Wordle #1,258 Answer
November 28, 2024 · Thursday
The answer to Wordle #1,258 was
CHOCK: Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
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Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, a repeated letter, uncommon letters, only one vowel.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,258 scores 64/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).
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Wordle #1,258, measured
This section compares CHOCK'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, CHOCK measured harder for the solver than about 64% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. It repeats C; 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 27 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 286 candidates, about 11 times as many. ADIEU, ARISE, RAISE, SALET, SLATE, STARE and TARSE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in CHOCK.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| CRANE | CRANE | 27 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 39 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 165 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 174 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 174 |
| SALET | SALET | 229 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 229 |
| STARE | STARE | 235 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 235 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 286 |
“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 CHOCK → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to CHOCK.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for November 28, 2024?
- The Wordle answer for November 28, 2024 (puzzle #1258) was CHOCK.
- What does CHOCK mean?
- CHOCK: Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
- Why was Wordle #1258 tricky?
- CHOCK is rated hard for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, a repeated letter, uncommon letters, only one vowel.