Today's Wordle answer is deceptively tricky. According to the New York Times' WordleBot, the average player will complete Wordle #1,299 in 3.7 moves in easy mode, or 3.8 if playing by hard rules.
Pandora's box open, I saw that CRAFT had indeed appeared before (as had GRANT, as it happened), and was able to play DRAFT for a four. And even now, I'm not sure how I feel about it all.