Today’s Wordle hint and answer on Friday 8th March for 993

If you’re looking to pass a little time while wishing for the weekend, we can help with the Wordle answer for today, 8th March.

For the uninitiated, the aim of Wordle is to work out a daily five-letter word within six guesses. The fewer the guesses, the better – and if you fail to guess it at all, you’ll break your streak.

The latter is why working out today’s Wordle answer is such a priority, as players pride themselves on keeping their streak going. So why gamble on a risky final guess when you can learn a few clues and, failing that, get the definitive answer? This page can help with that.

Once you have today’s word, learn more about Wordle and how the New York Times became interested in games in this interview with Jonathan Knight, Head of Games for the NYTimes. In keeping with the word theme, we’ve also discussed why The NYTimes Mini Crossword is a reliable joy.

Clues for today’s Wordle answer

Instead of going straight to the answer, you might only need a few hints to get you over the line:

• Today’s word has two vowels.
• There are no repeating letters in this word.
• The last letter is ‘Y’.
• This word can be used to describe a time of day and a time you can arrive at an event at.

Still not sure? Read on for the answer.

Wordle answer for word 993 on 8th March 2024

Even with the above clues, still not sure and want to keep that streak going?

The Wordle answer today is EARLY.

My ease at getting yesterday’s Wordle was clearly a passing fad, because I’m back to solving this puzzle on my fourth guess. This time round I actually got the ending ‘Y’ pretty early with ‘Ready’, but then, after ‘Teary’ I found myself pretty stuck until the answer finally arrived. (Yes, I did just re-use words from earlier this week in Wordle. No, I do not care.)

Now you have the answer, do not spoil it for others! Remember, you can share your results spoiler-free in the form of a grid.

Of course, no one has to know you came to this page to work it out. Maybe put in two or three fake guesses first to throw them off the scent, perhaps?

Today’s Wordle etymology

Looking back at the etymology of ‘early’, you can see that it comes from the Old English word, ‘ærlice’. This word can be defined as ‘near the initial point of some reckoning in time’ and includes ‘ær’ meaning ‘soon’. Interesting, the first use of the ‘early bird’ proverb was recorded in the 1670s.

Wordle past answers for this week

And now for our ‘Previously on Wordle’ segement! (I know ‘in’ works better, but let me have this…) Yesterday we had this word make an appearance:

• Thursday 6th March (992) – CLONE
• Wednesday 5th March (991) – TEARY
• Tuesday 5th March (990) – HUNCH
• Monday 4th March (989) – FLAME

If you’d like to know all of the words which has graced Wordle in times gone by, check out our past Wordle answers archive.

What to play after Wordle

With your daily Wordle completed, the question is – what shall you play now?

You can, of course, try out the other word-based games offered by the New York Times, like Spelling Bee, the Mini Crossword and Letter Boxed. You can also take a crack at Connections, the daily Sudokus and Tiles – a rather additive motif matching game.

There’s also a range of games which have put a twist on the Wordle formula. Squaredle challenges you to find a series of words by connecting letters in a four by four grid. Meanwhile Dordle, Quorodly, Octordly and Sedecordle all keep to the standard Wordle, while increasing the number of words you have to find. The challenge comes in how your guesses count for all of the words, so you need to decide whether you’re going to focus on a specific word or try to solve multiple words at the same time. Thankfully, the number of guesses you’re given increases alongside the amount of words you’re expected to solve.

If you want a break from spelling though, try GeoGuessr. Here you’ll be given a picture of somewhere, anywhere, in the world and have to place a marker on where you think that location is. There’s even an Old School RuneScape version.

Hope you enjoyed playing Wordle today!