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#1581 Wordle Answer and Hints for 2025-10-17 - GROSS

Date: 2025-10-17

Hi! I'm a Wordle fan from China. Here's my Wordle strategy for 2025/10/17. I like to open with SHOUT and ALIKE - together they cover all five vowels and several useful consonants.

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Clues so far: ALIKE misses completely, but SHOUT gives us S (present/yellow) and O (correct/green in position 3). This is great information - I know the word has O as the third letter and contains an S somewhere else. Next I try MOONY to test for double letters.

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MOONY confirms O is indeed in position 3 (green). Now I know the pattern is _ _ O _ _ with an S somewhere in the word. I try DROPS to test new consonants while trying to place S and potentially find more letters.

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Excellent! DROPS locks in R in position 2, O in position 3, and S in position 5. The pattern is now _ R O _ S. I'm very close! Next I try BROGS to test G and B in the remaining positions.

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BROGS shows that G is present (yellow) but not in position 4. Since positions 2, 3, and 5 are already taken by R, O, and S, G must be in position 1. The word must be GRO_S.

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Answer found: GROSS - solved in 6 guesses! GROSS means disgusting or unpleasant, or can refer to a total amount before deductions.

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