The answer to Wordle #1,231 was

SIXTH: The ordinal form of the number six.

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Word difficulty: Tricky

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

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,231 scores 81/100 for solver difficulty (tricky).

273 Possible answers after CRANE
6 Possible answers after SLATE
119 Possible answers after ADIEU
4 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,231, measured

This section compares SIXTH'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

81/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, SIXTH measured harder for the solver than about 81% of all 1,907 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

SLATE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 6 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 274 candidates, about 46 times as many. CRANE came back all gray. None of its letters appear in SIXTH. The vowel-heavy probes ADIEU and AUDIO revealed comparatively little here. Vowel coverage helps only when the answer's vowels are still in doubt.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against SIXTH, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
SLATE SLATE 6
STARE STARE 18
ARISE ARISE 23
RAISE RAISE 23
SALET SALET 26
TARSE TARSE 47
TRACE TRACE 115
ADIEU ADIEU 119
CRANE CRANE 273
AUDIO AUDIO 274

“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 SIXTH.

The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for November 1, 2024?
The Wordle answer for November 1, 2024 (puzzle #1231) was SIXTH.
What does SIXTH mean?
SIXTH: The ordinal form of the number six.
Why was Wordle #1231 tricky?
SIXTH is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon letters, only one vowel.

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