Wordle #1,677 Answer
January 21, 2026 · Wednesday
The answer to Wordle #1,677 was
CUBIC: Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
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Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,677 scores 75/100 for solver difficulty (tricky).
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Wordle #1,677, measured
This section compares CUBIC'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, CUBIC measured harder for the solver than about 75% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is tricky. It repeats C; the example solver route takes four turns.
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
AUDIO left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 9 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, TARSE left 235 candidates, about 26 times as many. SALET, SLATE, STARE and TARSE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in CUBIC.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 9 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 23 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 27 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 50 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 113 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 113 |
| SALET | SALET | 229 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 229 |
| STARE | STARE | 235 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 235 |
“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 CUBIC → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to CUBIC.
The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for January 21, 2026?
- The Wordle answer for January 21, 2026 (puzzle #1677) was CUBIC.
- What does CUBIC mean?
- CUBIC: Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
- Why was Wordle #1677 tricky?
- CUBIC is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter.