Wordle #1,877 Answer
August 9, 2026 · Sunday
The answer to Wordle #1,877 was
CLUNK: A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact.
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Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English, uncommon letters, only one vowel.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,877 scores 68/100 for solver difficulty (tricky).
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Wordle #1,877, measured
This section compares CLUNK'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, CLUNK measured harder for the solver than about 68% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is tricky. The example solver route takes four turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 79.7 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
CRANE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 6 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, TARSE left 235 candidates, about 39 times as many. ARISE, RAISE, STARE and TARSE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in CLUNK.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| CRANE | CRANE | 6 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 40 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 50 |
| SALET | SALET | 100 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 110 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 174 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 174 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 193 |
| 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 CLUNK → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to CLUNK.
The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for August 9, 2026?
- The Wordle answer for August 9, 2026 (puzzle #1877) was CLUNK.
- What does CLUNK mean?
- CLUNK: A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact.
- Why was Wordle #1877 tricky?
- CLUNK is rated hard for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English, uncommon letters, only one vowel.