Wordle #1,338 Answer
February 16, 2025 · Sunday
The answer to Wordle #1,338 was
SUAVE: Of a person, charming, though often in a manner that is insincere or sophisticated.
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Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, uncommon letters.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,338 scores 4/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).
This compares past puzzles under the same solver settings; it does not measure how players performed. Compare more puzzles →
Wordle #1,338, measured
This section compares SUAVE'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, SUAVE measured harder for the solver than about 4% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. It has a 4-word S_AVE family.
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
STARE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 12 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, CRANE left 45 candidates, about 4 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| STARE | STARE | 12 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 13 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 15 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 16 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 18 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 21 |
| SALET | SALET | 21 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 30 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 35 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 45 |
“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 SUAVE → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to SUAVE.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for February 16, 2025?
- The Wordle answer for February 16, 2025 (puzzle #1338) was SUAVE.
- What does SUAVE mean?
- SUAVE: Of a person, charming, though often in a manner that is insincere or sophisticated.
- Why was Wordle #1338 tricky?
- SUAVE is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, uncommon letters.