The answer to Wordle #1,408 was

WEEDY: Abounding with weeds.

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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 #1,408 scores 88/100 for solver difficulty (tricky).

128 Possible answers after CRANE
170 Possible answers after SLATE
34 Possible answers after ADIEU
4 Words in the _EEDY family
4 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,408, measured

This section compares WEEDY'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

88/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, WEEDY measured harder for the solver than about 88% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is tricky. It repeats E; 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

AUDIO left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 31 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, SALET left 172 candidates, about 6 times as many.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against WEEDY, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
AUDIO AUDIO 31
ADIEU ADIEU 34
STARE STARE 119
TARSE TARSE 119
ARISE ARISE 123
RAISE RAISE 123
TRACE TRACE 126
CRANE CRANE 128
SLATE SLATE 170
SALET SALET 172

“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 WEEDY.

The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for April 27, 2025?
The Wordle answer for April 27, 2025 (puzzle #1408) was WEEDY.
What does WEEDY mean?
WEEDY: Abounding with weeds.
Why was Wordle #1408 tricky?
WEEDY 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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