What Is Wordle? A Simple Guide to the Rules and Colors

Start by typing any accepted five-letter word and submitting it. The game checks your guess against its hidden answer, then colors each tile. You have up to six total guesses, so the first row gives you information rather than needing to be right immediately.

On your next turn, keep letters that are green in their positions. Move yellow letters to other positions, and test different letters where you have no confirmed match. Repeat until all five tiles are green or you use your sixth guess. A guess must be a word the game accepts; a random string of letters will not count.

• Enter a five-letter word and submit it.
• Read the color of each tile.
• Use what you learned to choose the next word.
• Solve the answer within six guesses.

Green means the letter is in the answer and already in the correct spot. Yellow means the letter is in the answer but belongs somewhere else. Gray means that letter did not match an available letter in the answer on that guess. If your guess repeats a letter, read the individual tiles carefully: a gray copy does not always mean the letter is absent altogether.

For a simple example, imagine the answer is PLANT and you guess PLATE. The P, L, and A would be green. T would be yellow because it appears in PLANT but in a different position. E would be gray. Your next guess should preserve PLA, move T, and avoid E unless another clue changes your reasoning.

The official Wordle is a daily game published by The New York Times. Its once-a-day rhythm gives players a common puzzle to discuss without needing to spend a long time playing. You can share the colored grid of your result without spelling out the answer.

Puzzle Game Hub has a separate Wordle-style game with unlimited rounds. It follows the familiar five-letter, six-guess format, but a new game can be started whenever you want more practice. Its words and results should not be assumed to match the official daily puzzle. If someone asks about today's Wordle, they usually mean the New York Times game, not an independent practice round.

For your first guess, pick a familiar five-letter word that tests several different letters. After that, let the board guide you. If you find a green letter, leave it in place. If you find a yellow letter, try it elsewhere. Use the remaining slots to learn about letters you have not tested. This is more useful than repeating a word pattern you already know cannot work.

You may need to choose between two plausible words late in the game. Pause and check every earlier clue before spending a guess. Remember that the answer can contain the same letter twice. A yellow or green tile tells you something definite about that tile, but duplicate letters can make the gray tiles less straightforward than they first look.

If you are stuck after several guesses, an optional word finder can turn your known positions and excluded letters into possible words. That can help you understand a difficult pattern or learn a new word. It also takes away some of the deduction, so try solving on your own first if the challenge is what you enjoy.

Enter your green letters in their fixed positions, note the yellow letters that must appear elsewhere, and exclude letters ruled out by the board. Check any suggested word against all your clues before using a guess, especially if your earlier guesses contained repeated letters. A suggestion tool is not the official game and does not know your puzzle unless you provide its clues.

For optional practice, try this independent wordle helper to explore words that fit your clues.

Wordle asks you to find a five-letter word in no more than six guesses. Green locks a letter into place, yellow tells you to move it, and gray usually rules it out. The official puzzle changes daily; unlimited versions are useful for extra practice. Start with an ordinary word, pay attention to every tile, and let each guess answer a question about the hidden word.