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.
Don’t think you need any clues for Wordle today? No problem, just skip to my daily column. But remember: failure in this game is only ever six guesses away.
Want more word-based fun? TechRadar’s Quordle today page contains hints and answers for that game, and you can also take a look at our NYT Strands today and NYT Connections today pages for our verdict on two of the New York Times’ other brainteasers.
You may like
SPOILER WARNING: Today’s Wordle answer and hints are below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to see them.
Wordle hints (game #1357) – 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 #1357) – clue #2 – first letter
What letter does today’s Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today’s Wordle answer is T.
T is one of the most common starting letters in the game, beginning 149 of Wordle‘s 2,309 answers. That gives it a ranking of fourth in the alphabet, behind only S, C and B.
Wordle hints (game #1357) – clue #3 – repeated letters
Does today’s Wordle have any repeated letters?
• There are 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 #1357) – clue #4 – ending letter
What letter does today’s Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today’s Wordle is P.
P is a middling end letter in Wordle. It features in 56 answers, which places it 12th in the alphabet. Don’t expect it to happen that often compared to the likes of E, Y and T.
Wordle hints (game #1357) – clue #5 – last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here’s an extra one for game #1357.
- Today’s Wordle answer is a group of soldiers.
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 #1357)
- NYT average score: 3.6
- My score: 4
- WordleBot’s score: 3
- My start word performance: LOUSY (239 remaining answers)
- WordleBot’s start word performance: CRANE (66)
Today’s Wordle answer (game #1357) is… TROOP.
The curse of the double-O word strikes again. Not too terribly, admittedly – I scored a four here. But the average is 3.6, so mine was below par and could have been worse still if not for a little luck. This remains my most hated of all Wordle formats.
As OO words go, it’s really not too bad, helped by the presence of the very common T and R at the start.
Those two letters form the seventh most common opening pairing in the game, so it makes sense that people knew to play for them – and that they would make it easier to solve in general. The P at the end is not so common, but it’s not like you’re dealing with a streak-killer here.
I began with LOUSY, which was just that and which left 239 options. I had a yellow O, and feared it might be one of a pair, but didn’t play for that just yet. Instead, I went for CRONE, reasoning that common letters was my best approach at this stage.
This was a “terrific choice,” according to WordleBot, but left 17 answers still – so, too many for a realistic shot at a three.
I should at least have guaranteed myself a four, but missed too many options. I had only nine on my list – TROOP, DROOP, DROIT, PROOF, FROTH, BROTH, BROOK, BROAD and BROOM – but missed eight more including the oh-so-obvious likes of GROOM, BROOD and DROID.
Even based on the words I did have, PROOF was not a great next choice; it might have left me a three-way choice between BROAD, BROTH and DROIT, or a 50/50 between TROOP and DROOP. I don’t know why I played it, really.
WordleBot said DEPOT would have been much better, and indeed it would have guaranteed me that four. As it happened, PROOF did leave the DROOP/TROOP 50/50, but here I had some undeserved luck, guessing TROOP and escaping with that 4/6 I didn’t really deserve.
How did you do today? Send me an email or let me know in the comments.
Yesterday’s Wordle hints (game #1356)
In a different time zone where it’s still Thursday? Don’t worry – I can give you some clues for Wordle #1356, 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 A.
A is a reasonably common starting letter in Wordle: 140 games begin with this letter. It ranks 6th among starting letters, behind S, C, B, T and P.
- 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 T.
T is a very common letter to end a Wordle answer – in fact only E and Y are more likely in that position.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here’s an extra one for game #1356.
- Yesterday’s Wordle answer is aware and ready.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #1356)
- NYT average score: 3.3
- My score: 2
- WordleBot’s score: 3
- My start word performance: ALLOT (1 remaining answer)
- WordleBot’s start word performance: CRANE (87)
Yesterday’s Wordle answer (game #1356) was… ALERT.
This was one of those days where playing one of the best Wordle start words really will have helped. Of the top 20 – as determined by WordleBot – 13 reduced the possible answers list to 15 or fewer; eight of them were below 10.
For the record, they were PLATE (4), SLATE, STARE and CARET (5), LEAST (6), SNARE (7), PLANE and PLACE (9), TASER (11), STALE and CARTE (13), and TRACE and TRADE (15).
Given that ARISE – which is not in the top 20, but which is always very popular – also left only nine solutions, it’s no surprise that the average was a low 3.3.
It’s easy to see why, too. All five of the letters in ALERT are in the 10 most common in the game, a detail you’ll find in my analysis of every Wordle answer. In fact, four of them are in the top five, with L at number six. There are not many better arrangements of letters than this, probability-wise, as evidenced by ALERT’s own status as the 31st best start word.
I did not play one of those top 20 words, but I scored a two anyway, due to a ridiculous stroke of luck. My opener – chosen at random – was ALLOT. This gave me green A, green L, green T and left only one possible solution.
Poor old WordleBot, meanwhile, used one of the few start words that didn’t perform quite so well here, namely CRANE (which left 87). The ‘Bot had to settle for a three, meaning I took the bragging rights for the fifth day in six. This is all getting rather strange…
Wordle answers: The past 50
I’ve been playing Wordle every day for more than three 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 #1356, Thursday 6 March: ALERT
- Wordle #1355, Wednesday 5 March: SCRUM
- Wordle #1354, Tuesday 4 March: CHECK
- Wordle #1353, Monday 3 March: SPEAR
- Wordle #1352, Sunday 2 March: DEITY
- Wordle #1351, Saturday 1 March: HOVER
- Wordle #1350, Friday 28 February: FUZZY
- Wordle #1349, Thursday 27 February: LODGE
- Wordle #1348, Wednesday 26 February: AWARD
- Wordle #1347, Tuesday 25 February: DRYER
- Wordle #1346, Monday 24 February: GLAND
- Wordle #1345, Sunday 23 February: OTTER
- Wordle #1344, Saturday 22 February: CREAM
- Wordle #1343, Friday 21 February: CLOVE
- Wordle #1342, Thursday 20 February: ROACH
- Wordle #1341, Wednesday 19 February: MADLY
- Wordle #1340, Tuesday 18 February: INDIE
- Wordle #1339, Monday 17 February: TRAIL
- Wordle #1338, Sunday 16 February: SUAVE
- Wordle #1337, Saturday 15 February: CROOK
- Wordle #1336, Friday 14 February: DITTY
- Wordle #1335, Thursday 13 February: RUMBA
- Wordle #1334, Wednesday 12 February: RAPID
- Wordle #1333, Tuesday 11 February: SCORE
- Wordle #1332, Monday 10 February: GOODY
- Wordle #1331, Sunday 9 February: BONUS
- Wordle #1330, Saturday 8 February: STEEP
- Wordle #1329, Friday 7 February: SWATH
- Wordle #1328, Thursday 6 February: PUPIL
- Wordle #1327, Wednesday 5 February: PEDAL
- Wordle #1326, Tuesday 4 February: TOOTH
- Wordle #1325, Monday 3 February: REVUE
- Wordle #1324, Sunday 2 February: CHORE
- Wordle #1323, Saturday 1 February: RIVET
- Wordle #1322, Friday 31 January: TOAST
- Wordle #1321, Thursday 30 January: FALSE
- Wordle #1320, Wednesday 29 January: UDDER
- Wordle #1319, Tuesday 28 January: FEVER
- Wordle #1318, Monday 27 January: SHUNT
- Wordle #1317, Sunday 26 January: SUNNY
- Wordle #1316, Saturday 25 January: CRISP
- Wordle #1315, Friday 24 January: CREPE
- Wordle #1314, Thursday 23 January: UPPER
- Wordle #1313, Wedneday 22 January: REACH
- Wordle #1312, Tuesday 21 January: ICING
- Wordle #1311, Monday 20 January: SQUID
- Wordle #1310, Sunday 19 January: ROWER
- Wordle #1309, Saturday 18 January: SILLY
- Wordle #1308, Friday 17 January: PROSE
- Wordle #1307, Thursday 16 January: FLINT
- Wordle #1306, Wednesday 15 January: KNACK
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.
Services Marketplace – Listings, Bookings & Reviews