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Word Guess

Find the hidden word within the guess limit shown.

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Word Guess

Find the hidden word within the guess limit shown.

How to play

  1. Enter a word of the shown length from this game’s common-English word list. Type or tap the letter keyboard, then use Guess or Enter. Delete removes the last typed letter; Clear empties your entry.
  2. Green means the letter is in the correct position. Gold means it belongs in another position. Gray means there is no additional copy of that letter available in the answer.
  3. Repeated letters receive green or gold marks only as many times as they occur in the answer. A gray copy can appear beside a green or gold copy of the same letter.
  4. Only accepted, new guesses use the limit. Unsupported words and guesses you already tried are rejected without using a guess.
  5. A correct guess completes the puzzle; after the final wrong guess, the answer is revealed. Solving on the first guess earns 1,200 points, with 200 fewer points for each extra accepted guess.

Practice

Practice saves your current attempt. Start a new practice puzzle when you want a fresh one. Practice results do not change Elo.

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