Today's Wordle answer for Friday, March 1

Win your daily Wordle exactly the way you want to with our help. Feel free to go straight for today's answer if you're after a quick guaranteed win, or if you'd just like a little push then you'll definitely find our guided clue for the March 1 (986) game handy. It's entirely up to you.

It wasn't until my second guess that I found anything at all to work with today, and even then it was a jumble of yellows that at a glance seemed happier to hinder than help. I couldn't see a path forward until I took a step back and had a good long look at what I had to work with—that's when I found today's Wordle answer.

The answer today is a nice round number—a low one, the sort you'd find on a child's multiplication test. This number's also generally associated with the beginnings of that sometimes tumultuous «midlife crisis» period too. 

No, there is no double letter in today's puzzle. 

A good starting word can be the difference between victory and defeat with the daily puzzle, but once you've got the basics, it's much easier to nail down those Wordle wins. And as there's nothing quite like a small victory to set you up for the rest of the day, here are a few tips to help set you on the right path: 

There's no racing against the clock with Wordle so you don't need to rush for the answer. Treating the game like a casual newspaper crossword can be a good tactic; that way, you can come back to it later if you're coming up blank. Stepping away for a while might mean the difference between a win and a line of grey squares. 

Your first win of the month. The answer to the March 1 (986) Wordle is FORTYccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc. 

Past Wordle answers can give you some excellent ideas for fun starting words that keep your daily puzzle-solving fresh. They are also a good way to eliminate guesses for today's Wordle, as the answer is unlikely to be repeated. 

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Wordle gives you six rows of five boxes each day, and you'll need to work out