Apparently my luck has abruptly turned. I was all prepared for a long, drawn-out effort with 'scary', 'spark', 'swarm', 'shard' all waiting in the wings (and more) but somehow my first guess was right. I guess Wordle owed me one.
Really lucky on this one. I have missed 7 total out of 515, but 3 of those misses ended in 'er' ('fewer', 'surer', and the ridiculous 'parer'). I was dreading another one.
Should have had it in three but I thought it had already been a Wordle. After playing a pretty fake word third I really was out of options. But now I have a word for a Maori hut or house in my arsenal soooo...