Wordle Game
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Guess the 5-letter word in 6 tries
Wordle is a daily word-guessing puzzle that took the world by storm in 2021 and quickly became one of the most-played online games of all time. The concept is elegantly simple: you have six attempts to identify a hidden five-letter word, and after each guess, the tiles change color to show how close you were. A green tile means the letter is in the correct position. A yellow tile means the letter exists in the word but is in the wrong spot. A gray tile means the letter does not appear in the word at all. Using this color-coded feedback, skilled players systematically narrow down the possibilities until the word reveals itself. Our free Wordle implementation gives you everything the original offers and more. In Daily mode, a single new word is chosen each day — the same word for every player worldwide — letting you compare your results with friends and family without spoilers. Switch to Unlimited mode whenever you want to keep playing beyond the daily puzzle, with a fresh random word every time. Whether you are a casual player looking for a fun mental warm-up or a competitive solver aiming for a perfect streak, both modes are available without any sign-up or subscription. The game supports Hard Mode for players who want an extra challenge. When Hard Mode is enabled, any letter revealed as correct or present must be incorporated into all subsequent guesses. This prevents you from using a completely fresh set of letters on each turn just to probe the alphabet — you must build on what you already know. Hard Mode results are marked with an asterisk in the share output, letting others know you solved it under tougher constraints. Accessibility is built in from the ground up. Colorblind Mode replaces the green and yellow color scheme with orange and blue, which are far more distinguishable for players with red-green color blindness. All interactive elements — tile keys, on-screen keyboard buttons, and modal controls — carry accessible ARIA labels so screen readers can follow the game state. The on-screen QWERTY keyboard keeps the game fully playable on mobile devices, with tap targets sized for comfortable use on small screens. The statistics panel tracks your progress over time: total games played, win percentage, current streak, maximum streak ever achieved, and a full breakdown of how many guesses you typically need. The guess distribution chart highlights the row matching your current game's result, giving you instant visual feedback on your performance trends. After each game ends, the stats modal opens automatically so you can review your numbers and share your result as a spoiler-free emoji grid with one tap. Your game state is saved automatically in your browser's local storage, so you can safely close the tab mid-game and return to exactly where you left off. Settings — including Hard Mode, Colorblind Mode, and your choice of Daily or Unlimited — are also persisted so your preferences are remembered between sessions. Start a new game at any time with the New Game button, or simply wait until midnight for the next daily puzzle to unlock. The color evaluation uses a precise two-pass algorithm to handle duplicate letters fairly. In the first pass, every letter in the exact correct position is marked green and removed from consideration. In the second pass, remaining letters are checked for presence anywhere in the word. This ensures that if you guess a word with two of the same letter and only one of those letters exists in the answer, only one tile turns yellow — accurately reflecting how many of that letter the answer contains. This careful handling separates polished Wordle implementations from buggy clones. Whether you play every day to maintain your streak, use Unlimited mode to sharpen your vocabulary, or challenge yourself with Hard Mode to think more strategically, our Wordle game offers the complete experience. Share your emoji grid to social media or messaging apps without spoiling the answer, challenge friends to beat your score, and keep your win streak alive — all for free, with no ads or account required.
Understanding Wordle
What Is Wordle?
Wordle is a word-guessing puzzle game where players try to identify a hidden five-letter word within six attempts. After each guess, tiles flip to reveal color-coded feedback: green for a correct letter in the correct position, yellow for a correct letter in the wrong position, and gray for a letter not in the word at all. The game was created by Josh Wardle in 2021, went viral on social media, and was acquired by The New York Times in 2022. Its simplicity — one puzzle per day, no app download required, shareable emoji results — made it a global phenomenon and inspired hundreds of clones and variants.
How Does the Color System Work?
The color evaluation uses a two-pass algorithm to correctly handle words with duplicate letters. In the first pass, every letter that matches the answer in the exact same position is marked green, and those letters are removed from the answer pool. In the second pass, remaining unmatched letters are checked against the remaining answer letters — if a match is found, the tile turns yellow. This prevents double-counting: if the answer contains only one 'E' but your guess has two 'E's, only one will be marked yellow or green. The keyboard at the bottom of the screen also updates with the best color each letter has earned — once a key turns green, it can never revert to yellow or gray.
Strategy and Why Starting Words Matter
Word choice strategy significantly affects your solve rate. The best starting words contain five different letters that are common in English — letters like E, A, R, O, T, I, S, N, and L appear in the most five-letter words. Popular starting words include CRANE, SLATE, AUDIO, RAISE, and STARE. After your opening guess reveals some green and yellow tiles, your second guess should ideally introduce entirely new letters to maximize information gain — unless you're in Hard Mode, which forces you to reuse revealed letters. Expert players typically solve the puzzle in three to four guesses. The guess distribution chart in your stats shows your personal average over time.
Word List and Game Limitations
Our implementation uses a curated list of common, familiar five-letter English words as possible answers — avoiding obscure technical terms, archaic words, and offensive content. For validation purposes, a broader set of valid English words is accepted as guesses, so you can type virtually any real word even if it would never appear as the answer. Daily mode reuses the same word sequence for every player on a given date, ensuring a shared experience. Unlimited mode draws from the same answer pool in random order. One important limitation: streak calculations are based on the daily date, so if you play Unlimited mode, your streak counter reflects Daily mode play only. The game runs entirely in your browser — no server is involved, and your data never leaves your device.
How to Play Wordle
Choose Your Mode
Select Daily mode to play the word of the day — the same puzzle for everyone worldwide — or switch to Unlimited mode to play as many rounds as you want with new random words. Your mode choice is remembered between sessions.
Type Your First Guess
Type any valid 5-letter word using your physical keyboard or the on-screen QWERTY keyboard. Good starting words contain common letters like E, A, R, O, T — try CRANE, SLATE, or RAISE. Press ENTER to submit your guess.
Read the Color Feedback
Watch the tiles flip to reveal colors: green means the letter is in the correct position, yellow means the letter is in the word but in the wrong spot, and gray means the letter is not in the word at all. The on-screen keyboard also updates to show your best known state for each letter.
Share Your Results
After the game ends — win or lose — the stats modal shows your streak and guess distribution. Tap Share to copy a spoiler-free emoji grid to your clipboard and send it to friends. Hard Mode results are marked with an asterisk so you get proper credit for the tougher challenge.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is the daily puzzle word chosen?
The daily puzzle is selected using a date-based algorithm. Starting from January 20, 2022 — the day Wordle was acquired by The New York Times — each calendar date maps to a specific word in the curated answer list. This means every player worldwide who plays on the same date gets exactly the same puzzle, enabling the shared social experience that made Wordle famous. The answer rotates through a pre-set list of approximately 2,000 common, familiar five-letter English words selected to be challenging but fair. Obscure technical terms, archaic words, and offensive content are excluded from the answer pool.
What is Hard Mode and how does it work?
Hard Mode adds a constraint: every letter revealed as correct (green) must appear in the exact same position in all subsequent guesses, and every letter revealed as present (yellow) must appear somewhere in all subsequent guesses. This forces you to build on your discovered information rather than using a fresh probe word to eliminate new letters. If you violate these rules, the game will reject your submission with a message like '3rd letter must be A' or 'Guess must contain R.' Hard Mode can only be enabled or disabled before your first guess — once you start a game it is locked. Your Hard Mode results are marked with an asterisk in the share output.
How does the color evaluation handle duplicate letters?
Wordle uses a two-pass evaluation algorithm to handle duplicate letters fairly. In the first pass, every letter that appears in the exact correct position is marked green and removed from consideration. In the second pass, remaining letters are checked for presence anywhere in the remaining (unconsumed) answer letters. This means if the answer contains only one 'E' but your guess has two 'E's, at most one will be yellow or green — accurately representing that only one copy of that letter exists in the answer. This careful handling prevents misleading feedback that simpler implementations get wrong with repeated letters.
What does Colorblind Mode do?
Colorblind Mode, also called High Contrast Mode, replaces the standard green and yellow color scheme with orange and blue. These two colors are much more distinguishable for players with red-green color blindness (deuteranopia or protanopia), which affects roughly 8% of men and 0.5% of women. The share emoji grid also changes when Colorblind Mode is active: instead of green (🟩) and yellow (🟨) squares, it uses orange (🟧) and blue (🟦). The gray color for absent letters remains unchanged. You can toggle Colorblind Mode at any time through the Settings menu without affecting your current game.
How is my streak calculated?
Your current streak counts how many consecutive calendar days you have won the Daily puzzle. Winning today's puzzle adds one to your streak. Losing resets it to zero. If you skip a day entirely — you simply do not play — the streak resets the next day you play, since a continuous win chain was broken. Unlimited mode games do not affect your streak counter; only Daily puzzle results count toward streak tracking. Your maximum streak ever achieved is also stored and displayed in the Statistics panel, so you can see your personal best even after a streak break. All data is saved to your browser's local storage.
What are some good starting word strategies?
The best starting words contain five distinct common letters to maximize information from your first guess. Letters that appear most frequently in five-letter English words are E, A, R, O, T, I, S, N, L, and C. Popular choices among serious players include CRANE, SLATE, RAISE, STARE, AUDIO, and ADIEU. After your opening guess reveals colors, your second guess should ideally introduce new letters you have not tested yet — unless you are in Hard Mode. Some players use a fixed two-guess opener like CRANE followed by STOIC to cover ten different common letters before committing to a specific word. Experimenting with opening pairs and tracking your guess distribution in the stats panel is the best way to find what works for your solving style.