Wordle #946 Answer
January 21, 2024 · Sunday
The answer to Wordle #946 was
NORTH: The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane.
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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 #946 scores 23/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).
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Wordle #946, measured
This section compares NORTH'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, NORTH measured harder for the solver than about 23% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 72 possible answers; it has a 3-word _ORTH 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
TARSE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 9 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 286 candidates, about 32 times as many. ADIEU came back all gray. None of its letters appear in NORTH. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TARSE | TARSE | 9 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 13 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 32 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 38 |
| STARE | STARE | 43 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 65 |
| SALET | SALET | 88 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 103 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 165 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 286 |
“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 NORTH → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to NORTH.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for January 21, 2024?
- The Wordle answer for January 21, 2024 (puzzle #946) was NORTH.
- What does NORTH mean?
- NORTH: The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane.
- Why was Wordle #946 tricky?
- NORTH is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.