Wordle #1,806 Answer
May 30, 2026 · Saturday
The answer to Wordle #1,806 was
SMILE: A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.
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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 #1,806 scores 12/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).
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Wordle #1,806, measured
This section compares SMILE'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, SMILE measured harder for the solver than about 12% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 53.3 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
SLATE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 2 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 274 candidates, about 137 times as many. The vowel-heavy probes ADIEU and AUDIO revealed comparatively little here. Vowel coverage helps only when the answer's vowels are still in doubt.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| SLATE | SLATE | 2 |
| SALET | SALET | 10 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 15 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 15 |
| STARE | STARE | 28 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 29 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 53 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 105 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 108 |
| 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 SMILE → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to SMILE.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for May 30, 2026?
- The Wordle answer for May 30, 2026 (puzzle #1806) was SMILE.
- What does SMILE mean?
- SMILE: A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.
- Why was Wordle #1806 tricky?
- SMILE 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.