Wordle #399 Answer
July 23, 2022 · Saturday
The answer to Wordle #399 was
MIDGE: Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.
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Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #399 scores 23/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).
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Wordle #399, measured
This section compares MIDGE'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, MIDGE measured harder for the solver than about 23% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 77 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 11 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, SALET left 172 candidates, about 16 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 11 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 16 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 27 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 27 |
| STARE | STARE | 90 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 90 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 105 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 108 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 110 |
| SALET | SALET | 172 |
“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 MIDGE → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to MIDGE.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for July 23, 2022?
- The Wordle answer for July 23, 2022 (puzzle #399) was MIDGE.
- What does MIDGE mean?
- MIDGE: Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.
- Why was Wordle #399 tricky?
- MIDGE is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English.