The answer to Wordle #1,506 was

LUMPY: Full of lumps, not smooth, uneven.

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Word difficulty: Tricky

Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, only one vowel.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,506 scores 64/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).

273 Possible answers after CRANE
88 Possible answers after SLATE
193 Possible answers after ADIEU
3 Words in the _UMPY family
3 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,506, measured

This section compares LUMPY'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

64/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, LUMPY measured harder for the solver than about 64% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group; it has a 3-word _UMPY family.

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

SLATE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 88 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, CRANE left 273 candidates, about 3 times as many. ARISE, RAISE, STARE, TARSE, TRACE and CRANE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in LUMPY.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against LUMPY, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
SLATE SLATE 88
AUDIO AUDIO 94
SALET SALET 100
ARISE ARISE 174
RAISE RAISE 174
ADIEU ADIEU 193
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

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Solver replay

One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to LUMPY.

The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for August 3, 2025?
The Wordle answer for August 3, 2025 (puzzle #1506) was LUMPY.
What does LUMPY mean?
LUMPY: Full of lumps, not smooth, uneven.
Why was Wordle #1506 tricky?
LUMPY is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon in general English, only one vowel.

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