The answer to Wordle #1,255 was

BROWN: A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.

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Word difficulty: Tricky

Why it may be difficult: uncommon letters, only one vowel.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,255 scores 89/100 for solver difficulty (tricky).

5 Possible answers after CRANE
229 Possible answers after SLATE
165 Possible answers after ADIEU
5 Words in the _ROWN family
4 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,255, measured

This section compares BROWN'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

89/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, BROWN measured harder for the solver than about 89% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is tricky. The example solver route takes four turns; 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 5 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 286 candidates, about 57 times as many. ADIEU, SALET and SLATE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in BROWN. 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 BROWN, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
CRANE CRANE 5
ARISE ARISE 49
TRACE TRACE 50
TARSE TARSE 95
STARE STARE 102
RAISE RAISE 103
ADIEU ADIEU 165
SALET SALET 229
SLATE SLATE 229
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

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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 BROWN.

The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for November 25, 2024?
The Wordle answer for November 25, 2024 (puzzle #1255) was BROWN.
What does BROWN mean?
BROWN: A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
Why was Wordle #1255 tricky?
BROWN is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon letters, only one vowel.

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