The answer to Wordle #1,596 was

MOTEL: A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.

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Word difficulty: Easy

Why it may be easier: five different letters, at least two vowels and none of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.

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How difficult was it for the solver?

In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,596 scores 30/100 for solver difficulty (easier for the solver).

128 Possible answers after CRANE
11 Possible answers after SLATE
128 Possible answers after ADIEU
3 Guesses in the solver replay

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Wordle #1,596, measured

This section compares MOTEL'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

30/100

This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, MOTEL measured harder for the solver than about 30% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is easier for the solver. 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

SALET left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 5 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 286 candidates, about 57 times as many. The vowel-heavy probes ADIEU and AUDIO revealed comparatively little here. Vowel coverage helps only when the answer's vowels are still in doubt.

First-guess feedback each opener would have received against MOTEL, and how many answer-pool words would still match it
OpenerFirst-guess feedbackAnswers still possible
SALET SALET 5
SLATE SLATE 11
TARSE TARSE 43
STARE STARE 56
TRACE TRACE 59
ARISE ARISE 123
RAISE RAISE 123
ADIEU ADIEU 128
CRANE CRANE 128
AUDIO AUDIO 286

“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 MOTEL.

The solver reaches the answer in 3 guesses.

Common questions

What was the Wordle answer for November 1, 2025?
The Wordle answer for November 1, 2025 (puzzle #1596) was MOTEL.
What does MOTEL mean?
MOTEL: A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.
Why was Wordle #1596 tricky?
MOTEL is rated easy for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be easier: five different letters, at least two vowels and none of Q, Z, X, J, K, V or W.

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