The answer to Wordle #1,541 was

TENOR: A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.

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Word difficulty: Easy

Why it may be easier: five different letters, at least two vowels and none of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,541 scores 35/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).

28 Possible answers after CRANE
73 Possible answers after SLATE
199 Possible answers after ADIEU
3 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,541, measured

This section compares TENOR'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

35/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, TENOR measured harder for the solver than about 35% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group.

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 7 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 286 candidates, about 41 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 TENOR, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
TRACE TRACE 7
TARSE TARSE 9
CRANE CRANE 28
STARE STARE 30
SALET SALET 53
SLATE SLATE 73
ARISE ARISE 102
RAISE RAISE 104
ADIEU ADIEU 199
AUDIO AUDIO 286

“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 TENOR.

The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for September 7, 2025?
The Wordle answer for September 7, 2025 (puzzle #1541) was TENOR.
What does TENOR mean?
TENOR: A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
Why was Wordle #1541 tricky?
TENOR 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.

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