Wordle #471 Answer
October 3, 2022 · Monday
The answer to Wordle #471 was
STING: A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #471 scores 24/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).
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Wordle #471, measured
This section compares STING'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, STING measured harder for the solver than about 24% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 67.3 possible answers; it has a 4-word S_ING family.
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 22 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 274 candidates, about 12 times as many. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| STARE | STARE | 22 |
| SALET | SALET | 26 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 30 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 30 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 39 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 47 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 58 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 105 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 115 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 274 |
“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 STING → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to STING.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for October 3, 2022?
- The Wordle answer for October 3, 2022 (puzzle #471) was STING.
- What does STING mean?
- STING: A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
- Why was Wordle #471 tricky?
- STING is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.