Guess a hidden word in six tries. Each guess reveals color clues that bring you closer to the answer. Here is everything you need to start playing and improve fast.
Type any real word of the correct length and press Enter. Your keyboard or the on-screen keys both work. You get six attempts to find the hidden word, so choose an opening word that covers common letters — something like raise, crane, or stare works well for five-letter games.
After submitting, each letter lights up in one of three colors:
• A letter in green is correct and in the right position — keep it there.
• A letter in yellow is in the word but in the wrong spot — move it.
• A letter in gray is not in the word at all — drop it from future guesses.
Use what you learned from the colors to build your next guess. Keep green letters exactly where they are, move yellow letters to a new position, and leave gray letters out entirely. Each row should narrow the possibilities until only one word fits. Note that letters can repeat — a green A in one spot does not rule out a second A elsewhere.
Guess the word within six tries and the board celebrates with your result and game statistics — win rate, current streak, and guess distribution. On Wordles.org there is no daily limit, so you can start a new game immediately. If you did not get it this time, the answer is revealed and you can jump straight into the next puzzle.
Correct letter, correct position. Lock it in and do not move it.
Correct letter, wrong position. Move it somewhere else in the word.
Letter not in the word anywhere. Drop it from all future guesses.
Your first guess should probe for common letters, not aim for the answer. Words like raise, crane, or slate hit many frequently used letters at once, giving you the most information for row two.
Grays are confirmed absences. Slipping one back into a guess wastes the entire row. Before you hit Enter, glance at the keyboard on screen — grayed-out keys make it easy to catch accidental repeats.
If several letters are confirmed, think about common suffixes like -ING, -ED, -LY, or -ER. Locking in a suffix often resolves the whole word faster than guessing letter by letter.
Hard Mode forces you to use every confirmed hint in every subsequent guess, removing the option to probe with fresh letters. A few sessions in Hard Mode makes Normal feel noticeably easier.
Switch to six, seven, eight, or nine-letter games on Wordles.org to build vocabulary in different registers. Longer puzzles draw from academic and literary word pools that sharpen pattern recognition across the board.
You can pick your own word and send the puzzle to anyone. Click Create in the game header, type a word between four and ten letters, then click Create & Copy Link. Share the link and your friend gets six guesses at your word. The answer is encoded in the URL so it never spoils the game.