EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is for Wordle answer #267; the March 14th Wordle answer is available now.
March 13th has brought another Wordle word to guess, and this one could possibly count as a loss for many players. Wordle is a once-a-day word-guessing game that gained popularity throughout 2022 with its easy gameplay, once-a-day puzzles, and excellent social media presence. Players from all over the world continue to share their daily scores and prove how well they know the classic game of Mastermind.
Wordle gives players six chances to guess a single five-letter word. Played on a 5x6 grid of boxes, would-be word sleuths begin with any random starting word. The game then gives information based on the guess provided by highlighting certain letters green if they are correct, yellow if they are correct but in the wrong spot, or grey if they are not in the word at all. Using these clues players try to discern what the correct answer could be. Normally any five-letter word is available to guess, but Wordle also has a 'Hard Mode' that can be accessed through the options menu. With this mode players must use the clues provided and are no longer able to slip in letters that have previously been proven incorrect, this requires a little more critical thinking and forces players to focus on what the word could be instead of random guesses.
The popularity of Wordle can easily be traced back to its social media sharing ability. After a game is won or lost, players can copy their results and post them to any of their favorite social media sites. Wordle uses colored emoji boxes to show the player's attempts without actually spoiling the words they used to get there. This simple, spoiler-free way of sharing a player's journey has drawn more players to the game to discuss game strategies and show off their win-streaks.
Wordle’s March 13, 2022 (#267) Hints & Answer
For those players who don't wish to know the direct answer to today's Wordle, here are a few hints to help.
- Hint 1: Today's answer can help make things more clear.
- Hint 2: If someone needs to gain others' attention, they may say this Wordle answer.
- Hint 3: Today's Wordle uses the two least common vowels, not counting 'Y'.
Wordle 267 Answer (March 13)
If the hints still didn't help, today's Wordle answer is FOCUS. Today we used the starting word ROAST, which provided the correct placement for 'O' and an incorrectly placed 'S'. Our next guess was SOLED, this only showed more incorrect letters and another wrong placement for 'S'. For our third guess, we went with BONGS, giving us the correct placement for the 'S' and more incorrect letters. The fourth guess was MOCKS which added a correctly placed 'C' and led us directly to the correct answer, FOCUS.