Wordle #229 Answer
February 3, 2022 · Thursday
The answer to Wordle #229 was
SHARD: A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
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Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #229 scores 7/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).
This compares past puzzles under the same solver settings; it does not measure how players performed. Compare more puzzles →
Wordle #229, measured
This section compares SHARD'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, SHARD measured harder for the solver than about 7% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. It has a 4-word SHAR_ family.
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 8 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 54 candidates, about 7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| STARE | STARE | 8 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 12 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 17 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 21 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 23 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 24 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 24 |
| SALET | SALET | 33 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 44 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 54 |
“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 SHARD → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to SHARD.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for February 3, 2022?
- The Wordle answer for February 3, 2022 (puzzle #229) was SHARD.
- What does SHARD mean?
- SHARD: A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
- Why was Wordle #229 tricky?
- SHARD is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.