WORD Quick start
How to play.
Simple to begin, satisfying to figure out.
01 / Make your first guess
Type any five letters using your keyboard or the keys on the page. Press Enter to submit. You have up to six tries to find the hidden word.
02 / Read the colors
- Green: a letter is in the right place.
- Gold: a letter is in the word, but belongs somewhere else.
- Grey: that letter does not appear in the word (or all its copies have already been accounted for).
03 / Try again
Use what you've learned to shape your next guess. Repeated letters are checked individually, so a word may contain one copy of a letter but not two.
04 / Come back tomorrow
Everyone gets the same daily puzzle based on UTC. New puzzles arrive at 00:00 UTC. You can also revisit the recent archive.
No signup needed, no timer, no pressure. Just a short word challenge when you feel like it.