Wordle #408 Answer
August 1, 2022 · Monday
The answer to Wordle #408 was
QUART: A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
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Why it may be difficult: uncommon letters.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #408 scores 17/100 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 #408, measured
This section compares QUART'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, QUART measured harder for the solver than about 17% 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
STARE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 4 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, RAISE left 79 candidates, about 20 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| STARE | STARE | 4 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 7 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 12 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 18 |
| SALET | SALET | 20 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 20 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 24 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 39 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 64 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 79 |
“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 QUART → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to QUART.
The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for August 1, 2022?
- The Wordle answer for August 1, 2022 (puzzle #408) was QUART.
- What does QUART mean?
- QUART: A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
- Why was Wordle #408 tricky?
- QUART is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon letters.