The answer to Wordle #977 was

BUILD: To form (something) by combining materials or parts.

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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 #977 scores 77/100 for solver difficulty (tricky).

273 Possible answers after CRANE
88 Possible answers after SLATE
2 Possible answers after ADIEU
4 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #977, measured

This section compares BUILD'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

77/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, BUILD measured harder for the solver than about 77% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is tricky. The example solver route takes four turns; 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

ADIEU left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 2 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, CRANE left 273 candidates, about 136 times as many. STARE, TARSE, TRACE and CRANE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in BUILD.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against BUILD, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
ADIEU ADIEU 2
AUDIO AUDIO 3
ARISE ARISE 51
RAISE RAISE 51
SLATE SLATE 88
SALET SALET 100
STARE STARE 235
TARSE TARSE 235
TRACE TRACE 255
CRANE CRANE 273

“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 BUILD.

The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for February 21, 2024?
The Wordle answer for February 21, 2024 (puzzle #977) was BUILD.
What does BUILD mean?
BUILD: To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
Why was Wordle #977 tricky?
BUILD 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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