Wordle #242 Answer
February 16, 2022 · Wednesday
The answer to Wordle #242 was
CAULK: Caulking.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English, uncommon letters.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #242 scores 29/100 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 #242, measured
This section compares CAULK'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, CAULK measured harder for the solver than about 29% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. 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
CRANE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 13 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, ARISE left 159 candidates, about 12 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| CRANE | CRANE | 13 |
| SALET | SALET | 18 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 34 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 36 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 39 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 59 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 68 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 93 |
| STARE | STARE | 131 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 159 |
“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 CAULK → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to CAULK.
The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for February 16, 2022?
- The Wordle answer for February 16, 2022 (puzzle #242) was CAULK.
- What does CAULK mean?
- CAULK: Caulking.
- Why was Wordle #242 tricky?
- CAULK is rated hard for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English, uncommon letters.