Wordle #1,726 Answer
March 11, 2026 · Wednesday
The answer to Wordle #1,726 was
TEDDY: Abbreviation of teddy bear.
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Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter, only one vowel.
How difficult was it for the solver?
In a replay of past puzzles, Wordle #1,726 scores 69/100 for solver difficulty (tricky).
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Wordle #1,726, measured
This section compares TEDDY'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, TEDDY measured harder for the solver than about 69% of all 1,907 recorded answers to date. Its rating is tricky. It repeats D; the example solver route takes four turns.
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
AUDIO left the fewest candidates: its first-guess feedback left 5 of the 2,374 words in the site's working answer pool. At the other end, CRANE left 128 candidates, about 26 times as many.
| Opener | First-guess feedback | Answers still possible |
|---|---|---|
| AUDIO | AUDIO | 5 |
| TARSE | TARSE | 14 |
| TRACE | TRACE | 15 |
| ADIEU | ADIEU | 34 |
| SALET | SALET | 53 |
| STARE | STARE | 56 |
| SLATE | SLATE | 73 |
| ARISE | ARISE | 123 |
| RAISE | RAISE | 123 |
| CRANE | CRANE | 128 |
“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 TEDDY → It shows which guesses reduced the candidate pool on each turn.
Solver replay
One route our solver takes from its usual opening word to TEDDY.
The solver reaches the answer in 4 guesses.
Common questions
- What was the Wordle answer for March 11, 2026?
- The Wordle answer for March 11, 2026 (puzzle #1726) was TEDDY.
- What does TEDDY mean?
- TEDDY: Abbreviation of teddy bear.
- Why was Wordle #1726 tricky?
- TEDDY is rated tricky for estimated word difficulty. Why it may be difficult: a repeated letter, only one vowel.