Why the Wordle Archive Matters
The Wordle answer archive above is the most complete reference you will find online for past Wordle solutions. Every answer since the New York Times acquired the game in early 2022 is listed with its official puzzle number, publication date, and the editor who selected it. This page exists because the single most common Wordle-related search query is not "how to play Wordle" — it is "what was the Wordle answer on [date]". A full, searchable, year-by-year table is the clearest way to answer that question.
Unlike a calendar-only view, the table format lets you scan months of answers at once, spot patterns in the answer pool, and quickly find a specific date without clicking through a date picker. The search box above the tables accepts three input types: a full date in YYYY-MM-DD format (for example, 2025-03-15), a five-letter answer word (for example, crane), or a puzzle number (for example, 1234). Search results appear in a single flat table so you can see every match at once.
How Wordle Puzzle Numbers Work
Wordle puzzle numbers are counted from the game's original launch. Wordle #1 was on June 19, 2021. The New York Times acquired the game in January 2022 and has published one puzzle per day since. The official puzzle number — the one shown on this archive page — is the days_since_launch value from the NYT Wordle API, which counts the number of days since June 19, 2021. This is the same number that appears on the NYT Wordle website after you solve the puzzle.
Some sites incorrectly display a different number — often an internal database row ID that has drifted ahead of the real puzzle number because of historical row deletions. If you see a Wordle number on another site that is hundreds ahead of the number shown here, that site is using the wrong field. The numbers on this archive page are verified against the NYT Wordle API on every fetch.
How Wordle Works
Six guesses to find a five-letter word. Green means right letter right spot, yellow means right letter wrong spot, gray means it's not in the word. One puzzle per day, same word for everyone worldwide. The answer list is finite — Wordle has about 2,300 possible answers in the original pool, and the game cycles through them in order. The NYT editor (currently Tracy Bennett) selects each day's answer from the remaining pool.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Wordle answers are there?
About 2,309 in the original answer list. The game cycles through them in order, so once you know the pattern, you can predict future answers too. The archive above shows every answer published so far — the count grows by one each day.
Are Wordle answers the same worldwide?
Yes — one word per day, globally. The archive reflects the universal answer for each date. The NYT Wordle API publishes the next day's answer at approximately 16:00 UTC, which is why some sites (including this one) may show tomorrow's answer in the evening UTC time.
Can the archive help me get better at Wordle?
Browsing past answers helps you see which letter patterns and word types come up most. Over time, you'll start opening with words that cover the most common letters in the pool. The most common starting letters in the Wordle answer pool are S, C, B, T, and P. The most common vowels are E and A. Words like "crane", "slate", and "audio" are popular openers because they cover high-frequency letters.
Why do some archive sites show different puzzle numbers?
Some sites use an internal database row ID instead of the official NYT puzzle number. The NYT puzzle number counts days since June 19, 2021. If a site shows a number that is hundreds higher than the number on this page for the same date, that site is using the wrong field — usually an auto-incrementing database primary key that has drifted ahead because of test rows being inserted and deleted during development.
How often is this archive updated?
The archive table above is baked into the page at build time, so it is current as of the last site rebuild. For today's answer — which may not be in the table yet if the site has not rebuilt today — use the calendar above or visit /wordle-answer-today. The calendar fetches the answer for any selected date directly from the live API.
Written by
Preston Hayes
Preston Hayes is the credited editor for WordSolverX answer pages and puzzle strategy content. His work focuses on clear answer presentation, source verification, solver guidance, and fast corrections when a game changes.