Daily Word
One five-letter word a day, six tries to find it. A quick puzzle to come back to tomorrow.
How to play
Type any five-letter word and press Enter. Each letter then changes colour to show how close you are, and the keyboard keeps track of what you've learned. Use the clues in your next guess; you have six in all.
Green: S is in the word, in that spot.
Yellow: A is in the word, but somewhere else.
Grey: U isn't in the word.
Letters can repeat. If you guess a letter twice and the word has it once, only one of them lights up.
Your stats and streak
When you finish, you'll see how many days you've played, your win rate, your streak and how many guesses your wins took. Copy your result to share the coloured grid without giving the word away.
Questions
When does the word change?
At midnight where you are. Everyone playing on the same date gets the same word, so you can compare results with friends.
What counts as a word?
Any common five-letter English word, in British or American spelling: almost 9,000 are accepted as guesses. Answers are everyday words that are spelled the same everywhere, never plurals of four-letter words, and never offensive.
How does the streak work?
Solve the word on consecutive days to build it. Miss a day or run out of guesses and it starts again. Your longest streak is kept.
Where are my results saved?
Only in this browser on this device. Nothing is sent to us, and clearing this site's data or cookies resets your stats and streak.
Can I play without a mouse, or if I'm colour-blind?
Yes. Type on your keyboard (Enter to guess, Backspace to delete), and screen readers read out each letter's result. The high-contrast option swaps green and yellow for orange and blue.
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Word lists from SCOWL by Kevin Atkinson (licence) and ENABLE (public domain).