Puzzle #1743
Wordle Answer for March 28, 2026
AFOOT was the official Wordle solution for March 28, 2026, puzzle #1743.
Difficulty: Brutal · players averaged 5.5 guesses
The day's hints, in case you're catching up
Hint 1Meaning
It's a common English word you'd find in any standard dictionary.
Hint 2Vowels
It contains 3 vowels (A, O).
Hint 3Letters
It has a repeated letter — the same letter appears at least twice.
Hint 4First letter
It starts with the letter A.
Hint 5Last letter
It ends with the letter T.
Why this word played the way it did
AFOOT is unusually vowel-heavy with 3 vowels (A, O), so vowel-first openers paid off immediately. The letter O appears twice, and double letters are the single most common reason a streak dies — Wordle gives no special signal that a letter repeats.
Community data puts puzzle #1743 at 5.5 guesses on average, which we rate brutal. Anything under four guesses on this one was a strong result.
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