Wordle #260 Answer
March 6, 2022 · Sunday
The answer to Wordle #260 was
CLOTH: A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes, woven fabric specifically.
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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 #260 scores 16/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).
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Wordle #260, measured
This section compares CLOTH'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, CLOTH measured harder for the solver than about 16% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 64.7 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
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 286 candidates, about 143 times as many. ADIEU, ARISE and RAISE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in CLOTH. 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 | 8 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 9 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 27 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 81 |
| STARE | STARE | 102 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 165 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 174 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 174 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 286 |
“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 CLOTH → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to CLOTH.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for March 6, 2022?
- The Wordle answer for March 6, 2022 (puzzle #260) was CLOTH.
- What does CLOTH mean?
- CLOTH: A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes, woven fabric specifically.
- Why was Wordle #260 tricky?
- CLOTH is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.