Word Guess
Guess the five-letter word in six tries.
FAQ
How do you play Word Guess?
What do the three colors mean?
How are repeated letters scored?
Where are my streak stats stored?
How to use
- Type a five-letter guess
Use your physical keyboard or tap the on-screen keys. Each row must hold five letters before it can be submitted, so a short row never costs you a try.
- Submit the row to check it
With five letters entered, press Enter on your keyboard or the on-screen Enter key. Every letter is then coloured: green means the right letter in the right place, and yellow means the letter exists elsewhere.
- Narrow the answer by colour
A grey letter does not appear in the answer at all. Combine green, yellow and grey hints across rows, and watch the on-screen keyboard change colour to show which letters are settled.
- Solve it within six tries
You get six rows. Guess the word inside those six attempts to win, and the page shows the answer and your streak. Miss all six and the round ends with the correct word revealed.
- Start a fresh round anytime
Press New game for a different word straight away and your winning streak carries over. Rounds are unlimited, so you can keep practising for as long as you like.
About this tool
Word Guess follows Wordle, released by Josh Wardle in 2021. He built it first as a small game for his partner. After it went public, it spread rapidly across social media before The New York Times bought it in 2022. You have six tries to find a five-letter word, and each submitted row colours its letters as feedback. Repeated letters are scored by exact matches first: green letters are marked, then the remaining letters are checked against the rest of the answer.
It suits word game fans and anyone who enjoys a small daily challenge. A round takes a few minutes, needs no internet connection and can be replayed without limit, so there is always time for one more. The rules are obvious, yet guessing reliably takes vocabulary and a good elimination plan. Many learners also use it as painless spelling practice for common five-letter English words.
How it works
The best approach comes from information theory. Every submitted row splits the pool of roughly 2,300 answer words into groups, and a strong opener eliminates the large majority in one stroke. The practical rule is to maximise information early. Your first two guesses should cover high-frequency letters such as e, a, r, o, t and s, even when neither word can be the answer. Once the candidate list shrinks to single digits, switch to elimination mode and fit the green and yellow constraints. Two rounds of splitting, four rounds of solving: that rhythm is what stabilises win rates.
Repeated letters are where the scoring logic bites. Matches are computed by exact position first, and the leftover copies then go yellow. In a double-letter answer like LLAMA, the second occurrence needs separate reasoning. Two rules cover most cases. Yellow proves the letter exists somewhere but not here, while grey proves it appears nowhere at all. Never move a settled green letter in later guesses. Satisfy the certain constraints first, then spend the remaining slots on what is still open.
When to use it
- A once-a-day ritual
Unlimited rounds are best tamed by a self-imposed rule: play until the first win and stop. Nothing is lost on a miss, and the streak counter ticking up becomes a small daily certainty.
- A vocabulary check-up
Five-letter high-frequency words are the core layer of English spelling, and guessing forces you to rebuild them letter by letter. The answer revealed after a miss is often the best new word of the day.
- A five-minute duel
Start a round at the same moment and compare the number of rows used; fewest wins. The screenshot settles any argument about luck, which makes this the cheapest contest a group chat can run.
Tips & tricks
- Open with a word that covers common vowels, such as one containing a, e, i and o, to eliminate many letters at once.
- Make the second guess from unused letters and include frequent consonants like r, s, t, l and n.
- Watch repeated letters: a yellow letter may appear only once in the answer, so guessing it twice does not guarantee two hits.
Things to watch
- Exiling yellow letters
A yellow mark rejects a position, never the letter. Deleting yellow letters from your candidate alphabet blinds you to whole families of answers. Move the letter to an untested slot and try again.
- Guessing in isolation
Rows two and three that ignore settled greens and yellows restart the search from zero. Build each row on the last: keep greens fixed, relocate yellows, and never reuse confirmed greys.
- Opening with obscure words
A rare opening word teaches little even when it lands. Fix two information-heavy openers built on frequent letters, compress the pool first, and only then gamble on the shortlist.