Today's Wordle answer is very straightforward: a word that everybody knows, without any tricky letters to sniff out. According to the New York Times' WordleBot (opens in new tab) tool, the average player will complete Wordle #649 in 3.7 turns if they play in easy mode, or 3.5 if they prefer the challenge of hard.
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, #648, in case you're reading this in a different time zone.
So be warned: spoilers lie ahead for game #649. Only read on if you want to know today's Wordle answer!
Today's Wordle answer #649 — 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 two of the five vowels.*
- It has no repeated letters.
- It contains each of the three most common letters in the game.
* 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: Raise a toast to today's Wordle answer!
What does today's Wordle start with?
The answer to Wordle #649 starts with B, 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 #649, Thursday, March 30
So, what is today's Wordle answer for game #649?
Drumroll, please — it's BREAD.
I could start today's column with a bunch of bread puns, but I'm going to resist the temptation and get straight to the meat of the point. Honestly, it's the yeast I could do.
(Sorry.)
I began today's Wordle with my usual choice of the best Wordle start words, AUDIT. It immediately uncovered two yellow letters: 'A' and 'D', which was a solid start, but not the best according to WordleBot.
Indeed, the New York Times' tool tells me that this left a total of 115 possible answers available, and that most of its usual picks would have been better today. That's hardly surprising, given the answer contains the three most common letters in the Wordle alphabet: E, A and R.
As such, words with all three fared especially well. CRANE, for example, left ten possible solutions, while TRACE left eight. If you picked RATED, you'd have lucked out with just four answers left.
Of course, I didn't pick any of these and still had 115 answers left, so I needed to act quickly with five turns remaining. My priority now was to test another vowel while moving the 'A' and 'D' around.
I opted for FAMED which was a moderately successful move, turning the 'D' green and revealing a yellow 'E'.
According to WordleBot, this left six possible answers. But I could actually only think of two: BREAD and HEARD.
I opted for the former and got lucky as it all turned green. Very lucky when you consider that it could equally have been PLEAD, KNEAD, DREAD or BEARD.
But hey: a three-turn win is a three-turn win. Hopefully you were equally successful today, Wordlers. I'll see you tomorrow.
Alan Martin
Yesterday's Wordle answer #648, Wednesday, March 29
Reading this in a later time zone? The Wordle answer for game #648 was BESET
Quite pleased with how today's Wordle went for me. As you'll see, I owe my three-turn win to a remarkably lucky second turn - but hey: a gentleman makes his own luck (usually via one of the best Wordle start words).
Actually, that wasn't the case for me though. My usual pick of AUDIT wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. That green 'T' ending the word meant there were 56 possible answers remaining.
Better options were available, according to WordleBot. SLATE would have left 19 possible solutions, STARE would be one better with 18, and LEAST would have left just 3.
So not a bad first move, but my second turn was positively inspired (read: lucky). It eliminated all but a single word.
That word was RESET. I wanted a word with either an 'E' or 'O' in - ideally both - and ending in 'T', but I was coming up blank on that*. So I picked a Hail Mary move and tried a double 'E'. At the very least, I figured, I'd know for sure where the 'E' lived.
Instead, however, both 'E's, the 'S' and 'T' turned green. Remarkable - though only remarkable enough for a 93% luck score on Wordle, weirdly.
Anyway, it didn't take long to sniff out the answer from there: BESET. I duly typed it and felt a rush of delight as all the letters turned green for a three-turn victory.
Hope you did well today, Wordlers. I'll see you tomorrow for Thursday's puzzle.
Alan Martin
* WordleBot to the rescue! It turns out that I could have played COMET, COVET, OCTET, OVERT, BESOT or ONSET. I mean, it's lucky I didn't, but good to know all the same...
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 #648: BESET
- Wordle #647: HURRY
- Wordle #646: GUANO
- Wordle #645: UNTIE
- Wordle #644: VOTER
- Wordle #643: GROUT
- Wordle #642: STAID
- Wordle #641: DUVET
- Wordle #640: TOUGH
- Wordle #639: GLOVE
- Wordle #638: CREDO
- Wordle #637: YACHT
- Wordle #636: MEALY
- Wordle #635: CIDER
- Wordle #634: SWEEP
- Wordle #633: SURLY
- Wordle #632: BLAME
- Wordle #631: BIRTH
- Wordle #630: EMAIL
- Wordle #629: REVEL
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 every Wordle so far and losing only once.
We also have plenty of Wordle tips and tricks to share, like how we've analyzed every Wordle answer to look for patterns 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 actually started 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 for its second 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 (opens in new tab), 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.
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. We also have a page on today's Quordle answers, because it's our favorite.
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!
