The answer to Wordle #1,182 was

HARSH: Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.

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Word difficulty: Tricky

Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter, only one vowel.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,182 scores 86/100 for solver difficulty (tricky).

68 Possible answers after CRANE
17 Possible answers after SLATE
289 Possible answers after ADIEU
4 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,182, measured

This section compares HARSH'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

86/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, HARSH measured harder for the solver than about 86% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is tricky. It repeats H; 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

RAISE 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, AUDIO left 442 candidates, about 221 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 HARSH, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
RAISE RAISE 2
TARSE TARSE 2
ARISE ARISE 3
STARE STARE 4
SALET SALET 11
SLATE SLATE 17
TRACE TRACE 62
CRANE CRANE 68
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 HARSH.

The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for September 13, 2024?
The Wordle answer for September 13, 2024 (puzzle #1182) was HARSH.
What does HARSH mean?
HARSH: Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
Why was Wordle #1182 tricky?
HARSH is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter, only one vowel.

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