Wordle #1,422 Answer
May 11, 2025 · Sunday
The answer to Wordle #1,422 was
DOWEL: A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
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Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English, uncommon letters.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,422 scores 64/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).
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Wordle #1,422, measured
This section compares DOWEL'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, DOWEL measured harder for the solver than about 64% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. The example solver route takes four turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 71.7 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
ADIEU left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 24 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, CRANE left 128 candidates, about 5 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 24 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 43 |
| SALET | SALET | 44 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 63 |
| STARE | STARE | 119 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 119 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 123 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 123 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 126 |
| 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 DOWEL → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to DOWEL.
The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for May 11, 2025?
- The Wordle answer for May 11, 2025 (puzzle #1422) was DOWEL.
- What does DOWEL mean?
- DOWEL: A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
- Why was Wordle #1422 tricky?
- DOWEL is rated hard for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English, uncommon letters.