The answer to Wordle #1,564 was

GEESE: plural of goose

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Word difficulty: Tricky

Why it may be difficult: repeated letters.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,564 scores 48/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).

105 Possible answers after CRANE
27 Possible answers after SLATE
199 Possible answers after ADIEU
3 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,564, measured

This section compares GEESE'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

48/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, GEESE measured harder for the solver than about 48% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. It repeats E; 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

ARISE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 20 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, ADIEU left 199 candidates, about 10 times as many. AUDIO came back all gray. None of its letters appear in GEESE. 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 GEESE, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
ARISE ARISE 20
RAISE RAISE 20
TARSE TARSE 20
STARE STARE 21
SLATE SLATE 27
SALET SALET 38
CRANE CRANE 105
TRACE TRACE 108
AUDIO AUDIO 193
ADIEU ADIEU 199

“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 GEESE.

The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for September 30, 2025?
The Wordle answer for September 30, 2025 (puzzle #1564) was GEESE.
What does GEESE mean?
GEESE: plural of goose
Why was Wordle #1564 tricky?
GEESE is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: repeated letters.

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