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Wordle #1443

Wordle Hints and Answer for Sunday, June 1, 2025

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Today's puzzle is rated Medium difficulty. The answer is a adjective with 2 vowels and uses fairly common letters.

Difficulty: Medium
adjective

Letter Facts

Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Repeats
No
Letters
Fairly Common

Recommended Starting Words

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Recommended Starting Words

GROUTHOURSSHRUG

Hints

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Starting Hint

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Starting Hint

This word describes a texture or quality you might feel with your hands.

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Getting Warmer

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Getting Warmer

Think about surfaces that are not smooth or polished. This word might describe sandpaper, tree bark, or an unfinished piece of wood.

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Letter Clue

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Letter Clue

The word starts with the letter R.

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Stronger Hint

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Stronger Hint

The opposite of smooth. You might also use this word to describe a difficult experience or a crude estimate.

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Rhyming Clue

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Rhyming Clue

This word rhymes with TOUGH.

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Final Clue

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Final Clue

Starts with R and ends with H. When the sea is stormy, sailors call the waters this.

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Answer

ROUGH

This word comes from Old English and Germanic roots, originally meaning hairy or shaggy. Today it describes anything with an uneven or coarse texture, but it has expanded to describe difficult situations, preliminary drafts, or approximate calculations. You might hear someone say they had a rough day or that a sketch is just a rough draft.

Strategy Tip

Words with the GH combination can be tricky because GH is often silent, as it is in today's answer. If you are stuck, remember that GH appears in many common English words and can make unexpected sounds or no sound at all.