5 Hardest Wordle Games from 2025, Based on Parade Readers
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Kelsey PelzerDecember 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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All throughout 2025, we've been posting daily hints and answers for the NYT Games' word puzzles, including Connections, Strands and Wordle. After all, there are times when a player feels stuck and simply needs a little assistance to solve one of the word games that day—even sometimes looking at yesterday's Wordle answer to make sure they don't guess the same one today.
When we publish our Wordle hints, we reveal how many vowels are in the answer of the day and if the word begins with a consonant or vowel, as well as if there are any repeat letters. We also share a final hint before giving the answer away later on in the story.
Some days, it's obvious when there's a harder puzzle to solve because the page views for this particular type of story skyrocket—a visual indication that NYT Games fans are feeling stumped. Looking back on the past year, it's fun to see which days had the most Parade readers flocking to the Wordle hints, hoping that one of the clues would help them solve that specific puzzle.
So, enjoy reading through the following five hardest Wordle games from 2025, based on Parade readers. You might remember struggling with finding these answers yourself!
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How To Play Wordle
When you play Wordle, you're trying to solve for that day's five-letter word and you only have six tries to do it. The letters of your guesses show up as tiles, and are color-coded to help you with your next guesses. If a letter shows up in green, it's in the correct spot. If a letter shows up in yellow, it's a letter that is found in the word, but is not in the right placement. Grey letters, on the other hand, are not in the day's answer at all.
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As players get closer and closer to that sixth and final attempt to solve, it's common for players to turn to hints and clues to help them guess the correct word of the day.
5 Hardest Wordle Games from 2025, Based on Parade Readers
These were the most viewed "Wordle hints and answers" from our site this year.
5. Friday, August 15, 2025
Wordle answer: LEVEL
Palindrome words are always extra challenging!
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4. Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Wordle answer: KEFIR
If you'd never heard of this fermented milk drink, it would've been hard to guess this one.
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3. Sunday, July 6, 2025
Wordle answer: ATRIA
This plural noun (of "atrium") that doesn't end in "s" really stumped a lot of us!
2. Monday, April 7, 2025
Wordle answer: HAZEL
This one surprisingly baffled a lot of NYT Games fans—it's likely because of the "z."
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1. Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Wordle answer: GIZMO
Speaking of "z," this one (meaning "gadget") had the most people scratching their heads in 2025!
If you remember any other tricky Wordle answers from the past year, share them in the Comments!
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This story was originally published by Parade on Dec 31, 2025, where it first appeared in the Life section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
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