The answer to Wordle #1,576 was

WOUND: An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

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Word difficulty: Moderate

Why it may be difficult: uncommon letters.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,576 scores 99/100 for solver difficulty (hard for the solver).

58 Possible answers after CRANE
229 Possible answers after SLATE
30 Possible answers after ADIEU
8 Words in the _OUND family
5 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,576, measured

This section compares WOUND'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

99/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, WOUND measured harder for the solver than about 99% of all 1,906 recorded answers to date. Its rating is hard for the solver. The example solver route takes 5 turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave a large group.

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

AUDIO left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 16 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, TRACE left 255 candidates, about 16 times as many. ARISE, RAISE, SALET, SLATE, STARE, TARSE and TRACE came back all gray. None of their letters appear in WOUND.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against WOUND, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
AUDIO AUDIO 16
ADIEU ADIEU 30
CRANE CRANE 58
ARISE ARISE 174
RAISE RAISE 174
SALET SALET 229
SLATE SLATE 229
STARE STARE 235
TARSE TARSE 235
TRACE TRACE 255

“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 WOUND.

The solver reaches the answer in 5 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for October 12, 2025?
The Wordle answer for October 12, 2025 (puzzle #1576) was WOUND.
What does WOUND mean?
WOUND: An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
Why was Wordle #1576 tricky?
WOUND is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon letters.

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