Wordle #736 Answer
June 25, 2023 · Sunday
The answer to Wordle #736 was
RODEO: A gathering of cattle to be branded.
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Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #736 scores 46/100 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 #736, measured
This section compares RODEO'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, RODEO measured harder for the solver than about 46% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. It repeats O; 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
AUDIO left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 2 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, SLATE left 170 candidates, about 85 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 2 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 20 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 24 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 102 |
| SALET | SALET | 108 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 116 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 118 |
| STARE | STARE | 122 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 126 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 170 |
“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 RODEO → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to RODEO.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for June 25, 2023?
- The Wordle answer for June 25, 2023 (puzzle #736) was RODEO.
- What does RODEO mean?
- RODEO: A gathering of cattle to be branded.
- Why was Wordle #736 tricky?
- RODEO is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter.