Word Guess Online
Find the hidden five-letter word in six tries. The colours and shapes on each letter tell you how close you are.
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How do you play Word Guess?
Type any five-letter English word and press Enter. Each letter is then marked: green with a corner means the right letter in the right place, yellow with a dot means the letter is in the word but in another place, and dark means it is not in the word. Use these clues to find the word within six tries.
Word Guess rules
- A five-letter English word is hidden. You have six tries to find it.
- Every guess must be a real word from the game's dictionary. A word that is not in the list is refused and does not use up a try.
- Green with a filled corner: the letter is in the word and in the right place.
- Yellow with a dot: the letter is in the word, but in a different place.
- Dark: the letter is not in the word. When you play a letter twice and the word has it only once, the extra copy turns dark.
- In hard mode every clue must be used again: green letters stay in their place and yellow letters must appear in your next guess.
- You win when all five letters are green. After six wrong guesses the word is shown.
- The Hint button shows one correct letter and its place. Hints are counted in your result.
Word Guess tips
- Start with a word that has common letters and two or three different vowels, such as RAISE, STONE or CLEAN.
- Make your second guess from five new letters. Ten tested letters after two tries usually leave very few possible words.
- A yellow letter tells you two things: it is in the word, and it is not in that place. Move it somewhere new.
- Remember that a letter can appear twice, as in SWEET or FLOOR. A green letter may still have a second copy.
- Common endings help when you are stuck: think of words that end in ER, LY, CH, SH or a silent E.
Word Guess questions
How do you play Word Guess?
Type a five-letter word and press Enter. Green letters are in the right place, yellow letters are in the word but in another place, and dark letters are not in the word. Find the word in six tries.
Is there a new word every day?
Yes. The daily word changes at 00:00 UTC and is the same for every player in the world. Press the Daily button to play it. Each daily word can be played once, and solving it on consecutive days grows your daily streak.
Can I play more than one word a day?
Yes, play is unlimited. Press New game to get a fresh random word as often as you like. Only the daily word is limited to one try per day.
What is hard mode?
In hard mode you must use every clue you have found. A green letter has to stay in its place and a yellow letter has to be in your next guess. Choose Hard mode in the picker above the board.
How are repeated letters marked?
Each copy is marked on its own. If you play a letter twice and the word contains it once, only one copy is green or yellow and the other is dark. If both copies are coloured, the word has that letter twice.
Which words can I guess?
About 12,500 five-letter English words are accepted as guesses. The hidden word always comes from a shorter list of about 1,300 common, family-friendly words, so the answer is never an obscure word.
Can colour-blind players use Word Guess?
Yes. Colour is never the only sign. A letter in the right place has a filled corner, a letter in the wrong place has a dot, and a letter that is not in the word has no mark. Screen readers read the state of every letter.
Is Word Guess free, and does it use real money?
It is free and never uses real money: no deposits, no cash prizes and no betting. You do not need an account or a download. The site is paid for by ads.
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