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- Games played
- 2
- Highest score
- 1,500
- by BrightLemur72
- Players
- 2
- Time played
- 4m
How to play Word Guess
Guess the hidden word in six tries. Every guess comes back marked, telling you which letters are right, which are in the word somewhere else, and which are not in it at all.
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Type a real word
It has to be the right length and it has to be a word - random letters are refused rather than wasting a guess. The on-screen keyboard and your own keyboard both work.
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Read the marks
A letter in the right place turns green. A letter that is in the word but somewhere else turns amber. Grey means the letter is not in the word at all - and a screen reader says exact, present or absent, so the colors are never the only signal.
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Use what you learned
Your next guess should keep the correct letters where they are, move the present ones, and drop the rest. The keyboard dims letters you have ruled out.
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Six guesses, then the board ends
Running out is not a strike against you: an unfinished board still scores part credit, and the word is revealed at the end.
Word Guess difficulty levels
Four tiers, switchable on this page at any time. Nothing is locked, and a harder board is worth more when you finish it.
- Easy
- A four-letter word, six guesses. Fewer letters means fewer places to hide.
- Medium
- Five letters - the classic length, and the one most people have a feel for.
- Hard
- Six letters. Long enough that double letters start to matter.
- Expert
- Seven letters in the same six guesses. Endings like -ing and -tion earn their keep here.
Word Guess tips
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Open with vowels, not with a hunch
A first guess packed with common letters tells you more than a lucky stab. On five letters, something like RAISE or LATER clears half the alphabet at once.
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Spend guess two on new letters
If your first guess found one letter, resist rearranging it. A second guess made of five fresh letters usually narrows the word further than a near-repeat.
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Mind the double letters
On six and seven letters, words like LETTER and BALLOON are common. A letter marked present can appear twice.
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Build long words from the end
On expert, decide the ending first. -ING, -TION, -MENT and -NESS account for a lot of seven-letter words, and fixing three letters leaves four to think about.
Word Guess questions
It said my word is not a word.
The accepted list is hand-reviewed and still growing, so an ordinary word is occasionally missing. A refused guess is never counted against you - and if you hit one, telling us through the contact page is the fastest way it gets added.
Does everyone get the same word?
On the daily board, yes - one word a day per length, the same for everybody. Press New game and you are on a practice board from the pool instead.
Can the answer be a plural or a name?
No names, and no plurals that are just a word with an S on the end. Answers come from a reviewed list of ordinary words.
Do wrong guesses cost me a life?
No. There is no mistake limit here - your six guesses are the whole budget, and using them is how the game is played.
Scoring, streaks and levels work the same way on every game and are explained on the about page.