Wordle · Archive · #1520 · Sunday, August 17, 2025
Wordle #1520 Answer — Sunday, August 17, 2025
Hints, difficulty, the word, and what it means.
Hints & Answer
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Hint 1Category
It's a adjective. Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible. -
Hint 2Vowels & repeats
Today's word has 2 vowels, and all five letters are different. -
Hint 3First letter
It starts with L. -
Hint 4Getting closer
Infested with lice.
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Wordle answer #1520
LOUSY
adjective /laʊ.zi/
The Word, Explained
Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible.
"No offense, but his cooking is lousy."
Close cousins: inundated, jam-packed, teeming, miserable
A friendly one — common letters, no repeats, and enough vowels for openers to find.
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