The answer to Wordle #927 was

AGING: present participle and gerund of age

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Word difficulty: Moderate

Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #927 scores 19/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).

20 Possible answers after CRANE
140 Possible answers after SLATE
10 Possible answers after ADIEU
3 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #927, measured

This section compares AGING'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

19/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, AGING measured harder for the solver than about 19% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. It repeats G; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 56.7 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

ARISE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 9 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, SLATE left 140 candidates, about 16 times as many.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against AGING, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
ARISE ARISE 9
ADIEU ADIEU 10
RAISE RAISE 12
AUDIO AUDIO 16
CRANE CRANE 20
TARSE TARSE 101
SALET SALET 104
STARE STARE 131
TRACE TRACE 133
SLATE SLATE 140

“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 AGING.

The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for January 2, 2024?
The Wordle answer for January 2, 2024 (puzzle #927) was AGING.
What does AGING mean?
AGING: present participle and gerund of age
Why was Wordle #927 tricky?
AGING is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter.

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