MARCH
Yes, MARCH was the Wordle answer on April 1, 2023 (Wordle #651).
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /mɑːtʃ//mɑɹt͡ʃ//mɐːtʃ/
- Noun
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A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies.
- Noun
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A journey so walked.
- Verb
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To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
- Verb
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To cause someone to walk somewhere.
Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.
Etymology
From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“to mark”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc (“mark, boundary”). Compare mark, from Old English mearcian.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)
How it sounds
One syllable Say it MAHRCH.
Related meanings
Synonyms process edge border butt demonstrate mar
In a sentence
Every time there is a march.
The band played a march.
Use MARCH in a puzzle
As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.
Wordle status
A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.
Playable guess
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Possible answer
YesIncluded among the answers considered by the solver.
Past Wordle answer
Used oncePast Wordle answer: April 1, 2023 (#651).
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See what the public sample says →MARCH in Connections
4 recorded appearances in completed main-edition puzzles through . A category label alone does not establish a word's meaning.
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· Puzzle #1078
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MARCH appeared in LABOR PROTEST ACTIONS (green group).
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· Puzzle #776
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MARCH appeared in TRAVEL ON FOOT (blue group).
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· Puzzle #280
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MARCH appeared in MOVE FORWARD (green group).
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· Puzzle #161
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MARCH appeared in WALK (blue group).
How MARCH performs as a guess
MARCH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,384 when every answer is treated as equally likely.
Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.
In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #2,490 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 guesses in games solved within six turns.
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Useful pattern pages
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First-turn measures
All four describe MARCH used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.
As an opening guess: previous benchmark
How MARCH performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.
Composition
Feedback chances
Example solver route
One example route used by the solver.
This solver benchmark reaches MARCH in 3 guesses.
Feedback distribution
MARCH can come back 113 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for MARCH; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
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Words With Friends
Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.
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Strategy after playing MARCH
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to MARCH.
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing MARCH:
Research on MARCH
Game-tree analysis and word research for MARCH, with an explanation for each figure.
Optimal play
Opening with MARCH, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.68 guesses and ranks #3,582 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.
No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with MARCH can guarantee a solve within six guesses.
Our six-turn simulation says 3.63, at or below the proven-optimal 3.68, because the two figures score different answer lists.
These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.
Familiarity and learning
- Frequency
- MARCH sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 182 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
- Learner level
- Appears in intermediate learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level B1); a word learners usually reach after the basics.
- Dominant sense
- Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (4.1 of 5).
Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS; Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).