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Wordle - 5-Letter Daily Word Game

Crack a hidden five-letter word in six attempts. The colour clues narrow things down after each guess - all words use British English spellings.

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A New Word Every Day
One puzzle at midnight, shared worldwide. Compare your score with friends or just chase yesterday's record.
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3 Game Modes
Daily for the shared challenge, hourly when you want more, unlimited for practice. Whatever mood you're in, there's a mode that fits.
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Colour-Coded Clues
Green, yellow and grey do the heavy lifting. Stitch the clues together and the hidden word reveals itself by guess five.
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Free & No Sign-Up
Runs in the browser on phone, tablet or desktop. No account, no download - your stats live quietly in local storage.
Game Rules
  1. 1
    Type in any five-letter word as your first guess.
  2. 2
    Green = right letter, right spot.
  3. 3
    Yellow = right letter, wrong spot.
Tips for Better Results

Open with a vowel-rich word such as RAISE or AUDIO to map out the letters quickly.

Spend guess two on common consonants: S, T, N, R and L turn up almost everywhere.

Watch for common pairs - TH, SH, CH, ING - and they'll do half the narrowing for you.

Game Modes

Daily Game
One fresh word each day, the same for everyone.
Hourly Game
A new word every hour, on the hour.
Unlimited Game
Play as many rounds as you fancy, whenever you like.

Wordle for All Ages

🧒 Kids: six goes, coloured clues, one hidden word - spelling practice that feels like a proper puzzle.
🧑 Adults: a thinking break rather than a scrolling one. Most rounds finish in under three minutes.
👴 Older players: a steady daily workout for word recall and logic, with no timer hurrying you along.
📖 Wordle guide: rules, colour clues and game modes

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes - browser only, no sign-up, no paid tier tucked away in a settings menu.

Six attempts, no more. The colour clues narrow it down after every guess, so use each one to learn something.

Green means the letter is in the right spot. Yellow means it's in the word but somewhere else. Grey means the letter isn't in the answer at all.

No - every guess must be a word from the game's dictionary. Made-up combinations are rejected without costing an attempt, so all six guesses carry real information.

In daily mode, yes - one shared word for all players, changing at midnight. Hourly mode brings a fresh word every full hour, and unlimited mode starts a new one whenever you like.

Classic Wordle sticks to five letters. Wordle 4 trims things down for quicker rounds. Wordle 6 stretches the vocabulary. Unlimited takes the timer out of any of them.

If six guesses are over far too quickly, the Hive spelling bee lets you carry on forming words from seven letters for as long as you please.

The letter logic you use in Wordle works in classic hangman too - uncover a hidden word one letter at a time, with a category to steer you.

Free Word Games to Play Online

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

Word Connect

New

Trace letters on the wheel to fill every target slot in the grid. A free word-connect puzzle, new every day.

Play Word Connect

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.

Play Hangman Hangman Guide

Strategy & Tips

Tips to help you with British English word games.

Best Wordle Starter Words

  • SLATE
  • CRANE
  • AUDIO
  • ROAST
  • ADIEU

Most Frequent Letters

  1. E9.7%
  2. A9%
  3. R8.3%
  4. O6.6%
  5. I6.5%
  6. T6.4%
  7. S5.9%
  8. N5.4%
  9. L5%
  10. C4.7%