Today's Wordle Answer — Saturday, March 14, 2026 (Puzzle #1,729)
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Today's Wordle is a clean, straightforward puzzle — no tricks, no obscure vocabulary. The answer for Wordle #1,729 on Saturday, March 14, 2026, is ANKLE.
Breaking Down Today's Answer
ANKLE contains two vowels and three consonants, with no repeated letters. The vowels land in positions 1 and 5 — A at the start, E at the end.
It refers to the joint where the tibia, fibula, and talus meet — the hinge between your foot and leg that bears your full body weight every time you stand.
How Hard Was It?
Not very. The NYT WordleBot clocked the average completion at 4.1 guesses in easy mode and 4.0 in hard mode — squarely in the middle of the difficulty range.
ANKLE contains four of the nine most common Wordle letters, which means most standard opening words will chip away at it quickly. If you opened with CRANE, STARE, or ADIEU, you likely had the skeleton of the answer by guess two.
Yesterday's Answer
Friday's Wordle #1,728 was EATEN. If you missed it, now you know.
Puzzle #1,730 drops at midnight in your local time zone. Play today's puzzle at nytimes.com/games/wordle.
