Wordle Answer for August 17, 2025
Players who opened Wordle on August 17, 2025 were trying to land on LOUSY. We've kept the day's hints around so you can revisit them — or use the archive to settle a debate about a tricky past puzzle.
The answer
LOUSY
What lousy means
Extremely poor in quality or unpleasant, or infested with lice.
Where the word comes from
From Middle English *lousy*, derived from Old English *lusan* (to have lice) plus the suffix *-y*. The root goes back to Proto-Germanic *lausaz*, which also gave us the noun *louse*. Originally it meant infested with lice, but by the 1590s it had shifted to mean "contemptible" or "of poor quality"—likely because lice-infected people were viewed as miserable and worthless.
Hints for August 17, 2025
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Synonyms of lousy
- dirty
- bad
- awful
- nasty
- soiled
- filthy
- rotten
- crappy
Used in a sentence
The hotel offered _____ service, so we decided to find a better place to stay.
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