Wordle #1,563 Answer
September 29, 2025 · Monday
The answer to Wordle #1,563 was
CIVIL: Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
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Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter, uncommon letters.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,563 scores 34/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).
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Wordle #1,563, measured
This section compares CIVIL'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
This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, CIVIL measured harder for the solver than about 34% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. It repeats I; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 78 possible answers.
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
CRANE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 27 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, TARSE left 235 candidates, about 9 times as many. STARE and TARSE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in CIVIL.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| CRANE | CRANE | 27 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 33 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 50 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 88 |
| SALET | SALET | 100 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 113 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 113 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 119 |
| STARE | STARE | 235 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 235 |
“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
Not enough contributed games to publish player figures for this puzzle. Per-puzzle numbers appear only after at least 10 opt-in games arrive. See how the Observatory collects and publishes player data →
See the solver's route to CIVIL → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to CIVIL.
The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for September 29, 2025?
- The Wordle answer for September 29, 2025 (puzzle #1563) was CIVIL.
- What does CIVIL mean?
- CIVIL: Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
- Why was Wordle #1563 tricky?
- CIVIL is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter, uncommon letters.