Wordle puzzle #1,733 landed on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, and it proved to be a moderately challenging one. NYT Games testers needed an average of 4.6 guesses out of 6 to crack it — a notch above the typical difficulty level. If you're still working through your guesses, hints are below before the full answer reveal.
Quick answer: The Wordle answer for March 18, 2026 (puzzle #1,733) is AMPLY.
Spoiler-Free Hints for Wordle #1,733
Want to solve it yourself before scrolling to the answer? These progressive hints should narrow things down without giving the game away entirely.
| Hint | Detail |
|---|---|
| Repeated letters | None — every letter in the word is unique |
| Vowel count | One standard vowel and one "sometimes vowel" |
| First letter | A (a vowel) |
| Last letter | Y |
| Key consonant | P |
| Meaning | Fully, sufficiently, or abundantly |
| One-word clue | Plentifully |
Wordle #1,733 Answer — March 18, 2026
The answer is AMPLY. It's an adverb derived from the adjective "ample," meaning "to an ample degree; liberally; fully." Etymologically, it traces back to the Latin amplus ("large, abundant"), which passed through Old French before arriving in English with the standard -ly adverb suffix.
Why AMPLY Was Harder Than It Looks
At first glance, a common English adverb shouldn't cause much trouble. But AMPLY sits in an awkward spot in most players' vocabularies — it's a word people recognize instantly in a sentence ("the persistent reader is amply rewarded") yet rarely think to type into a five-letter grid. The unusual consonant cluster of M-P-L also doesn't follow the patterns solvers typically hunt for early in their guess chains.
The real difficulty spike came from the AMPLY-versus-APPLY fork. Once you lock in the green A in position one and the green L-Y in positions four and five, both words remain viable. Without an extra guess to test the M, it's essentially a coin flip. Wordle Bot analysis showed that APPLY was actually the more commonly guessed word of the two, meaning a significant number of players burned a guess before landing on AMPLY.
Useful Starting Words for This Puzzle
If you're curious how different openers performed, the Wordle Bot's default starter SLATE led to a solve in three or four guesses. PLATE was particularly strong, immediately narrowing the field to just five remaining possibilities. Starters heavy on common vowels and consonants — like STARE, ADIEU, or TRAIN — all performed reasonably well, though none could crack this one in fewer than three turns.
A good general strategy remains choosing a first word with at least two different vowels and high-frequency consonants like S, T, R, or N. That said, no single starter word guarantees a fast solve every day.
Recent Wordle Answers
To avoid reusing a recent solution in your guesses, here's what the previous few days looked like.
| Date | Puzzle # | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| March 17 | 1,732 | CLASP |
| March 16 | 1,731 | DRAMA |
| March 15 | 1,730 | GRADE |
| March 14 | 1,729 | ANKLE |
| March 13 | 1,728 | EATEN |
AMPLY is one of those Wordle answers that feels obvious in hindsight but sneaky in the moment. If it got you, don't sweat it — a new puzzle drops at midnight in your local time zone, and the streak lives to fight another day.