Wordle #1,327 Answer
February 5, 2025 · Wednesday
The answer to Wordle #1,327 was
PEDAL: A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
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Why it may be easier: five different letters, at least two vowels and none of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,327 scores 34/100 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 #1,327, measured
This section compares PEDAL'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, PEDAL measured harder for the solver than about 34% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. The example solver route takes four turns; it has a 3-word PE_AL 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
AUDIO left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 17 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, ARISE left 82 candidates, about 5 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 17 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 31 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 35 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 46 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 47 |
| SALET | SALET | 49 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 50 |
| STARE | STARE | 53 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 70 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 82 |
“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 PEDAL → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to PEDAL.
The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for February 5, 2025?
- The Wordle answer for February 5, 2025 (puzzle #1327) was PEDAL.
- What does PEDAL mean?
- PEDAL: A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
- Why was Wordle #1327 tricky?
- PEDAL is rated easy for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be easier: five different letters, at least two vowels and none of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.