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Wordle #1598 difficulty (spoiler‑free)

Testers needed an average of 4.8 guesses for today’s puzzle, putting it in the “moderately challenging” range.

MetricValue
Game number#1598
DateNovember 3, 2025
Average guesses4.8
Perceived difficultyModerately challenging

Spoiler‑free hints for Wordle #1598

  • The answer contains three vowels.
  • There are no repeated letters.
  • It’s a verb. Synonyms include “arouse” and “stir.”

Letter‑by‑letter help (spoilers below)

Stop here if you don’t want positional letters.

PositionLetter
1A
2W
3O
4K
5E

Today’s Wordle answer (#1598)

AWOKE

DetailValue
Part of speechVerb (past tense of “awake”)
MeaningTo come out of sleep
Vowels3 (A, O, E)
Duplicate lettersNone

Why #1598 can eat guesses

Three vowels can push you to over-index on consonants early, and the midword K isn’t a common placement. If you’re still solving, prioritize confirming A/E/O quickly, then test W and K to collapse the search space fast.


The day’s artwork spotlights Jacco Bunt, a Dutch artist based in Berlin whose work plays with geometry, color, and abstraction and has recently shifted toward a more intuitive, experimental approach.


If your board surfaced something different, make sure you’re on puzzle #1598 for November 3 and refresh the game page before guessing again.