A fresh batch every midnight

British English word games, free.

Wordle, Hive, the mini crossword, Word Search and Hangman - a fresh set every midnight, all in proper British English. Colour, favour, centre spelled the way you actually write them. Settle in for five minutes and your brain's sharper for the rest of the morning.

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Mini Crossword Spelling Bee Wordle Word Search Hangman

Pick today's puzzle

Five daily puzzles, all in British English. Which one fancies a go today?

Hive (Spelling Bee)

Build as many words as you can from 7 honeycomb letters. The middle letter must appear in every word - and somewhere in there is a pangram that uses the lot.

Play Spelling Bee Hive Guide

Hangman

The classic word-guessing game. A fresh mystery word every day - pick letters one by one before the stick figure is finished off. Free, no account needed.

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Why Play Daily Word Games in British English?

DailyWordGames.co.uk is where British English puzzlers come for their daily fix. Most word game sites default to American spellings - ours don't. Colour, favourite, centre: all valid, all spelled the way you actually write them. Word games aren't only fun, they're a genuinely good bit of daily practice for memory and vocabulary.

Expand Your Vocabulary
You pick up new words without flashcards or drills - they simply arrive through play. A few weeks in, most players notice sharper word choice in conversation, and the old favourites coming back faster too.
Keep Your Brain Fit
Word puzzles exercise memory, pattern recognition and deduction all at once. A few minutes a day is enough to feel a real difference after a fortnight.
Stress-Free Fun
No timer, no opponent, no ranked ladder. Sit down, solve the puzzle, carry on with your day. Some take a minute, some take ten - nobody's hurrying you.
A Small Daily Ritual
Wordle with the morning cuppa. Hive over lunch. A Word Search on the train home, the mini crossword before bed, hangman for the last two minutes awake. Small rituals that give the day a bit of shape - and your mind a quiet stretch.

How Do Our Games Work?

Each game explains itself in twenty seconds or so. The challenge is in the solving, not in working out the rules.

Mini Crossword - Free Daily Puzzle
A clever mini crossword refreshed every day. Quick across and down clues, a built-in check tool and no paywall in sight - the daily crossword habit without the subscription.
Spelling Bee - Find Words in the Honeycomb
Seven letters arranged in a honeycomb. The centre letter must appear in every word, and every word has to be at least four letters long. Find as many as you can. Somewhere in there is a pangram - one word using all seven - and it's worth a hefty bonus.
Wordle - Guess the Word in 6 Tries
Six goes to crack a hidden five-letter word. Green means right letter, right spot. Yellow means right letter, wrong spot. Grey means the letter's not in the word at all. Each guess narrows the field - part vocabulary, part logic puzzle. Five letters is the classic, but there are four- and six-letter versions as well, plus an unlimited mode for when one a day won't quite do.
Word Search - Find Hidden Words
Hunt for hidden words in a grid of letters. They sit horizontally, vertically or diagonally - sometimes backwards. Find every word on the list as quickly as you can.
Hangman - Pick Letters Before the Drawing's Done
A hidden word and six wrong guesses before the stick figure's finished. Letters one at a time - the right ones drop into the blanks, the wrong ones tick down your lives. Part vocabulary, part holding your nerve when there's only two guesses left. A fresh word every morning.
A New Challenge Every Day
Fresh puzzles drop at midnight UTC. Everyone plays the same grid, so comparing with friends is simple. No rush - the puzzle stays up all day.

Play Word Games on Your Schedule

People everywhere fit a quick puzzle into their day - some with a morning cuppa, some on the commute, some to wind down before bed. Pick your moment. The puzzle will be waiting.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to the ones we hear most often

Wordle is a daily word puzzle: six goes to guess a hidden five-letter word. Coloured tiles after each attempt tell you how close you are.

In Hive you build words from seven letters in a honeycomb. Every word must include the centre letter and be at least four letters long.

Yes - every game on the site is free. No sign-up, no fees, no limit on how much you play.

Daily puzzles refresh at midnight. Hourly games roll over on the hour. Unlimited mode hands you a fresh word whenever you want one.

Yes - the games adapt to whatever you're holding. Phone, tablet or desktop, they all work the same.

A pangram is a word using all seven letters of the puzzle. Finding it nets a substantial bonus on top of its normal length score.

Find every word on the list beneath the grid. Swipe across the letters to claim a word - they can run in any direction.

Yes - a fresh, unique Word Search puzzle lands every single day.

A compact daily crossword with a handful of across and down clues - usually solvable in a couple of minutes over a cuppa. A Check tool is there if you get properly stuck, and there's no timer or penalty for guessing.

Pick letters one at a time to reveal a hidden word. Each miss adds another piece to the stick figure - six wrong guesses and the drawing's finished. A fresh word appears every morning.