This page covers Wordle puzzle #1635, played on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. If you are playing it in the NYT Wordle archive, start with the hints. The answer comes after them, along with what the word means, how hard it was, and how the most popular starting words would have done.
The answer has 3 vowels (A, E, I, O, U).
It starts with the letter E.
It ends with the letter E.
Yes, one letter appears more than once.
noun — The operation of deleting data.
The answer to Wordle #1635 on December 10, 2025 was:
ERASE
ERASE has been the Wordle answer only once so far.
Erase (noun): The operation of deleting data.
Here is the color feedback each well-known opener would have given on this puzzle, and how many past Wordle answers would still fit after that one guess. Fewer is better.
| Opener | Feedback | Answers left |
|---|---|---|
| SLATE | SLATE | 6 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 12 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 9 |
| STARE | STARE | 1 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 1 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 355 |
On this puzzle, STARE was the most useful opener, leaving 1 possible answer. Read our guide to the best starting words →
Here is one efficient way to reach ERASE. We open with SLATE, then each next guess is the word, from those still possible, that leaves the fewest options on average. Every guess fits all the clues so far, so this path is also legal in Hard Mode.
| Guess | Feedback | Words still possible |
|---|---|---|
| 1. SLATE | SLATE | 6 |
| 2. CEASE | CEASE | 1 |
| 3. ERASE | ERASE | Solved |
Solved in 3 guesses. After SLATE, 6 everyday words still fit. Try your own guesses in our Wordle solver to see which words were left at each step.
| Position | Letter | Appears in (all answers) | In this exact spot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | E | 47.1% | 3.3% |
| 2nd | R | 36.1% | 11.6% |
| 3rd | A | 39.6% | 14.1% |
| 4th | S | 25.8% | 7.5% |
| 5th | E | 47.1% | 19.6% |
Answers from the same date in other years:
The answer to Wordle #1635 on December 10, 2025 was ERASE.
We rate it 2.7 out of 10 (Easy), harder than about 2% of all Wordle puzzles.
Of the popular openers, STARE did best, leaving 1 possible answer after the first guess.
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