It’s time for your guide to today’s Wordle answer, featuring my commentary on the latest puzzle, plus a selection of hints designed to help you keep your streak going. And it’s a special Wordle today, because it’s the 1,000th puzzle!
Well, sort of – the game began with #0, so really it’s number 1,001. But we’ll ignore that for now. I’ve marked the occasion by publishing three special articles covering the first 1,000 games. In the first, I explain how I’ve played all 1,000 Wordles and only lost once, in the second I analyzed the first 1,000 Wordles to look for patterns and in the third I look at the 50 hardest Wordle games so far.
Today’s doesn’t make it into that last list, so if you don’t think you need any clues for it, just skip to my daily column instead. But remember: failure in this game is only ever six guesses away.
Want more word-based fun? My Quordle today page contains hints and answers for that game, which remains the best of all the main Wordle alternatives.
SPOILER WARNING: Today’s Wordle answer and hints are below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to see them.
Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been playing Wordle for more than two years. He’s authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar and its sister site Tom’s Guide, including a detailed analysis of the most common letters in every position. His Wordle streak has reached the 500 mark (and is now in the 800s) and he’ll be inconsolable if he loses it. Yes, he takes it all too seriously.
Wordle hints (game #1000) – clue #1 – Vowels
How many vowels does today’s Wordle have?
• Wordle today has vowels in two places*.
* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).
Wordle hints (game #1000) – clue #2 – first letter
What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today’s Wordle answer is E.
We don’t get many Wordle answers that start with an E – though it’s the most common letter in the game, it’s only the 14th most likely to begin a solution.
Wordle hints (game #1000) – clue #3 – repeated letters
Does today’s Wordle have any repeated letters?
• There are no repeated letters in today’s Wordle.
Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it’s still more likely that a Wordle doesn’t have one.
Wordle hints (game #1000) – clue #4 – ending letter
What letter does today’s Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today’s Wordle is T.
T is a very common letter to end a Wordle answer – in fact only E and Y are more likely in that position.
Wordle hints (game #1000) – clue #5 – last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here’s an extra one for game #1000.
- Today’s Wordle answer is to violently break forth.
If you just want to know today’s Wordle answer now, simply scroll down – but I’d always recommend trying to solve it on your own first. We’ve got lots of Wordle tips and tricks to help you, including a guide to the best Wordle start words.
If you don’t want to know today’s answer then DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER BECAUSE IT IS PRINTED BELOW. So don’t say you weren’t warned!
Today’s Wordle answer (game #1000)
- NYT average score: 3.7
- My score: 4
- WordleBot’s score: 4
- Best start word performance*: TRACE (3 remaining answers)
- My start word performance: RADAR (331)
* From WordleBot’s Top 20 start words
Today’s Wordle answer (game #1000) is… ERUPT.
So here we are, then – the 1,000th Wordle. And yes, as I explained yesterday it’s really the 1,001st, but we won’t worry about that detail.
The New York Times is certainly celebrating today, with a raft of special events to mark the occasion, including the lighting up of the Empire State Building in Wordle colors. So, does today’s game live up to that hype?
Not really. It’s a fairly standard Wordle, and one which WordleBot says has an average score of 3.7. There’s nothing wrong with that, but I do feel a little deflated. Couldn’t the NYT have given us a really, really difficult one? Or maybe one with a word that had some connection to it being special?
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Still, ERUPT is not exactly boring. The E at the start is relatively uncommon (obviously E isn’t uncommon itself, but it’s less likely at the beginning of an answer) and the PT ending is also fairly rare. But the letters are all regular visitors to Wordle solutions, and several of the best start words cut down the options considerably.
The best of them was TRACE, WordleBot’s third favorite, which left only three answers. But CRATE (8), CARET (11), TRADE (6) and TRICE (4) were all pretty good too.
My random opener, RADAR, was a lot less helpful; it gave me only one yellow letter and left 331 options. That’s not exactly a shock, given that it contains two repeats, meaning I was only able to gather information about three different letters.
My second guess, TONER, reduced that list from 331 to only 15, but WordleBot merely said it was a “good guess” and informed me rather snottily that THOSE would have been better. Chill out, ‘Bot, it’s your birthday!
My third guess did the business. My word list included BRUTE, ERUPT, CREPT, ERECT, METRE, LITRE and BERTH, so I decided to play the first of those in order to place the T, E and R, while also seeing if the B and U were indeed included.
The U was, but not the B – and the upshot was that I now only had one possible solution. That was ERUPT, and I played it next for my celebratory 4/6.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s Wordle hints (game #999)
In a different time zone where it’s still Thursday? Don’t worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #999, too.
- Wordle yesterday had vowels in two places.
* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).
- The first letter in yesterday’s Wordle answer was S.
S is the most common starting letter in the game, featuring in 365 of Wordle’s 2,309 answers. In fact, it’s almost twice as likely to begin an answer as the next most common starting letter, C.
- There were no repeated letters in yesterday’s Wordle.
Repeated letters are quite common in the game, with 748 of the 2,309 Wordle answers containing one. However, it’s still more likely that a Wordle doesn’t have one.
- The last letter in yesterday’s Wordle was E.
E is the most common letter to end a Wordle answer by far. That’s one of the reasons why many of the best start words, including SLATE, CRANE, CRATE and STARE, all end with one.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here’s an extra one for game #999.
- Yesterday’s Wordle answer has happened sometime after.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #999)
- NYT average score: 3.6
- My score: 3
- WordleBot’s score: 3
- Best start word performance*: SLICE (1 remaining answer)
- My start word performance: DICEY (5)
* From WordleBot’s Top 20 start words
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #999) was… SINCE.
Today marks an anniversary of sorts for Wordle – because it’s the 1,000th game! Yes, I know it’s officially #999, but the first puzzle, on Saturday, 19 June 2021, was designated #0, so really we should be celebrating today. That’s not the way the world works, though, so I imagine most people will consider tomorrow to be the big day. Anyway, so as to fit in with convention, I have some articles planned for tomorrow to mark the occasion. Watch out for those.
SINCE is not a particularly notable Wordle for any other reason. It’s packed with common letters in a nice, straightforward format and with no pesky duplicates to trip you up. In fact, given that S is the most common starting letter in the game and E the most likely to find at the end, it should be no great shock that SINCE is among the easier Wordles we’ve had recently. WordleBot says it has an average score of 3.6, and frankly I’m surprised it’s not lower than that.
It certainly didn’t cause me any problems; in fact, it gave me my first 3/6 since EARLY last Friday. Much of the credit to that should go to my start word, DICEY, which gave me one of the best results I’ve had since switching to a random opener at the start of 2024.
DICEY gave me a green I plus yellow C and E, and left only five possible solutions. But even that wasn’t the best result today, given that SLICE left only one answer. Other successes among WordleBot’s top 20 openers included SAINT (7), TRICE (5) and SANER (3), while CRANE was only a little behind them at 11.
I didn’t know for sure that there were only five options to find, but I came to the same conclusion as the ‘bot anyway, coming up with WINCE, MINCE, SINCE, NIECE and PIECE. All I needed to do, then, was find a word that would point me in the direction of the answer and guarantee me a 3/6 – and that word was SINEW. If the N turned yellow, the answer would be NIECE. If it turned gray, it would be PIECE. If green, it could be either of the other three – so the S and W were included in order to choose between them.
With the N and S both turning green, I knew it had to be SINCE, so played that next for a 3/6. See you tomorrow for #1,000.
Wordle answers: The past 50
I’ve been playing Wordle every day for more than two years now and have tracked all of the previous answers so I can help you improve your game. Here are the last 50 solutions starting with yesterday’s answer, or check out my past Wordle answers page for the full list.
- Wordle #999, Thursday 14 March: SINCE
- Wordle #998, Wednesday 13 March: LOCAL
- Wordle #997, Tuesday 12 March: HEAVE
- Wordle #996, Monday 11 March: PESKY
- Wordle #995, Sunday 10 March: GRASP
- Wordle #994, Saturday 9 March: CHEER
- Wordle #993, Friday 8 March: EARLY
- Wordle #992, Thursday 7 March: CLONE
- Wordle #991, Wednesday 6 March: TEARY
- Wordle #990, Tuesday 5 March: HUNCH
- Wordle #989, Monday 4 March: FLAME
- Wordle #988, Sunday 3 March: STATE
- Wordle #987, Saturday 2 March: URBAN
- Wordle #986, Friday 1 March: FORTY
- Wordle #985, Thursday 29 February: IMAGE
- Wordle #984, Wednesday 28 February: DEVIL
- Wordle #983, Tuesday 27 February: SENSE
- Wordle #982, Monday 26 February: OFTEN
- Wordle #981, Sunday 25 February: SMITH
- Wordle #980, Saturday 24 February: PIPER
- Wordle #979, Friday 23 February: APART
- Wordle #978, Thursday 22 February: HEAVY
- Wordle #977, Wednesday 21 February: BUILD
- Wordle #976, Tuesday 20 February: MATCH
- Wordle #975, Monday 19 February: PRICE
- Wordle #974, Sunday 18 February: RIDGE
- Wordle #973, Saturday 17 February: PSALM
- Wordle #972, Friday 16 February: STASH
- Wordle #971, Thursday 15 February: ASCOT
- Wordle #970, Wednesday 14 February: TALON
- Wordle #969, Tuesday 13 February: SCRAM
- Wordle #968, Monday 12 February: PASTA
- Wordle #967, Sunday 11 February: NEVER
- Wordle #966, Saturday 10 February: FRIED
- Wordle #965, Friday 9 February: STIFF
- Wordle #964, Thursday 8 February: PLACE
- Wordle #963, Wednesday 7 February: AFTER
- Wordle #962, Tuesday 6 February: WHICH
- Wordle #961, Monday 5 February: REPEL
- Wordle #960, Sunday 4 February: VERGE
- Wordle #959, Saturday 3 February: MICRO
- Wordle #958, Friday 2 February: CLEFT
- Wordle #957, Thursday 1 February: ALIVE
- Wordle #956, Wednesday 31 January: BULKY
- Wordle #955, Tuesday 30 January: EXPEL
- Wordle #954, Monday 29 January: LEGGY
- Wordle #953, Sunday 28 January: EMBER
- Wordle #952, Saturday 27 January: SNAKE
- Wordle #951, Friday 26 January: ALOOF
- Wordle #950, Thursday 25 January: BLOCK
What is Wordle?
If you’re on this page then you almost certainly know what Wordle is already, and indeed have probably been playing it for a while. And even if you’ve not been playing it, you must surely have heard of it by now, because it’s the viral word game phenomenon that took the world by storm last year and is still going strong in 2024.
We’ve got a full guide to the game in our What is Wordle page, but if you just want a refresher then here are the basics.
What is Wordle?
Wordle challenges you to guess a new five-letter word each day. You get six guesses, with each one revealing a little more information. If one of the letters in your guess is in the answer and in the right place, it turns green. If it’s in the answer but in the wrong place, it turns yellow. And if it’s not in the answer at all it turns gray. Simple, eh?
It’s played online via the Wordle website or the New York Times’ Crossword app (iOS / Android), and is entirely free.
Crucially, the answer is the same for everyone each day, meaning that you’re competing against the rest of the world, rather than just against yourself or the game. The puzzle then resets each day at midnight in your local time, giving you a new challenge, and the chance to extend your streak.
What are the Wordle rules?
The rules of Wordle are pretty straightforward, but with a couple of curveballs thrown in for good measure.
1. Letters that are in the answer and in the right place turn green.
2. Letters that are in the answer but in the wrong place turn yellow.
3. Letters that are not in the answer turn gray.
4. Answers are never plural.
5. Letters can appear more than once. So if your guess includes two of one letter, they may both turn yellow, both turn green, or one could be yellow and the other green.
6. Each guess must be a valid word in Wordle’s dictionary. You can’t guess ABCDE, for instance.
7. You do not have to include correct letters in subsequent guesses unless you play on Hard mode.
8. You have six guesses to solve the Wordle.
9. You must complete the daily Wordle before midnight in your timezone.
10. All answers are drawn from Wordle’s list of 2,309 solutions. However…
11. Wordle will accept a wider pool of words as guesses – some 10,000 of them. For instance, you can guess a plural such as WORDS. It definitely won’t be right (see point 4 above), but Wordle will accept it as a guess.
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