Wurdle

Wurdle is our take on the now-classic 5-letter guessing format. We kept the rules — they are already great — and removed the part people complain about: you get a fresh daily puzzle, but you are never locked to one game a day. Finish today’s word and you can jump straight into Free Play for unlimited rounds, or open the menu and replay any past puzzle from the archive. No account, no paywall, no email.

A few things help once you are past beginner tier. Open with a vowel-heavy word — RAISE, ADIEU, AUDIO — to triangulate the vowels fast. On your second guess, deliberately use letters you did not try in your opener; do not try to guess the answer yet, just gather information. The most common opening mistake is treating your second guess like a Hail Mary. You usually want two solid information-gathering guesses before you commit.

Watch for repeated letters. They are where most streaks die. Words like ALLOY, GEESE and MUMMY are brutal if you have burned all six rows assuming every letter is unique. If you have four greens and cannot find the fifth, run through the alphabet out loud — it is faster than staring.

Every answer is a common English word. We curate the answer pool by hand so you will never lose a streak to obscure filler or to a word you would not want on your screen — this is a site kids play on. The guess list stays deliberately large, so almost any real word you type will be accepted even when it is not a possible answer.

Your stats — wins, current streak and max streak — are stored in your browser, not on our server. Streaks count the daily puzzle only, so Free Play rounds can never inflate or break them.