The answer to Wordle #1,479 was

STILT: Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.

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Word difficulty: Hard

Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English, a repeated letter, only one vowel.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,479 scores 86/100 for solver difficulty (tricky).

273 Possible answers after CRANE
5 Possible answers after SLATE
105 Possible answers after ADIEU
4 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,479, measured

This section compares STILT'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

86/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, STILT measured harder for the solver than about 86% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is tricky. It repeats T; 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

SALET left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 2 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 274 candidates, about 137 times as many. CRANE came back all gray. None of its letters appear in STILT. 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 STILT, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
SALET SALET 2
SLATE SLATE 5
STARE STARE 22
ARISE ARISE 30
RAISE RAISE 30
TARSE TARSE 47
ADIEU ADIEU 105
TRACE TRACE 115
CRANE CRANE 273
AUDIO AUDIO 274

“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 STILT.

The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for July 7, 2025?
The Wordle answer for July 7, 2025 (puzzle #1479) was STILT.
What does STILT mean?
STILT: Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.
Why was Wordle #1479 tricky?
STILT is rated hard for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English, a repeated letter, only one vowel.

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