Today's Wordle #454 Has a Less Than 50% Success Rate

By Christian Hoffer

Today's Wordle might be the hardest puzzle yet, as the puzzle has a success rate of less than 50%. While Wordle has thrown out some pretty tough words for players to solve, we haven't seen Wordlebot stats this low since the puzzle analyzer debuted earlier this year. While most puzzles have a 99% solve rate, and even tough puzzles have a solve rate in the 80% range, today's Wordle has a solve rate of only 45%. In fact, WordleBot claims that today's puzzle has an average solve rate of 6.3 answers....which means that most players aren't getting the puzzle correct. We'll dig into today's Wordle puzzle later in the article, for those looking for some hints or clues. However, if you haven't done the puzzle yet, you may not want to scroll to the bottom of the article as we'll eventually discuss the answer.

For those who somehow have missed out on the Wordle craze so far, the rules of the game are simple: players have six tries to guess a five letter word. Players receive clues based on which letters their guess shares with the correct word. A letter shaded in yellow means that letter also appears in the correct word, but in a different letter location. A letter shaded in green means that letter appears in the same spot in the correct word.

On average, it takes Wordle players about 4 tries to correctly guess a daily puzzle, although a few puzzles can be significantly trickier. The past few months has featured a number of tough puzzles, with FOUND breaking streaks due to sharing a 4-letter word ending with several other words, and NYMPH eluding players due to its lack of a traditional vowel.

So, what about today's Wordle? The major issue is that today's word features a duplicate letter, is made up almost entirely of common words, and is relatively uncommon word. Most players simply aren't going to think of this word when solving the puzzle, even if they use the actual implement on a regular basis. Remember that players on normal mode can eliminate multiple guesses at once by using a guess with a word that can eliminate multiple possibilities. For example, if you need to choose between POUND, ROUND, and SOUND, it might be easier to burn a guess with a word like PURRS to determine which one of those answers is correct. 

Still stumped on today's Wordle puzzle? The answer to Wordle 454 is...PARER. Be sure to check out WordleBot if you want some tips on how to improve your Wordle game. WordleBot notes that it takes an average of 6.3 tries to solve today's puzzle. 42% of Wordle players were able to figure out the puzzle within 6 guesses.

Let us know if you got today's Wordle puzzle in the comment section, and if you managed to match our score of getting it in four tries!

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