Today's Wordle hints and answer — solution #1,360, March 10
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Most players find uncovering today's Wordle answer moderately tough. According to the New York Times' WordleBot, the average player will complete Wordle #1,355 in 3.9 moves in both easy and hard modes.
Each day, we will update this article with Wordle hints and tips to help you find today's answer. And if the hints aren't enough, we'll even give you the answer, in case you're really stuck or just haven't had time to complete today's puzzle. Plus, we are also including an analysis of yesterday's puzzle, #1,354, in case you're reading this in a different time zone.
So be warned: spoilers lie ahead for game #1,355. Only read on if you want to know today's Wordle answer!
Today's Wordle answer — hints to help you solve it
Our first tip is that you should use one of the best Wordle start words for every game you play. But if you want some more specific clues to today's Wordle answer, then here you go:
It contains one of the five vowels.*
There are no repeated letters.
It includes just one of the five most common Wordle letters.
* By vowel, we mean A, E, I, O, U. There are other letters that are sometimes considered to be vowels, depending on how they are used.
Those hints should get you at least some of the way towards finding today's Wordle answer. If not, then you can read on for bigger clues; or, if you just want to know the answer, then skip down further for that.
Alright then, here's a larger hint: Today's Wordle answer originates from rugby.
What does today's Wordle start with?
The answer to Wordle #1,355 starts with S, so combined with the hints above you should now have all the clues you need to get the answer and not break a Wordle streak.
OK, it's now time to scroll down for the answer…
Today's Wordle answer
So, what is today's Wordle answer for game #1,355?
Drumroll, please — it's SCRUM.
Hello Wordlers. Nothing too taxing here, though that may be because I'm in the UK where rugby is one of the more popular sports.
In any case, I began as usual with ORATE, which I like as a starting word because it contains all five of the most common Wordle letters. Today, that gave me a single yellow 'R', leaving 48 possible answers, according to WordleBot.
The Bot's best Wordle start words were more effective. TRACE leaves 28 answers, while CRANE lowers that to 15. If you opened with CARET, only ten options would be left in play.
On my second go, I like to play a mix of 'L', 'I', 'S', 'N', and 'C' if possible. The best I could see with my yellow 'R' was CURLY.
That was actually rather lucky. Not only did 'R' go green, but both 'C' and 'U' turned yellow leaving me with just two options.
I could only think of one of them: SCRUM. This was the right answer, but it could just as easily have been SCRUB.
Hopefully you breezed through today's puzzle too, Wordlers. See you tomorrow.
Yesterday's Wordle answer
Reading this in a later time zone? The Wordle answer for game #1,354 was CHECK.
Hello Wordlers. A rather tricky one today. Not only does it include just one of the nine most common Wordle letters, but 'C' (number ten in the list) appears twice.
That meant that my opener of ORATE only found one character: a yellow 'E'. I was left with a veritable mountain to climb, with 190 possible answers left, according to WordleBot.
Naturally, the Bot's best Wordle start words were more effective. CARAT leaves 18 answers, while PLACE lowers that to 13. If you opened with PATCH, just seven options would be left in play.
I try to play as many of the next five most common letters ('L', 'I', 'S', 'N', and 'C') as possible on my second go. Today, the lone 'E' meant I could be very efficient with LINES.
But this was actually rather unlucky. Not only did it leave 'E' yellow, but none of the other characters were confirmed. The one I missed from my hitlist, of course, appears twice. Still, I was down to nine answers, according to WordleBot*.
Eager to try my 'C', I opted for CHEWY next and it was a great move. Not only did 'E' finally turn green, but both 'C' and 'H' joined it.
I could only see one option here: I typed in CHECK and completed the puzzle in four moves.
Hopefully you did well today, Wordlers. See you tomorrow.
* These were: GEEKY, BEEFY, WEEPY, WEEDY, CHECK, CHEWY, PEPPY, BEECH and DEBUG.
Previous Wordle answers
If you're looking for a list of older Wordle answers, we can also help. Here's a list going back 20 games.
Wordle #1,354: CHECK
Wordle #1,353: SPEAR
Wordle #1,352: DEITY
Wordle #1,351: HOVER
Wordle #1,350: FUZZY
Wordle #1,349: LODGE
Wordle #1,348: AWARD
Wordle #1,347: DRYER
Wordle #1,346: GLAND
Wordle #1,345: OTTER
Wordle #1,344: CREAM
Wordle #1,343: CLOVE
Wordle #1,342: ROACH
Wordle #1,341: MADLY
Wordle #1,340: INDIE
Wordle #1,339: TRAIL
Wordle #1,338: SUAVE
Wordle #1,337: CROOK
Wordle #1,336: DITTY
Wordle #1,335: RUMBA
Wordle #1,334: RAPID
Wordle tips — how to win at Wordle
The best tip I can give is to use one of the best Wordle start words. I can't stress this enough — it makes a massive difference.
Without one, you'll be scrabbling around in the dark trying (and possibly failing) to find the right five letters (or possibly fewer) out of the 26 possibles. But clever people (not me) have done the math and identified the best start words based on both frequency in English and frequency among Wordle answers. So use them!
Secondly, think about combinations, especially at the start and end. Some options are far more common than others — for instance, SH, ST, CR and CH all feature frequently.
Vowels obviously need consideration too: not all Wordle answers will contain more than one, but plenty do, and some even have three. A good Wordle start word should have used a couple, but if they don't feature you might well want to try another one or two on your next go. Plus, remember the Y — this sometimes acts as a surrogate vowel, and is easy to forget. It also appears at the end of plenty of words.
Finally, try out possibilities. So long as you don't press 'Enter' you can try possible answers to see how they look on screen. Put in likely letters plus any you know are definitely in the word, then mentally change one to the other available options. This technique has worked for me multiple times, and it's particularly helpful when the word in question is not an obvious one (like FJORD or ISLET).
But if you're still struggling with Wordle, check out how Tom's Guide's Wordle experts have honed their strategy after playing a lot of Wordle after it first launched.
We also have plenty of Wordle tips and tricks to share, like how we've analyzed every Wordle answer used to look for trends and have some further advice for you there. And if you're new to the game you should also take a look at our What is Wordle? guide.
What else should I know about Wordle?
Wordle officially launched in October 2021, but it was actually started earlier in June of that year and celebrated its first birthday on June 19, 2022. (You can read my thoughts on the 5 things Wordle needs to improve if it's to keep us playing on into another year.)
However, it only grew in popularity towards the end of the year, then went viral in January as the world woke up to its charms. In fact, it proved so successful that The New York Times bought Wordle for a seven-figure sum in early February and the game is now part of NYT Games.
It's played via the NYT Games website here, and is entirely free. Both the NYT and the game's creator, Josh Wardle, have stated that it will remain free. Some people think that Wordle has got harder since the NYT takeover, but it really hasn't.
Wordle is a simple game in which your challenge is to guess a five-letter word in six attempts. Each time you guess, you're told which of your chosen letters are in the target word, and whether they are in the right place.
If a letter is in the correct place, it turns green. If it's in the word but in the wrong place, it turns yellow. And if it's not in the word at all, it turns gray.
There's just one puzzle a day, and everyone completes the same one. It resets at midnight each day. You'll find more information about the game in our What is Wordle? article.
NYT Strands answer
If you've solved Wordle and need help with other games from the New York Times, we suggest you check out our guide on today's NYT Strands answer, which will give you some hints as well as the full answer to today's puzzle.
Wordle Alternatives
If you're eager for another game to pass the time while you wait, we've put together a list of the best Wordle alternatives.
Other Wordle alternatives to try are the ultra-stressful (but very good) Squabble and the soccer-themed, Who Are Ya? We also like the geography-based Wordle clone Worldle, the Star Wars-themed SWordle and the math-based Mathler.
There are certainly plenty of options once you've finished Wordle for the day!
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