Today’s NYT Wordle Hints, Clues, and Answer for Sunday, August 17, 2025

Contents

Today's Daily Wordle Hints
Today's Daily Wordle Answer
Today's Wordle Difficulty
Interesting Facts About Today's Word
Yesterday Wordle Answers
Previous Wordle Answers

Wordle Answers #1520 (August 17, 2025): In this article, you will find Wordle answers and hints for August 17, 2025.

Wordle presents a new puzzle daily, challenging players to guess a five-letter word in six attempts. It is a fantastic game to showcase your vocabulary, but it can often be quite challenging.

We will provide all the necessary hints and clues before revealing the word, so you can try to solve it yourself. We will also analyze today's Wordle difficulty and share some interesting facts about the word.

Let's dive into solving today's Wordle #1520 (August 17, 2025) with a little help from us.

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WARNING: Spoilers ahead! Only read on if you want to know today's Wordle answers.

PS: We're revealing the Wordle answers for Sunday, August 17, 2025. If you're looking for yesterday's answers, find the Wordle answers for Saturday, August 16, 2025, here.

Today's Daily Wordle Hints

Today's Wordle answer is just below. But first, here are three hints to help you get there without spoiling the fun.

Wordle Hint 1: How many vowels are present in today's word?

Today's word has 2 vowels.

Wordle Hint 2: How many double letters are there in today's word?

There are no repeated letters.

Wordle Hint 3: What does today's word mean?

Today's word means "Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible."
Some synonyms for today’s word are "inundated" and "jam-packed".

Wordle Hint 4: What is today's Wordle starting or ending letter?

Today’s word starts with “L”.

If you still need help with today's Wordle Answer, you can try our Wordle Solver.

Today's Daily Wordle Answer

Last warning for spoilers! The Wordle answer for today is just one scroll away.

Ready?

Today's Wordle answer for Sunday, August 17, 2025, is: LOUSY

If you got it right, congratulations! If not, don't worry, there's always tomorrow's puzzle to tackle.

Today's Wordle Difficulty

How did you fare among other players?

According to Wordlebot, the average number of guesses taken to get to today's answer in normal mode is 3.5. Around 43.8% of players solved the answer in 3 or fewer turns.

The average luck score of all players for today's word is 62.3. The higher the number (up to 99), the higher the possibility of players eliminating possible solutions with every guess.

The average skill score of all players for today's word is 85.5. The higher the number (up to 99), the higher the efficiency of player guesses based on all possible solutions.

Interesting Facts About Today's Word

Here are some interesting facts about today's Wordle answer "LOUSY":

The word "lousy" originally referred to lice-infested and gradually took on the meaning of something being poor quality or undesirable.
"Lousy" is often used in informal settings to describe experiences that are unpleasant or disappointing.
The term became popular in the 19th century and is still commonly used in everyday language today.

Yesterday Wordle Answers

Did you miss yesterday's Wordle #1519? Or playing from a different timezone? No worries, we've got you covered!

The Wordle answer for August 16, 2025, was MATTE.

According to Wordlebot, the average number of guesses to get yesterday's answer in normal mode is 4.0. Around 24.8% of players solved the answer in 3 or fewer turns.

Previous Wordle Answers

Looking for previous Wordle answers? Here is a complete list of Wordle answers from the last five days:

Similar to Wordle, other word games hosted by the NYT are equally fun, like Spelling Bee, Connections, and the famous NYT Crosswords.

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About the author

Suryadeepto Sengupta is a Content Manager, Gaming, at Sportskeeda by profession, and a software engineer by education.
With a passion for video games from a young age, he prefers single-player titles with amazing stories and a rich world. From the business model of indie devs and AAA studios to the in-depth lore behind a game or the sheer brilliance of the gameplay design, Suryadeepto is always up for an extended discussion in and around the great video game industry.

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Edited by Suryadeepto Sengupta