Solve today's Wordle at any speed you like - take your time and enjoy the March 31 (1016) game while adding new clues, or rush to today's answer. As always, we'll help you win Wordle your way.

Technically, this Wordle is pretty much the same as yesterday, running through the alphabet until there is nothing left but today's answer. The only problem is that I got to that point early on and still could not see the correct word until I quickly took a break and gave my eyes back to today's puzzle from a fresh angle.

What is disliked or avoided in general society, or not spoken of in polite company, may be expressed using today's answer. The behavior is not necessarily illegal (or even common), but what you are doing would not be something that would appear in casual conversation in the workplace.

Yes, one letter is used twice in today's Wordle.

Anyone can play Wordle, but if you want to get good at it, take a look at these simple tips:

Thankfully, there's no time limit to complete it before midnight. So treat this game like a casual newspaper crossword, and if you come up blank there is no reason you can't come back to it later. Sometimes, if you go away for a while, you can come back to it with a fresh mind.

Let me give you a little help. The answer to the Wordle for March 31 (1016) is "TABOO."

Past Wordle answers give you great ideas for fun starting words that will keep your daily puzzle solving fresh. It is also a good way to eliminate guesswork for today's Wordle since the same answers are unlikely to be repeated.

Here are some recent Wordle answers:

Wordle offers five boxes in six columns each day, so to keep the winning streak going, you'll need to find the secret five-letter word hidden within them.

You should start with strong words like ARISE or other words that have a good mix of common consonants and multiple vowels. You also do not want to start with words that begin with repeated letters, as this wastes the chance to delete or check for extra letters; pressing Enter will tell you which ones are right or wrong. If the box goes to ⬛️, it means that the character is not in the secret word at all. A 🟨 means that the letter is in the word but not in that position. 🟩 means that the correct letter is in the correct position.

The next guess complements the previous guess, using another "good" word to cover a common letter that you may have missed last time, while trying to avoid a letter that you now know for sure is not present in today's answer. After that, it's just a matter of using what you've learned to narrow down the correct word. In all, you can try six times, and you can only use actual words. Remember that letters can also be repeated (e.g. BOOKS).

If you need further advice, see Wordle's tips. Also, if you want to know which words are already in use, scroll to the relevant section above.

Wordle was originally conceived by software engineer Josh Wardle as a surprise for his partner, who loved word games. From there it spread to his family and was finally released to the public. Since then, the word puzzle game has spawned a slew of Wordle-like games, focusing the daily gimmicks on music, math, and geography, and it wasn't long before Wordle became so popular that it was sold to the New York Times for a seven-figure sum. Indeed, it would only be a matter of time before we would be communicating solely through tricolored boxes.