Wordle #193 Answer
December 29, 2021 · Wednesday
The answer to Wordle #193 was
TAPIR: An odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #193 scores 14/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).
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Wordle #193, measured
This section compares TAPIR'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, TAPIR measured harder for the solver than about 14% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 60.7 possible answers.
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
TARSE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 1 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, CRANE left 68 candidates, about 68 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TARSE | TARSE | 1 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 2 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 3 |
| STARE | STARE | 13 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 17 |
| SALET | SALET | 29 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 37 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 52 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 62 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 68 |
“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 TAPIR → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to TAPIR.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for December 29, 2021?
- The Wordle answer for December 29, 2021 (puzzle #193) was TAPIR.
- What does TAPIR mean?
- TAPIR: An odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip.
- Why was Wordle #193 tricky?
- TAPIR is rated hard for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: very uncommon in general English.