The answer to Wordle #82 was

BIOME: Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert.

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Word difficulty: Tricky

Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #82 scores 30/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).

105 Possible answers after CRANE
110 Possible answers after SLATE
50 Possible answers after ADIEU
3 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #82, measured

This section compares BIOME'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

30/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, BIOME measured harder for the solver than about 30% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. 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

ARISE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 27 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, SALET left 172 candidates, about 6 times as many.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against BIOME, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
ARISE ARISE 27
RAISE RAISE 27
AUDIO AUDIO 33
ADIEU ADIEU 50
STARE STARE 90
TARSE TARSE 90
CRANE CRANE 105
TRACE TRACE 108
SLATE SLATE 110
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

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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 BIOME.

The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for September 9, 2021?
The Wordle answer for September 9, 2021 (puzzle #82) was BIOME.
What does BIOME mean?
BIOME: Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert.
Why was Wordle #82 tricky?
BIOME is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English.

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