The answer to Wordle #1,145 was

MACAW: Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.

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Word difficulty: Hard

Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English, a repeated letter, uncommon letters.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,145 scores 61/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).

28 Possible answers after CRANE
140 Possible answers after SLATE
289 Possible answers after ADIEU
3 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,145, measured

This section compares MACAW'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

61/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, MACAW measured harder for the solver than about 61% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. It repeats A; 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

CRANE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 28 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 442 candidates, about 16 times as many. The vowel-heavy probes ADIEU and AUDIO revealed comparatively little here. Vowel coverage helps only when the answer's vowels are still in doubt.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against MACAW, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
CRANE CRANE 28
TRACE TRACE 34
TARSE TARSE 68
SALET SALET 85
RAISE RAISE 93
STARE STARE 131
SLATE SLATE 140
ARISE ARISE 159
ADIEU ADIEU 289
AUDIO AUDIO 442

“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

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1 Suppressed
2 Suppressed
3 Suppressed
4 Suppressed
5 Suppressed
6 Suppressed
X Suppressed

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Solver replay

One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to MACAW.

The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for August 7, 2024?
The Wordle answer for August 7, 2024 (puzzle #1145) was MACAW.
What does MACAW mean?
MACAW: Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.
Why was Wordle #1145 tricky?
MACAW is rated hard for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English, a repeated letter, uncommon letters.

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