The rules
Each day there’s a new five-letter code. You have six guesses to work out what it is. Type a word and press Enter to submit.
After each guess, the tiles change colour to give you clues:
- A green tile means that letter is in the code, and it’s in the right place.
- A yellow tile means that letter is in the code, but it’s in the wrong place.
- A grey tile means that letter is not in the code at all.
If a letter appears more than once in your guess but only once in the code, only the first matching position is highlighted.
Tips
- Start with a word that uses five different common letters
(
crane,slate,audioare popular openers). - Use the on-screen keyboard to track which letters you’ve ruled out.
- The code is always a real word in British English.
Streaks and stats
Your streak is kept on this device only. We don’t have user accounts, and we don’t sync your progress across devices. Clear your browser storage and you start over.
Cryptogram
The cryptogram is a different shape of puzzle. A short quote has been encoded by swapping every letter for a different one — the same way every time. Your job is to work out which letter stands for which.
- Click on any letter slot to highlight all instances of that cipher letter, then type your guess. All matching slots fill at once.
- Use Tab to move between cipher letters, and Backspace to clear a guess.
- The “Reveal a letter” button gives you one correct letter for free if you get stuck.
The cryptogram resets every day with a new quote.