Wordle #179 Answer
December 15, 2021 · Wednesday
The answer to Wordle #179 was
TRACE: An act of tracing.
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Why it may be easier: five different letters, at least two vowels and none of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #179 scores 4/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).
This compares past puzzles under the same solver settings; it does not measure how players performed. Compare more puzzles →
Wordle #179, measured
This section compares TRACE'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
This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, TRACE measured harder for the solver than about 4% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 65 possible answers; it has a 3-word TRAC_ family.
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 was the answer itself, so the fairest comparison starts with SLATE: its feedback left 2 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 442 candidates, about 221 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.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| TRACE | TRACE | 1 the answer itself |
| SLATE | SLATE | 2 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 2 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 3 |
| STARE | STARE | 5 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 18 |
| SALET | SALET | 20 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 26 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 190 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 442 |
“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
Not enough contributed games to publish player figures for this puzzle. Per-puzzle numbers appear only after at least 10 opt-in games arrive. See how the Observatory collects and publishes player data →
See the solver's route to TRACE → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to TRACE.
The solver reaches the answer in 2 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for December 15, 2021?
- The Wordle answer for December 15, 2021 (puzzle #179) was TRACE.
- What does TRACE mean?
- TRACE: An act of tracing.
- Why was Wordle #179 tricky?
- TRACE 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.