The answer to Wordle #366 was

INPUT: The act or process of putting in; infusion.

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Word difficulty: Easy

Why it may be easier: five different letters, at least two vowels and none of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #366 scores 48/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).

57 Possible answers after CRANE
90 Possible answers after SLATE
23 Possible answers after ADIEU
4 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #366, measured

This section compares INPUT'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

48/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, INPUT measured harder for the solver than about 48% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. The example solver route takes four turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 56.7 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

AUDIO left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 15 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, TRACE left 115 candidates, about 8 times as many.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against INPUT, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
AUDIO AUDIO 15
ADIEU ADIEU 23
SALET SALET 40
CRANE CRANE 57
TARSE TARSE 81
SLATE SLATE 90
STARE STARE 102
ARISE ARISE 113
RAISE RAISE 113
TRACE TRACE 115

“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

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Solver replay

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

The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for June 20, 2022?
The Wordle answer for June 20, 2022 (puzzle #366) was INPUT.
What does INPUT mean?
INPUT: The act or process of putting in; infusion.
Why was Wordle #366 tricky?
INPUT is rated easy for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be easier: five different letters, at least two vowels and none of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.

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