Wordle

What Wordle Asks You to Do

Wordle is a free word puzzle for the browser where you hunt down one hidden five-letter word in six tries. You type guesses, hit Enter, and watch the tiles flip to reveal how close each letter lands. It runs on desktop, tablet and mobile with no download and no account.

Every round hands you an empty grid of six rows and five columns plus the same simple mission: find the answer before the rows run out. Guesses have to be real dictionary words, which stops wild letter dumps, and each row gets checked the moment you commit it. The keyboard on screen tracks what you have used, so you can see at a glance which letters are still worth trying. Nothing about the setup needs a manual. You stare at five blank squares, you guess, and the game answers back. Rounds move at whatever pace you want.

How the Tile Colors Answer Back

The feedback system is the whole game. A green tile means the letter sits in the right spot. Yellow tells you the letter exists somewhere in the word but not in that position. Gray kills the letter completely. That is all of it, and somehow it keeps a brain busy for an entire round. Watch out for repeated letters, because they trip people up more than anything else. If your guess has two copies of a letter and only one lights up, the answer holds just one. Every new row should test something the previous guesses left open. Common vowels on the first attempt usually beat fancy words. Logic puzzles like this reward patience far more than luck.

Keyboard Controls on Desktop and Touch Screens

Controls could not be simpler, which is a big part of the appeal.

Letter keys or the on-screen keyboard: type one letter at a time until the row is full.
Enter: submit the row and reveal the colors.
Backspace: remove the last letter before you commit anything.
Touch screens: tap the on-screen keys, no physical keyboard required.

A How to play panel sits behind a small button and repeats the color rules if you blank on them mid round. Nothing is timed either, so you can sit on a guess as long as you like.

A Word Puzzle Built for Short Breaks

The whole thing is an HTML5 build, so it opens fast on modest machines and weak connections alike. I am not going to pretend every word lands. Some answers jump out on the second row, and other days you burn all six guesses on a stubborn set of letters. That sting is part of the charm, honestly. The mix of vocabulary and deduction is the reason people keep a tab open for it. If you favor a quiet mental challenge over a reflex test, this one earns a spot in the rotation.