Word Guess
In Word Guess you guess a five-letter word in six tries. Exact positions and misplaced letters are marked clearly. Free, no install, no sign-up.
In Word Guess you work out a five-letter word in six tries. Each guess tells you which letters are in the right place, which are in the word but in the wrong place, and which are not in it at all.
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Works offline after the first visit. No install, no sign-up.
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How to play Word Guess
Three kinds of feedback
A filled block means the letter is in the word at that exact position. A letter with an orange outline means the letter is in the word but at a different position. A grey letter with a line through it means the word has no more of that letter left.
Repeated letters, counted honestly
If your guess has a letter twice but the answer has it once, only one of them is marked. The marking works out the exact positions first, removes those letters from the answer's remaining pool, and only then looks for misplaced ones. This matters more than it sounds: if the game counted each repeated letter freely, it would show a second match that does not exist, and you would rule letters in and out wrongly from there on.
Six tries, then the answer is shown
You get six guesses. If you run out, the round ends and the answer is revealed so you can see where you went wrong.
Colour is never the only signal
The three states differ by shape as well as colour — filled, outlined, struck through. If you cannot tell the colours apart, the outlines and the strike-through still tell you everything.
The on-screen keyboard keeps track
Keys turn dark green, orange or grey as you learn about each letter, so you can see at a glance which letters are settled. Typing on a physical keyboard works too.
Same rules for the letter keyboard
Both the on-screen keys and your own keyboard feed the same input path, so the behaviour is identical either way.
Word Guess Tips and Strategy
Open with letters that appear
The answer list is sixty ordinary five-letter words, and the letters X and Z occur in none of them, so any guess built on those wastes a row outright. Openers assembled from common letters such as C, R, A, N and E split the sixty possibilities far more evenly than one leaning on rare letters.
Trust the marks on repeats
Feedback reflects how many copies of a letter the answer actually holds, so one E can be right while a second E in the same guess is marked absent. Believe that over your memory of the word: a greyed second E means the answer has exactly one, and putting another in the next guess spends a row for nothing.
Spend rows that confirm more
Six guesses is fewer than it feels, and the final row still counts, so a guess that could only ever place one letter is a poor use of it. Prefer a word that fixes three or four positions at once, since each row can only tell you as much as the letters you chose to spend it on.
Word Guess — Frequently Asked Questions
Why was only one of the two same letters marked?
Because the answer contains that letter once. The marking cannot report more copies than the answer actually has.
Is there a time limit?
No. Take as long as you like.
Is this the same as the game where you guess words with green and yellow squares?
The idea of narrowing down a word by feedback is a long-standing puzzle mechanic and is not owned by anyone. This is an independent implementation with its own word list, its own artwork and its own visual language — it does not use that game's name, branding or assets.
Does it need installing or an account?
No. It runs in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer and works offline after the first visit.
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