Wordle #897 Answer
December 3, 2023 · Sunday
The answer to Wordle #897 was
ADAPT: To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
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Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #897 scores 5/100 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 #897, measured
This section compares ADAPT'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, ADAPT measured harder for the solver than about 5% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. It repeats A; it has a 3-word AD_PT family.
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
ADIEU left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 3 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, RAISE left 96 candidates, about 32 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 3 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 7 |
| STARE | STARE | 10 |
| SALET | SALET | 20 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 20 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 21 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 29 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 30 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 50 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 96 |
“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 ADAPT → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to ADAPT.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for December 3, 2023?
- The Wordle answer for December 3, 2023 (puzzle #897) was ADAPT.
- What does ADAPT mean?
- ADAPT: To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
- Why was Wordle #897 tricky?
- ADAPT is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter.