Wordle #1,673 Answer
January 17, 2026 · Saturday
The answer to Wordle #1,673 was
FIERY: Of or relating to fire.
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Why it may be easier: five different letters, at least two vowels and none of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,673 scores 42/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).
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Wordle #1,673, measured
This section compares FIERY'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, FIERY measured harder for the solver than about 42% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. 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
STARE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 10 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 274 candidates, about 27 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| STARE | STARE | 10 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 27 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 36 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 50 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 116 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 118 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 126 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 170 |
| SALET | SALET | 172 |
| 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
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 FIERY → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to FIERY.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for January 17, 2026?
- The Wordle answer for January 17, 2026 (puzzle #1673) was FIERY.
- What does FIERY mean?
- FIERY: Of or relating to fire.
- Why was Wordle #1673 tricky?
- FIERY is rated easy for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be easier: five different letters, at least two vowels and none of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.