The answer to Wordle #1,359 was

GREED: A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

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Word difficulty: Moderate

Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,359 scores 96/100 for solver difficulty (hard for the solver).

22 Possible answers after CRANE
170 Possible answers after SLATE
24 Possible answers after ADIEU
4 Words in the _REED family
5 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,359, measured

This section compares GREED'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

96/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, GREED measured harder for the solver than about 96% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is hard for the solver. It repeats E; the example solver route takes 5 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

TRACE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 19 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, SLATE left 170 candidates, about 9 times as many.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against GREED, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
TRACE TRACE 19
ARISE ARISE 22
CRANE CRANE 22
ADIEU ADIEU 24
AUDIO AUDIO 31
RAISE RAISE 104
SALET SALET 108
TARSE TARSE 116
STARE STARE 122
SLATE SLATE 170

“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 GREED.

The solver reaches the answer in 5 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for March 9, 2025?
The Wordle answer for March 9, 2025 (puzzle #1359) was GREED.
What does GREED mean?
GREED: A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
Why was Wordle #1359 tricky?
GREED is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter.

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