Wordle #599 Answer
February 8, 2023 · Wednesday
The answer to Wordle #599 was
FLAIL: A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
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Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, a repeated letter.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #599 scores 45/100 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 #599, measured
This section compares FLAIL'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, FLAIL measured harder for the solver than about 45% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. It repeats L; 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
SLATE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 20 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, TARSE left 101 candidates, about 5 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| SLATE | SLATE | 20 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 34 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 35 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 37 |
| STARE | STARE | 38 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 50 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 51 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 62 |
| SALET | SALET | 69 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 101 |
“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 FLAIL → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to FLAIL.
The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for February 8, 2023?
- The Wordle answer for February 8, 2023 (puzzle #599) was FLAIL.
- What does FLAIL mean?
- FLAIL: A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
- Why was Wordle #599 tricky?
- FLAIL is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, a repeated letter.