The answer to Wordle #529 was

STUDY: To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.

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Word difficulty: Moderate

Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #529 scores 75/100 for solver difficulty (tricky).

273 Possible answers after CRANE
39 Possible answers after SLATE
30 Possible answers after ADIEU
4 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #529, measured

This section compares STUDY'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

75/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, STUDY measured harder for the solver than about 75% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is tricky. The example solver route takes four turns; 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

AUDIO left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 13 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, CRANE left 273 candidates, about 21 times as many. CRANE came back all gray. None of its letters appear in STUDY.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against STUDY, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
AUDIO AUDIO 13
STARE STARE 22
SALET SALET 26
ADIEU ADIEU 30
SLATE SLATE 39
TARSE TARSE 47
ARISE ARISE 81
RAISE RAISE 81
TRACE TRACE 115
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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What did you get?

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1 Suppressed
2 Suppressed
3 Suppressed
4 Suppressed
5 Suppressed
6 Suppressed
X Suppressed

The bars pool all 26 contributed games across every completed puzzle. The Observatory does not publish per-puzzle guess distributions below its sample threshold, so this is the broadest available comparison. “Suppressed” marks a low-count cell.

Solver replay

One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to STUDY.

The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for November 30, 2022?
The Wordle answer for November 30, 2022 (puzzle #529) was STUDY.
What does STUDY mean?
STUDY: To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
Why was Wordle #529 tricky?
STUDY is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: only one vowel.

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