Wordle #755 Answer
July 14, 2023 · Friday
The answer to Wordle #755 was
FIEND: A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
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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 #755 scores 16/100 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 #755, measured
This section compares FIEND'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, FIEND measured harder for the solver than about 16% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 65.3 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
CRANE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 10 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, SALET left 172 candidates, about 17 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| CRANE | CRANE | 10 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 16 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 38 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 38 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 49 |
| STARE | STARE | 119 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 119 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 126 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 170 |
| 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 FIEND → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to FIEND.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for July 14, 2023?
- The Wordle answer for July 14, 2023 (puzzle #755) was FIEND.
- What does FIEND mean?
- FIEND: A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
- Why was Wordle #755 tricky?
- FIEND 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.