The answer to Wordle #1,227 was

BAWDY: Obscene; filthy; unchaste.

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Word difficulty: Tricky

Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, uncommon letters, only one vowel.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,227 scores 73/100 for solver difficulty (tricky).

141 Possible answers after CRANE
140 Possible answers after SLATE
44 Possible answers after ADIEU
4 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,227, measured

This section compares BAWDY'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

73/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, BAWDY measured harder for the solver than about 73% of all 1,906 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

ADIEU left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 44 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, ARISE left 159 candidates, about 4 times as many.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against BAWDY, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
ADIEU ADIEU 44
AUDIO AUDIO 54
TARSE TARSE 68
SALET SALET 85
RAISE RAISE 93
STARE STARE 131
TRACE TRACE 133
SLATE SLATE 140
CRANE CRANE 141
ARISE ARISE 159

“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

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

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Solver replay

One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to BAWDY.

The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for October 28, 2024?
The Wordle answer for October 28, 2024 (puzzle #1227) was BAWDY.
What does BAWDY mean?
BAWDY: Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
Why was Wordle #1227 tricky?
BAWDY is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, uncommon letters, only one vowel.

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