The answer to Wordle #1,424 was

AWARE: Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

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Word difficulty: Tricky

Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter, uncommon letters.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,424 scores 13/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).

7 Possible answers after CRANE
28 Possible answers after SLATE
22 Possible answers after ADIEU
4 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,424, measured

This section compares AWARE'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

13/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, AWARE measured harder for the solver than about 13% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. It repeats A; 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

ARISE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 4 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, SALET left 83 candidates, about 21 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 AWARE, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
ARISE ARISE 4
STARE STARE 4
CRANE CRANE 7
TRACE TRACE 7
ADIEU ADIEU 22
TARSE TARSE 22
RAISE RAISE 26
SLATE SLATE 28
AUDIO AUDIO 49
SALET SALET 83

“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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What did you get?

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1 Suppressed
2 Suppressed
3 Suppressed
4 Suppressed
5 Suppressed
6 Suppressed
X Suppressed

The bars pool all 26 contributed games across every completed puzzle. The Observatory does not publish per-puzzle guess distributions below its sample threshold, so this is the broadest available comparison. “Suppressed” marks a low-count cell.

Solver replay

One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to AWARE.

The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for May 13, 2025?
The Wordle answer for May 13, 2025 (puzzle #1424) was AWARE.
What does AWARE mean?
AWARE: Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
Why was Wordle #1424 tricky?
AWARE is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter, uncommon letters.

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