Wordle #121 Answer
October 18, 2021 · Monday
The answer to Wordle #121 was
TWEED: A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
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Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter, uncommon letters.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #121 scores 35/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).
This compares past puzzles under the same solver settings; it does not measure how players performed. Compare more puzzles →
Wordle #121, measured
This section compares TWEED'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, TWEED measured harder for the solver than about 35% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. It repeats E; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 75 possible answers.
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
TARSE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 14 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, CRANE left 128 candidates, about 9 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| TARSE | TARSE | 14 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 15 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 24 |
| SALET | SALET | 25 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 31 |
| STARE | STARE | 56 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 73 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 123 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 123 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 128 |
“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 TWEED → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to TWEED.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for October 18, 2021?
- The Wordle answer for October 18, 2021 (puzzle #121) was TWEED.
- What does TWEED mean?
- TWEED: A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
- Why was Wordle #121 tricky?
- TWEED is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter, uncommon letters.