Guess the 5-letter word in 6 tries. Green = right letter, right place. Yellow = right letter, wrong place. Challenge a friend by sharing your puzzle link.
Each game gives you a hidden 5-letter word and six attempts to guess it. Type a 5-letter word and press Enter. The tiles change colour after each guess: green means the letter is correct and in the right position; yellow means the letter is in the word but in the wrong position; grey means the letter is not in the word at all. Use the feedback to narrow down your next guess.
Every guess must be a real English word — the keyboard stays greyed out until you've typed five letters, and invalid words are rejected with a shake. The on-screen keyboard tracks which letters you've eliminated, confirmed, or misplaced, so you can see your information at a glance without scrolling back through your guesses.
Challenge Mode
The Share button generates a link that contains your current secret word encoded in the URL. Send that link to anyone — they'll land on the same puzzle and play it cold, without knowing the answer. You can share mid-game or after finishing. Because the word is hidden in the URL hash (the part after #), it's never sent to the server and can't be read at a glance in most URL bars.
You can also use the random Wordle word generator to find a good secret word, then click the Play icon on any result to start a game with that word. Copy the URL from the Share button and send it to your target.
Difficulty Levels
The difficulty dropdown controls how common the randomly selected word is. Easy words are everyday vocabulary — the kind most people know immediately. Medium words are less frequent but broadly understood. Hard words are uncommon, technical, or archaic — the type that occasionally appear in the official Wordle answer list and leave experienced players stumped. Changing the difficulty immediately resets the board with a new word at that level.
Frequently asked questions
What do the tile colors mean?
Green means the letter is in the correct position. Yellow means the letter is in the word but in a different position. Grey means the letter does not appear in the word at all. The same logic applies to the on-screen keyboard — each key shows the best result it has earned across all your guesses.
How do I challenge a friend?
Click the Share button at any point during or after your game. It copies a URL to your clipboard that encodes the secret word in the link. Send that URL to a friend — they'll play the same word without knowing the answer. The word is hidden in the URL hash so it's not visible at a glance. You can also create a challenge from the random Wordle word generator by clicking the Play icon on any word, then using the Share button on the game page.
Can I play unlimited games?
Yes. Click Play again after any game to start a fresh round with a new random word. There's no limit to how many games you can play. Use the difficulty selector to cycle through easy, medium, and hard words as you improve.
What's the best Wordle opening word?
The most effective openers use common letters with no repeats: CRANE, SLATE, RAISE, and STARE are popular choices because they each hit multiple high-frequency letters — E, R, A, T, S, N — in one guess. The key insight is coverage: a word that tests five different common letters gives you more colour feedback than one with repeated letters or rare letters like Q, X, or Z.
Does this use the official Wordle word list?
This game uses Wordineer's curated 5-letter word dataset, which covers a broad cross-section of common and uncommon English words across three difficulty levels. It is not the official New York Times Wordle list, so some words may differ. The gameplay rules — 6 guesses, colour feedback, valid-word-only guesses — are identical to the original.
Who uses this
Daily Wordle players
Warm up before your daily puzzle, or keep playing after it's done. Unlimited rounds, no waiting for tomorrow's word.
Friends and families
Use challenge mode to send a custom puzzle. Pick a tricky word, share the link, and see who cracks it fastest.
Teachers
Run a vocabulary Wordle round in class — set the word to a term from the lesson, share the link, and play as a group activity.
Word game enthusiasts
Practice the underlying skills — letter frequency reasoning, deduction from colour feedback — that carry over to Quordle, Dordle, and other Wordle variants.