Today’s Wordle tip and answer for Friday March 1st for 986

It’s a new month and you know what that means? A whole new chance to solve the Wordle reply for today, March 1st.

For the uninitiated, the goal of Wordle is to find a five-letter word in six guesses every day. The fewer guesses, the better – and if you don’t get it right at all, you’ll end your streak.

This is why training today’s Wordle answer is such a priority because players take pride in continuing their streak. So why gamble on a risky final guess when you can learn a few clues and, failing that, get the definitive answer? This page can help you.

Once you’ve got the hang of today’s word, learn more about Wordle and how the New York Times got interested in games in this interview with NYTimes gaming editor Jonathan Knight. In keeping with the theme of words, we also explained why the NYTimes Mini Crosswords are a reliable joy.

Clues for today’s Wordle answer

Instead of jumping straight to the answer, you may only need a few clues to cross the line:

• There is a vowel in today’s word.
• This word has no repeating letters.
• Today’s word starts with “F”.
• This word is the written version of a two-digit number.

Still not sure? Read on for the answer.

Wordle answer for word 986 from March 1, 2024

Even with the clues above, are you still not sure and want to continue with this?

The Wordle answer today is FORTY.

Well, here’s that sequence – it was good while it lasted. Honestly, I think the “Y” tripped me up today because I knew exactly where it was going, but so many words end in “Y” it was my loss.

Now you have the answer, don’t spoil it for others! Don’t forget that you can share your spoiler-free results in the form of a grid.

Of course, no one should know that you came to this page to solve the problem. Maybe start by making a couple of false assumptions to confuse them, perhaps?

The etymology of today’s Wordle

The current word “FORTY” is said to derive from the Old English “FEOWERTIG” which had exactly the same meaning. What is interesting is that the phrase “FORTY WINK”, meaning to take a nap or a short sleep, is believed to have been used no earlier than the 1820s.

Additionally, this year (2024), an old game that I could spend hours playing (and often played alongside my family members) becomes “FORTY”. Oddly enough, the game itself is called 1942, so there’s something satisfying about it becoming “FORTY.” It’s a somewhat challenging and challenging game, but that’s where the fun lies!

Wordle’s past answers for this week

And now our “Previously on Wordle” segment! (I know “in” works better, but let me have this…) This week the following words appeared in Wordle:

• Thursday February 29 (985) – PICTURE
• Wednesday February 28 (984) – DEVIL
• Tuesday February 27 (983) – SENSE
• Monday February 26 (982) – OFTEN

If you want to know all the words that have graced Wordle in the past, check out our archive of past Wordle answers.

What to play after Wordle

Once your daily Wordle is over, the question is: what are you going to play now?

You can of course try the other word games offered by the New York Times, such as Spelling Bee, Mini Crossword and Letter Boxed. You can also try your luck at Connections, the daily Sudokus and Tiles – a rather additive pattern matching game.

There are also a range of games that have tweaked the Wordle formula. Squaredle challenges you to find a series of words by connecting letters in a four-by-four grid. Meanwhile, Dordle, Quorodly, Octordly and Sedecordle all stick to the standard Wordle, while increasing the number of words you need to find. The challenge lies in how your guesses count for all words. So you need to decide whether you are going to focus on a specific word or try to solve multiple words at the same time. Fortunately, the number of guesses given to you increases as the number of words you have to solve.

If you want to take a break from spelling, try GeoGuessr. Here you will be given an image of somewhere, anywhere, in the world and asked to place a marker on where you think that location is. There is even an Old School RuneScape version.

Hope you enjoyed playing Wordle today!