Wordle Solution for March 4, 2025: Tips and Strategy
If you’ve come here for the Wordle answer for March 4, 2025, continue reading! This article will provide valuable hints, insights, and methods before we reveal the answer. The challenge for today is relatively simple; I cracked it in three tries. Warning: spoilers await for March 4, Wordle #1,354! If you’re keen for some clues (followed by the solution), keep scrolling.
Playing Wordle: A Quick Guide
Access Wordle here on the New York Times site. Each day, a fresh puzzle is released at midnight, adjusted to your local timezone.
Begin by guessing a five-letter term. The letters will change color: green indicates a correct letter in the right spot, yellow shows a correct letter in the wrong position, and gray signifies that the letter is not part of today’s mystery word. For more in-depth information, see this guide to playing Wordle, along with this strategy guide for advanced tips. (Additional details are included at the end of this post, beneath the hints and answers.)
Ready for some hints? Let’s dive in!
Any Uncommon Letters in Today’s Wordle?
Common letters can be defined by the old typesetters’ phrase ETAOIN SHRDLU. (Remember this! You can pronounce it like “Edwin Shirdloo,” as if he’s a friend of yours.)
For today, we have just two prevalent letters, one fairly common letter, and one that is not as usual.
Can you offer a hint for today’s Wordle?
May be blank.
Are there any repeated letters in today’s Wordle?
There’s one repeated letter in today’s puzzle.
Count of Vowels in Today’s Wordle
The solution contains one vowel.
First Letter of Today’s Wordle
Today’s puzzle starts with the letter C.
Last Letter of Today’s Wordle
This word concludes with K.
Solution for Today’s Wordle
Ready for the answer? Today’s word is CHECK.
Solving Today’s Wordle
The starting words I chose were RAISE and TOUCH—only CHECK fit with C as the fourth letter and neither E nor H as the fifth letter.
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Yesterday’s Wordle Response
Yesterday’s challenge was moderately difficult. The hint was “a type of weapon.” The answer included four common letters and one less common letter.
The solution to yesterday’s Wordle was SPEAR.
Essential Wordle Fundamentals
The objective in Wordle is to guess the day’s hidden word. When the game opens, a blank grid awaits your input. Your task is to make the opening move: enter any five-letter word.
As the game progresses, colors will update to give you clues: Green indicates that the letter is correct and in its rightful place. (For instance, guessing PARTY when the word is PURSE will turn P and R green.)
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Yellow signifies the letter is within the word, but not positioned correctly. (Using PARTY while the actual word is ROAST will mark R, A, and T as yellow.)
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Gray means the letter is absent from the word altogether. (If PARTY returns all gray, the solution cannot be PURSE or ROAST.)
With these insights, make another guess, and continue until the correct word is discovered, keeping the total guesses to six before the game concludes.
Optimal Starter Words for Wordle
What should be your initial guess? The best starting words typically feature common letters to heighten the chance of landing yellow or green tiles, guiding your next guess. (However, if your guesses yield all gray results, that still provides valuable data to eliminate options.) While there isn’t a universally “best” starter word, analysis from the New York Times’s Wordle analysis bot suggests considering these:
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CRANE
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TRACE
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SLANT
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CRATE
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CARTE
An MIT study discovered that starting with these words effectively narrows down possibilities in the first attempt:
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SALET
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REAST
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TRACE
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CRATE
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SLATE
Other suitable options could be ARISE or ROUND. While words like ADIEU and AUDIO bring more vowels into play, it can also be strategic to focus on consonants with starters like RENTS or CLAMP. Formulate your plan and see how it unfolds!
Winning Strategies for Wordle
An essential distinction between those who win and lose at Wordle lies in the winners’ ability to gather information from each guess. For instance, if the word ends with -OUND, instead of using up guesses on MOUND, ROUND, SOUND, and HOUND, try a combined consonant guess like MARSH. If H reveals itself as yellow, you’ll gain useful information.
It’s also important to note that the original Wordle operated with a defined list of about 2,300 solution words. However, after its acquisition by the New York Times, an editor now oversees word selection. Occasionally, solutions may incorporate slightly tricky or even topical words, like FEAST, which surfaced one Thanksgiving. Hence, be alert for possible themes.
Exploring Wordle Alternatives
If the five-letter guessing challenge has you hooked, here are some of the top Wordle alternatives, categorized by difficulty:
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Wheeldle, which allows you to tackle consecutive puzzles.
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Dordle and Quordle, both of which require solving two (Dordle) or four (Quordle) puzzles simultaneously using the same guesses. Also available are Octordle and Sedecordle, which ramp up the challenge with eight and sixteen puzzles, respectively.
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Waffle, a game where you rearrange scrambled five-letter words in a grid until you achieve the correct arrangement.
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Absurdle, a dynamic game that changes its answer after each guess, while still adhering to previous feedback. Strategically guiding it to ensure only one word remains is key.
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Squabble, wherein players engage in Wordle against one another with a ticking clock. If you take too long between guesses, you incur damage; the last player standing claims victory.
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Antiwordle, where your goal is not to guess the day’s answer. Players must reuse letters correctly guessed, making the aim to prolong the game.
