The answer to Wordle #308 was

OLIVE: A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.

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Word difficulty: Moderate

Why it may be difficult: uncommon letters.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #308 scores 13/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).

105 Possible answers after CRANE
13 Possible answers after SLATE
53 Possible answers after ADIEU
3 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #308, measured

This section compares OLIVE'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

13/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, OLIVE measured harder for the solver than about 13% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 57 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 13 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, TRACE left 108 candidates, about 8 times as many.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against OLIVE, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
SLATE SLATE 13
ARISE ARISE 24
RAISE RAISE 24
AUDIO AUDIO 33
SALET SALET 50
ADIEU ADIEU 53
STARE STARE 90
TARSE TARSE 90
CRANE CRANE 105
TRACE TRACE 108

“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

The bars pool all 26 contributed games across every completed puzzle. The Observatory does not publish per-puzzle guess distributions below its sample threshold, so this is the broadest available comparison. “Suppressed” marks a low-count cell.

Solver replay

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

The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for April 23, 2022?
The Wordle answer for April 23, 2022 (puzzle #308) was OLIVE.
What does OLIVE mean?
OLIVE: A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
Why was Wordle #308 tricky?
OLIVE is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon letters.

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