Wordle #941 Answer
January 16, 2024 · Tuesday
The answer to Wordle #941 was
BLOND: Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
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Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #941 scores 12/100 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 #941, measured
This section compares BLOND'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, BLOND measured harder for the solver than about 12% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 44.7 possible answers; it has a 4-word BL_ND 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
ADIEU left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 36 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, TRACE left 255 candidates, about 7 times as many. ARISE, RAISE, STARE, TARSE and TRACE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in BLOND.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 36 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 40 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 43 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 58 |
| SALET | SALET | 100 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 174 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 174 |
| STARE | STARE | 235 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 235 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 255 |
“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 BLOND → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to BLOND.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for January 16, 2024?
- The Wordle answer for January 16, 2024 (puzzle #941) was BLOND.
- What does BLOND mean?
- BLOND: Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
- Why was Wordle #941 tricky?
- BLOND is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.