Wordle #517 Answer
November 18, 2022 · Friday
The answer to Wordle #517 was
GLYPH: A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
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Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, no vowels.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #517 scores 54/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).
This compares past puzzles under the same solver settings; it does not measure how players performed. Compare more puzzles →
Wordle #517, measured
This section compares GLYPH'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, GLYPH measured harder for the solver than about 54% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group.
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 40 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, CRANE left 273 candidates, about 7 times as many. ADIEU, ARISE, RAISE, AUDIO, STARE, TARSE, TRACE and CRANE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in GLYPH.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| SLATE | SLATE | 40 |
| SALET | SALET | 100 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 165 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 174 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 174 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 193 |
| STARE | STARE | 235 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 235 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 255 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 273 |
“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 GLYPH → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to GLYPH.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for November 18, 2022?
- The Wordle answer for November 18, 2022 (puzzle #517) was GLYPH.
- What does GLYPH mean?
- GLYPH: A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.
- Why was Wordle #517 tricky?
- GLYPH is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, no vowels.