNA, PANNI, PANNY, PAOLI, PAOLO, PAPAD, PAPAL, PAPAW, PAPPI, PAPPY, PAUXI, PAVAN, PAVID, PAVIN, PAVON, PAVVY, PAWAW, PAWKY, QAJAQ, QAPIK, VACAY, VACUA, VACUI, VACUO, VAGAL, VAKIL, VALID, VALLI, VAMPY, VANDA, VANGA, VAPID, VAUCH, WACKO, WACKY, WADDY, WAGGA, WAGON, WAGYU, WAHAY, WAHOO, WALDO, WALLA, WALLY, WANKY, WANLY, WANNA, WAUFF, WAUGH, WAULK, WAZOO, YABBA, YABBY, YACCA, YACKA, YADDA, YAGNA, YAHOO, YAJNA, YAKKA, YAKOW, YAMPA, YAMPY, YAMUN, YANDY, YAPOK, YAPON, YAPPY, YAULD, YAWNY, ZAIDA, ZAIDY, ZAMAC, ZAMAK, ZAMAN, ZAMBO, ZAMIA, ZANJA, ZANZA, ZAPPY, ZAYIN

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test MANLY against the 522 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    522 before → 31 after. This feedback leaves 31 candidates.

    All 31 surviving candidates

    BACON, BAJAN, BAVIN, CABIN, CAJON, CAJUN, CAPON, CAXON, FAGIN, FAUNA, GAZON, HAVAN, HAZAN, JAPAN, JAWAN, KAING, NABOB, NACHO, NAIAD, NAJIB, NAKFA, NAPOH, NAPOO, NAPPA, NAUCH, NAWAB, PAGAN, PAVAN, PAVIN, PAVON, WAGON

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 36.353. Information: 3.416 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test FAGIN against the 31 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    31 before → 2 after. This feedback leaves 2 candidates.

    All 2 surviving candidates

    PAGAN, WAGON

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 2.68. Information: 1.989 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Test PAGAN against the 2 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    2 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    WAGON

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.04 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  5. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    WAGON

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 5 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 4.

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Historical proven-optimal benchmark: July 2023

Alex Selby’s strategy minimises the mean over its complete 3,158-answer snapshot. A route for one answer is not proof of the shortest possible route for that answer, and is separate from the current weighted model.

Normal mode

Selby’s proven-optimal strategy. July 2023 snapshot: 3,158 equally likely answers; minimum mean guesses.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    3,158 before → 93 after. This feedback leaves 93 candidates.

    All 93 surviving candidates

    BABKA, BACON, BADLY, BAGGY, BALDY, BALKY, BALMY, BANAL, BANDY, BANJO, BAWDY, BAYOU, CABAL, CABBY, CABIN, CACAO, CADDY, CAMPY, CANAL, CANDY, CANNY, CANON, CAULK, CAVIL, DACHA, DADDY, DAFFY, DAILY, DALLY, DANDY, FANCY, FAUNA, GABBY, GAILY, GAMMA, GAUDY, GAUZY, GAWKY, GAYLY, HACKY, HAIKU, HALAL, HANDY, HANKY, HAPPY, HAVOC, JANKY, JAZZY, KABOB, KAPPA, KAYAK, KAZOO, LANKY, LAUGH, LAYUP, MACAW, MACHO, MADAM, MADLY, MAFIA, MAGIC, MAGMA, MAMBA, MAMBO, MAMMA, MANGA, MANGO, MANGY, MANIA, MANIC, MANLY, MANNA, MAXIM, NABOB, NACHO, NAGGY, NANNY, NAPPY, NAVAL, PADDY, PAGAN, PANDA, PANIC, PAPAL, VALID, VAMPY, VAPID, WACKO, WACKY, WAGON, WANLY, YAHOO, YAPPY

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 100.074. Information: 5.888 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test CHYND against the 93 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    93 before → 9 after. This feedback leaves 9 candidates.

    All 9 surviving candidates

    BANAL, BANJO, MANGA, MANGO, MANIA, NABOB, NAVAL, PAGAN, WAGON

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 6.226. Information: 4.339 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Test MANGA against the 9 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    9 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    WAGON

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 3.17 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  4. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    WAGON

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 4 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 3.

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Hard Mode

Selby’s proven-optimal strategy. July 2023 snapshot: 3,158 equally likely answers; minimum mean guesses.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    3,158 before → 93 after. This feedback leaves 93 candidates.

    All 93 surviving candidates

    BABKA, BACON, BADLY, BAGGY, BALDY, BALKY, BALMY, BANAL, BANDY, BANJO, BAWDY, BAYOU, CABAL, CABBY, CABIN, CACAO, CADDY, CAMPY, CANAL, CANDY, CANNY, CANON, CAULK, CAVIL, DACHA, DADDY, DAFFY, DAILY, DALLY, DANDY, FANCY, FAUNA, GABBY, GAILY, GAMMA, GAUDY, GAUZY, GAWKY, GAYLY, HACKY, HAIKU, HALAL, HANDY, HANKY, HAPPY, HAVOC, JANKY, JAZZY, KABOB, KAPPA, KAYAK, KAZOO, LANKY, LAUGH, LAYUP, MACAW, MACHO, MADAM, MADLY, MAFIA, MAGIC, MAGMA, MAMBA, MAMBO, MAMMA, MANGA, MANGO, MANGY, MANIA, MANIC, MANLY, MANNA, MAXIM, NABOB, NACHO, NAGGY, NANNY, NAPPY, NAVAL, PADDY, PAGAN, PANDA, PANIC, PAPAL, VALID, VAMPY, VAPID, WACKO, WACKY, WAGON, WANLY, YAHOO, YAPPY

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 100.074. Information: 5.888 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test CAMAN against the 93 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    93 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    WAGON

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 11.387. Information: 3.957 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    WAGON

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 3 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 2.

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Source: Alex Selby’s Wordle analysis, MIT. Licence and attribution.

How the fixed opener panel performs on this answer

OpenerFirst feedbackSurvivorsNormalHard Mode
TARSE02000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)52255
CRANE00110 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)48544
SLATE00100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)110144
ADIEU10000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)201944
STARE00100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)106144
AUDIO10001 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)57465
RAISE02000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)56744
ROATE01100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)28054
SALET02000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)57144
Normal mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 6 · 5 guesses: 2 · 6 guesses: 1 · Failed in six: 0
Hard Mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 0 · 4 guesses: 7 · 5 guesses: 2 · 6 guesses: 0 · Failed in six: 0

The nine openers use the same pool and continuation policy. Across both modes: 4–6 guesses among successes; 0 of 18 configurations failed. This is performance on this answer, not an overall opener ranking.

91 openers set up a two-turn opportunity; examples include WOMEN, WRONG, WOMAN, ALLOW, GROWN, WAGES, WOUND, ORGAN, ARROW, TANGO. After their feedback, this answer is among the most likely survivors with at least half the model probability. This is an opportunity, not a guarantee. An opener that immediately solves is excluded.

Why this answer can be difficult

The worked board still allows 2 different answers at one later decision: PAGAN, WAGON. These are mechanical alternatives, not a judgement of vocabulary difficulty.

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Closest competing answers in this board

These words all fit the earlier feedback, rather than merely sharing similar spelling: PAGAN, WAGON.

A lesson from this route

Before PAGAN, 2 words still fit. Its feedback left 1; check the full survivor list before choosing the next answer.

Try another opener or a different move

How this is calculated

The current policy checks all remaining candidates and up to 128 fixed probes. At six or fewer candidates it uses bounded lookahead, preferring modelled six-turn success, then speed among successes. Larger states use expected survivors as a heuristic. These are recommendations, not proofs of optimal play. Hard Mode retains green positions and revealed letter counts; it allows grey letters and a yellow in the same position. Candidate-only play is stricter.

Methods and limitations

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Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for October 3, 2024?
The Wordle answer for October 3, 2024 (puzzle #1202) was WAGON.
What does WAGON mean?
WAGON: A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people).
Why was Wordle #1202 tricky?
WAGON is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon letters.

Reported player results

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Wordle #1202 · October 3, 2024

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