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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.
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Wordle hints (game #1734) - 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 #1734) - clue #2 - first letter
What letter does today's Wordle begin with?
• The first letter in today's Wordle answer is R.
R is a surprisingly uncommon starting letter. Despite ranking third overall in Wordle, it's merely the 11th most likely to begin an answer.
Wordle hints (game #1734) - 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 #1734) - clue #4 - ending letter
What letter does today's Wordle end with?
• The last letter in today's Wordle is B.
B is not a common ending letter for a Wordle word. In fact, it only occurs there 11 times in total across the game's 2,309 original answers.
Wordle hints (game #1734) - clue #5 - last chance
Still looking for more Wordle hints today? Here's an extra one for game #1734.
- Today's Wordle answer is a program of recovery.
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 #1734)
- NYT average score: 4.1
- My score: 4
- WordleBot's score: 4
- My skill score: 95
- My luck score: 47
- My start word performance: SANER (69 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (140)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Today's Wordle answer (game #1734) is… REHAB.
Wordle has form with abbreviations, with at least nine having appeared before. I say 'at least' nine, because it's entirely possible that I've missed a few in my browsing of what is now a very long list of words.
The first I found was RHINO, way back in game #173, with PHOTO (#503), CONDO (#556), METRO (#676) and DISCO (#768) all following it in the game's first couple of years. In more recent times we've had INTRO (#1041), HIPPO (#1259) and most recently ADMIN (#1445).
Like REHAB, all of these would be considered words in their own right now, even if they were initially longer. It was a surprise to me to find out that REHAB was first used in its contracted form as far back ago as 1941; it feels like it should be a much more modern term.
I doubt the word itself will have made the puzzle more difficult, but the letters might. Or more specifically, the positions of the letters, because R is less common at the start of an answer than it is anywhere else in Wordle, B only ends 11 solutions and H only appears nine times in the middle!
That may explain why it has a high-ish average of 4.1, following the 4.2 for yesterday's AMPLY. I had to settle for a four, as did WordleBot, and as, I assume, did many others.
SANER looked to have performed very well, giving me three yellow letters and cutting the options to 69. But initially it proved difficult to turn those yellows green, with CRAFT leaving me in the same position, albeit with a shortlist that was now reduced to 11.
I could now see that RE--- words were the key options to consider, with the likes or RELAY, REPAY, RELAX and REGAL all still in play. I went with RELAY and that did the job, leaving only REHAB and — according to the 'Bot — REMAP as possibles. I didn't think of the latter, so played the former and scored my four.
Yesterday's Wordle hints (game #1733)
In a different time zone where it's still Wednesday? Don't worry — I can give you some clues for Wordle #1733, too.
- Wordle yesterday had a vowel in one place*
* 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 Y.
Y is the second most common ending letter in the game, behind only E. In total, 364 Wordle answers end with a Y.
Still looking for more Wordle hints? Here's an extra one for game #1733.
- Yesterday's Wordle answer is sufficiently, or abundantly.
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1733)
- NYT average score: 4.2
- My score: 4
- WordleBot's score: 3
- My skill score: 97
- My luck score: 38
- My start word performance: SANER (127 remaining answers)
- WordleBot's start word performance: SLATE (76)
- Tomorrow's start word: SANER
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1733) was… AMPLY.
AMPLY is really not a widely used word, is it? It's used in a couple of phrases — AMPLY rewarded, maybe — but it's far less common as a word than 'ample', and I suspect that may have contributed to a high average score of 4.2.
I didn't spot it until the very end, at any rate. My opening SANER had left 127 options, but when CLAIM reduced that to a mere two words I was baffled. I simply couldn't find anything that fit. I'd been incredibly lucky, too, with that yellow M ruling out many other possibilities and leaving only MODAL and AMPLY. But I didn't think of either of them.
Or at least I didn't for a long time; I probably spent 15 minutes staring at the board, mentally rearranging A, L and M into various combinations, with no luck. Then I switched to pen and paper, focusing on the most likely possible formats.
M--AL eventually gave me MODAL, by which time I was so frustrated with the whole thing that I just played it without looking for any longer. It was wrong, of course, but there were now very few ways in which the letters could be arranged, so after a few more minutes of searching I finally spotted AMPLY and was relieved when all five letters turned green.
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 #1733, Wednesday 18 March: AMPLY
- Wordle #1732, Tuesday 17 March: CLASP
- Wordle #1731, Monday 16 March: DRAMA
- Wordle #1730, Sunday 15 March: GRADE
- Wordle #1729, Saturday 14 March: ANKLE
- Wordle #1728, Friday 13 March: EATEN
- Wordle #1727, Thursday 12 March: SMELL
- Wordle #1726, Wednesday 11 March: TEDDY
- Wordle #1725, Tuesday 10 March: SHOAL
- Wordle #1724, Monday 9 March: HASTY
- Wordle #1723, Sunday 8 March: LOBBY
- Wordle #1722, Saturday 7 March: VOGUE
- Wordle #1721, Friday 6 March: GUNKY
- Wordle #1720, Thursday 5 March: SHEEP
- Wordle #1719, Wednesday 4 March: THEFT
- Wordle #1718, Tuesday 3 March: LINEN
- Wordle #1717, Monday 2 March: SLIME
- Wordle #1716, Sunday 1 March: FLUKE
- Wordle #1715, Saturday 28 February: HYDRA
- Wordle #1714, Friday 27 February: DIZZY
- Wordle #1713, Thursday 26 February: LANCE
- Wordle #1712, Wednesday 25 February: SHRED
- Wordle #1711, Tuesday 24 February: BUYER
- Wordle #1710, Monday 23 February: ATTIC
- Wordle #1709, Sunday 22 February: GUAVA
- Wordle #1708, Saturday 21 February: AWAKE
- Wordle #1707, Friday 20 February: STANK
- Wordle #1706, Thursday 19 February: HOIST
- Wordle #1705, Wednesday 18 February: MOGUL
- Wordle #1704, Tuesday 17 February: SQUAD
- Wordle #1703, Monday 16 February: ROOST
- Wordle #1702, Sunday 15 February: SKULL
- Wordle #1701, Saturday 14 February: BLOOM
- Wordle #1700, Friday 13 February: MOOCH
- Wordle #1699, Thursday 12 February: SURGE
- Wordle #1698, Wednesday 11 February: VEGAN
- Wordle #1697, Tuesday 10 February: SCENE
- Wordle #1696, Monday 9 February: CELLO
- Wordle #1695, Sunday 8 February: EMBED
- Wordle #1694, Saturday 7 February: BLEAT
- Wordle #1693, Friday 6 February: GAVEL
- Wordle #1692, Thursday 5 February: SWOOP
- Wordle #1691, Wednesday 4 February: CHIDE
- Wordle #1690, Tuesday 3 February: WEIGH
- Wordle #1689, Monday 2 February: CIGAR
- Wordle #1688, Sunday 1 February: SPINY
- Wordle #1687, Saturday 31 January: ALLOT
- Wordle #1686, Friday 30 January: JUMBO
- Wordle #1685, Thursday 29 January: FLAKY
- Wordle #1684, Wednesday 28 January: CRUEL
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 in 2022 and is still going strong in 2026.
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' Games 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.
4a. Answers are never plural.
4b. …unless they are. There have been a couple of plural words that don't end in an S or ES, including FUNGI (game #439), ATRIA (#1478) and TEETH (#1551). But S and ES plurals are definitely outlawed.
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.
10a. All answers are drawn from Wordle's list of 2,309 solutions…
10b. …unless they are not. That's because the NYT has added in some of its own words which weren't in that list of 2,309 solutions. More will undoubtedly come over the next few years.
10c. Plus, the NYT has now started repeating answers that have already appeared in Wordle. We have no idea how often it will do this, so you'll need to be on your guard.
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 4a above), but Wordle will accept it as a guess.
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