Wordle #1730 answer: GRADE
Played on 03-15-2026 · difficulty 4/5
What was the Wordle answer for #1730?
The answer to Wordle #1730, played on 03-15-2026, was GRADE.
GRADE has been the answer more than once. The New York Times also used it on 07-04-2021. Wordle has reused answers since 02-02-2026 — before that, no answer had ever been reused.
How the solver gets there
Starting from all 2,380 possible answers, this is the run an optimal solver makes against GRADE. Every guess is the one that splits the remaining field most evenly — the last column is how many answers were still standing after it.
| Turn | Guess | Feedback | Answers left |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SALET | SALET | 83 |
| 2 | BEARD | BEARD | 3 |
| 3 | DRAKE | DRAKE | 1 |
| 4 | GRADE | GRADE | — |
At that point the clues could not separate DRAKE, DRAPE and GRADE.
How hard was it?
Optimal play solves it in 4 guesses.
After the opening guess SALET, 83 of the 2,380 possible answers were still standing — about average.
Hints, if you would rather work it out
There are two vowels. They are A and E. It begins with G. No letter repeats.