The answer to Wordle #814 was

OLDER: comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior

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Word difficulty: Easy

Why it may be easier: five different letters, at least two vowels and none of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #814 scores 50/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).

126 Possible answers after CRANE
18 Possible answers after SLATE
24 Possible answers after ADIEU
3 Words in the O_DER family
4 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #814, measured

This section compares OLDER'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

50/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, OLDER measured harder for the solver than about 50% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. The example solver route takes four turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 56 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

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 126 candidates, about 10 times as many.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against OLDER, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
AUDIO AUDIO 13
SLATE SLATE 18
ADIEU ADIEU 24
SALET SALET 44
ARISE ARISE 102
RAISE RAISE 104
TARSE TARSE 116
TRACE TRACE 118
STARE STARE 122
CRANE CRANE 126

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

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Solver replay

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

The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for September 11, 2023?
The Wordle answer for September 11, 2023 (puzzle #814) was OLDER.
What does OLDER mean?
OLDER: comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior
Why was Wordle #814 tricky?
OLDER 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.

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