Wordle #1,716 Answer
March 1, 2026 · Sunday
The answer to Wordle #1,716 was
FLUKE: A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
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Why it may be difficult: uncommon letters.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,716 scores 52/100 for solver difficulty (middle of the pack).
This compares past puzzles under the same solver settings; it does not measure how players performed. Compare more puzzles →
Wordle #1,716, measured
This section compares FLUKE's solver-difficulty percentile, first-guess results for ten familiar openers, and opt-in player reports. Each number identifies its dataset.
Solver difficulty, as a percentile
This score is a percentile, not an opinion. Under the site's fixed solver settings, FLUKE measured harder for the solver than about 52% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is middle of the pack. The example solver route takes four turns; CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU leave about 59 possible answers.
Solver pressure ranks the answer within the pool; it does not measure player performance. The opener table compares first-guess results, and the contributed ratings report player results.
CRANE, SLATE and ADIEU benchmark
SLATE left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 13 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, AUDIO left 110 candidates, about 8 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| SLATE | SLATE | 13 |
| SALET | SALET | 50 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 59 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 62 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 62 |
| STARE | STARE | 90 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 90 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 105 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 108 |
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 110 |
“Answers still possible” counts the words in the site's 2,374-word working answer pool whose feedback would match that opener exactly. This is pattern arithmetic, not a simulation. A smaller number means the opener left fewer possible answers after the first guess. It does not describe later turns.
Contributed player ratings
Not enough contributed games to publish player figures for this puzzle. Per-puzzle numbers appear only after at least 10 opt-in games arrive. See how the Observatory collects and publishes player data →
See the solver's route to FLUKE → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to FLUKE.
The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for March 1, 2026?
- The Wordle answer for March 1, 2026 (puzzle #1716) was FLUKE.
- What does FLUKE mean?
- FLUKE: A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
- Why was Wordle #1716 tricky?
- FLUKE is rated moderate for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: uncommon letters.