The answer to Wordle #1,839 was

MAVEN: An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.

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Word difficulty: Tricky

Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, uncommon letters.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,839 scores 43/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).

23 Possible answers after CRANE
63 Possible answers after SLATE
55 Possible answers after ADIEU
3 Words in the _AVEN family
4 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,839, measured

This section compares MAVEN'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

43/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, MAVEN measured harder for the solver than about 43% 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 47 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

TARSE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 16 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 442 candidates, about 28 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.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against MAVEN, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
TARSE TARSE 16
RAISE RAISE 22
CRANE CRANE 23
SALET SALET 26
TRACE TRACE 50
STARE STARE 53
ADIEU ADIEU 55
SLATE SLATE 63
ARISE ARISE 82
AUDIO AUDIO 442

“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

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1 Suppressed
2 Suppressed
3 Suppressed
4 Suppressed
5 Suppressed
6 Suppressed
X Suppressed

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Solver replay

One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to MAVEN.

The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for July 2, 2026?
The Wordle answer for July 2, 2026 (puzzle #1839) was MAVEN.
What does MAVEN mean?
MAVEN: An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.
Why was Wordle #1839 tricky?
MAVEN is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, uncommon letters.

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