Wordle #1,882 Answer
August 14, 2026 · Friday
The answer to Wordle #1,882 was
GEODE: A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter on the inside wall.
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Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English, a repeated letter.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,882 scores 36/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).
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Wordle #1,882, measured
This section compares GEODE'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, GEODE measured harder for the solver than about 36% 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
ADIEU left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 34 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, SALET left 172 candidates, about 5 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 34 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 43 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 62 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 62 |
| STARE | STARE | 90 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 90 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 105 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 108 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 110 |
| SALET | SALET | 172 |
“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 GEODE → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to GEODE.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for August 14, 2026?
- The Wordle answer for August 14, 2026 (puzzle #1882) was GEODE.
- What does GEODE mean?
- GEODE: A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter on the inside wall.
- Why was Wordle #1882 tricky?
- GEODE is rated hard for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English, a repeated letter.