Wordle #1,897 Answer
August 29, 2026 · Saturday
The answer to Wordle #1,897 was
BLOOD: A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
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Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,897 scores 50/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).
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Wordle #1,897, measured
This section compares BLOOD'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, BLOOD measured harder for the solver than about 50% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. It repeats O; 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 36 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, CRANE left 273 candidates, about 8 times as many. ARISE, RAISE, STARE, TARSE, TRACE and CRANE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in BLOOD.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 36 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 40 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 43 |
| SALET | SALET | 100 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 174 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 174 |
| STARE | STARE | 235 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 235 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 255 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 273 |
“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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See the solver's route to BLOOD → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to BLOOD.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for August 29, 2026?
- The Wordle answer for August 29, 2026 (puzzle #1897) was BLOOD.
- What does BLOOD mean?
- BLOOD: A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
- Why was Wordle #1897 tricky?
- BLOOD is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter.