🎮 How to Play
- Type a 5-letter word and press Enter.
- Green = right letter, right spot.
- Yellow = right letter, wrong spot.
- Grey = letter not in the word.
- You have 6 guesses to find the word.
About this tool
Inspired by the popular New York Times game. Guess a 5-letter word. After each guess: green = correct letter and position, yellow = correct letter but wrong position, gray = letter not in word.
How to play / how it works
This is a browser-based game - no install, no signup, no ads inside gameplay. State persists in your browser's localStorage so your scores and progress survive page reloads.
Tips for improving
- Practice consistently - short daily sessions beat long weekend marathons for skill acquisition.
- Reduce, don't fight, distractions - turn off notifications. Browser games are at their best when you can give them 5 minutes of full attention.
- Aim slightly above current ability - if you're succeeding 100% of the time, raise the difficulty; if below 30%, lower it. The 60-80% success zone produces the fastest improvement.
- Track your scores - this game saves your best to localStorage automatically. Looking at the trend over weeks is motivating.
Why brain training works (and what doesn't)
Decades of research show that targeted practice improves the SPECIFIC skill being trained: typing games improve typing speed, sudoku improves logical pattern matching, chess improves spatial planning. The harder question - whether these gains transfer to general cognition or daily life - has weak evidence.
Best documented benefits:
- Reaction time: trainable up to 15% with deliberate practice over 4-6 weeks.
- Working memory: trainable for the specific task (n-back), modest transfer to similar tasks.
- Typing speed: 20-40% improvement is realistic in 60 days with daily 15-min practice.
- Visual-spatial reasoning: improves with games like Tetris, chess, 2048.
Browser storage and privacy
The game saves your best scores, settings, and progress to localStorage on your device. Nothing is uploaded. Clearing your browser data (or using Incognito) resets your scores. The game does not track your input - only the final score is stored.
Frequently asked questions
Do my scores sync across devices?
No. Scores are stored locally in your browser's localStorage. To play on a new device, your high scores reset.
Will the game work offline?
Yes - once the page has loaded once, it works without an internet connection. Modern browsers cache static assets.
Is the game keyboard-only or does it support touch?
Both, where applicable. Click/tap inputs work the same as keyboard inputs.
Are there ads?
Outside the gameplay area, yes (this is how a free site stays free). No ads or popups appear during play.
Can I see how I rank against others?
Not in this version - we don't run a leaderboard server. Your scores are private to your browser.
How accurate is the Wordle?
It applies the standard formula. Accuracy is limited only by your input precision. For decisions with material consequences (taxes, medical, legal, structural), use the result as a starting point and verify with a qualified professional in the relevant field.
Is the Wordle free to use?
Yes. 100% free, no signup, no payment, no API key. The site is funded by display ads around the tool but not inside the calculation flow.
Are my inputs saved anywhere?
No. All inputs stay in your browser tab. Closing the tab discards them. The site uses Google Analytics for traffic measurement (anonymized) but the analytics never see what you type into the form.
Can I use the Wordle on my phone?
Yes. The tool is responsive and tested on iOS Safari, Android Chrome, and major desktop browsers. Touch targets meet Apple's 44pt and Google's 48dp minimum.
Does the Wordle work offline?
Yes. Once the page has loaded, it works without internet. The calculation runs in JavaScript on your device.
How do I report a bug or suggest improvement to the Wordle?
Email hi@3tej.com with the URL of this page and a description of what you saw vs expected. We typically respond within 72 hours.
Can I share results from the Wordle?
Take a screenshot or copy the output. The page doesn't generate shareable URLs for specific calculations - inputs stay in your browser only.
Why are the results different from another wordle tool?
Most likely: different formula assumptions, different default values, different rounding rules, or different applicable rates. Check the methodology if both tools document it. Both can be valid for different scenarios.
The complete guide to Wordle and word-deduction games
Wordle is a five-letter word-guessing game that became a worldwide phenomenon in late 2021. Created by software engineer Josh Wardle as a personal project for his partner during the pandemic, Wordle was acquired by The New York Times in January 2022 for a "low seven figures" amount. The deceptively simple gameplay - guess a five-letter target word in six tries with color-coded feedback - has spawned hundreds of clones, variants in dozens of languages, and made "starting words" like CRANE, ADIEU, and SLATE part of internet culture.
How the color feedback system works
After each guess, every letter is colored to reveal information about the target:
- Green means the letter is correct AND in the right position. Lock it in for the next guess.
- Yellow (or Amber) means the letter is in the word but in a different position. You need to relocate it.
- Grey (or Black) means the letter is not in the word at all. Eliminate it from future guesses.
One subtle wrinkle: when you guess a word with a duplicate letter (e.g. APPLE with two P's) but the target only contains one of that letter, only one of the duplicates will show feedback (yellow or green); the other will appear grey. This often misleads new players.
Optimal opening word strategy
Information theorists and computer scientists have analyzed the best Wordle starting words mathematically. The goal of a great opener is to test five common, distinct letters with high information value. Top-rated starters include:
- CRANE / SLATE / CRATE - The MIT-derived "best" starters by entropy. They cover the most common consonants (C, R, N, T, S, L) and the most common vowels (A, E).
- ADIEU / AUDIO - Vowel-heavy starters. Best when you have no information; you usually identify 3-4 vowels in your first guess.
- RAISE / ROAST - Consonant-vowel balance. Strong second-tier choice.
- CLOSE / SOARE - Used by competitive Wordle solvers in WordleBot leaderboards.
The "perfect" first guess depends on whether the target is from the original New York Times curated list (~2,300 common words) or any valid five-letter dictionary entry (~13,000). For the curated list, SALET is the mathematically optimal starting word according to Stanford research, expected to solve any puzzle in 3.42 turns on average.
Popular Wordle variants and spin-offs
- Quordle - solve four Wordle puzzles simultaneously with shared guesses.
- Octordle - eight puzzles at once.
- Sedecordle - sixteen puzzles.
- Heardle - guess the song from progressively longer audio snippets.
- Worldle - guess the country from its silhouette.
- Nerdle - math equations instead of words.
- Absurdle - adversarial Wordle where the target word changes to avoid being guessed.
- Wordle Hindi, Spanish, French, German - non-English versions.
Cognitive benefits of word puzzles
Daily word puzzle play has been linked in cognitive aging research to better verbal fluency, working memory, and pattern recognition. A 2019 study published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry found that adults aged 50-93 who frequently engaged in word puzzles performed better on tests of attention, reasoning, and memory than non-players. While Wordle alone won't prevent cognitive decline, the daily habit of testing your vocabulary builds linguistic agility.
Is there only one Wordle per day? The official New York Times Wordle releases one new puzzle daily at midnight local time. Our clone here lets you play unlimited rounds - pick a new word any time.
What is the longest Wordle streak? Several players have recorded streaks of 700+ days on r/wordle. The original NYT site tracks personal streaks but doesn't publish leaderboards.
Are proper nouns allowed? No - only common five-letter English words. Names, places, and brand names are excluded from the answer list (though some are accepted as guess inputs).
What's the hardest Wordle answer? By community consensus, words with double letters (BUYER, OFFER, PRESS) and unusual patterns (NYMPH, SWILL, CYNIC) tend to be hardest because the duplicate-letter feedback rule throws solvers off.