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A hidden five-letter word, six guesses and a board that answers in color. Type a word, read the clues and out-think the puzzle one row at a time.
Original Scratch project by lucaswang750, shared under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wordle is a word puzzle game where you get six tries to guess a hidden five-letter word, using colored tiles that show which letters are right. Wordle was created by Josh Wardle and is now owned by The New York Times. UBG76 is not its developer or official site. The version on this page is a fan-made Scratch recreation by lucaswang750, not the official New York Times game.
The version you play on this page is a recreation built in Scratch by lucaswang750. It picks the day's word from a built-in answer list and checks your guesses against a list of more than 12,000 valid words. Type any real five-letter word, press Enter and the board talks back to you in color.
That color feedback is the whole game. After each guess, every tile turns one of three colors: green means the letter is correct and in the right spot, yellow means the letter is in the word but somewhere else and gray means the letter isn't in the answer at all. Read those clues, weigh them against your next attempt and the field of possible answers narrows fast.
What makes Wordle so sticky is how much thinking it packs into something this small. There's no story to sit through and no tutorial to grind. You open it and make a guess. Within seconds you're working on a tiny logic problem, balancing the letters you've confirmed against the ones you've ruled out and hunting for a word that fits every clue at once.
Wordle rewards a good opening move and punishes a lazy one. A strong first guess loaded with common vowels and frequent consonants tends to light up more tiles and hand you more to work with. From there it turns into pure deduction: each row you spend is a question you're asking the board, and a sharp player learns to ask the questions that rule out the most words.
Because a round is short and self-contained, Wordle works well as a daily mental warm-up. You can finish one on a coffee break and still feel like you used your brain. It is quick to learn and tricky to master, and that contrast is a big part of why Wordle caught on the way it did.

Type a five-letter word, press Enter and use the green, yellow and gray tiles to narrow down the answer within six guesses.
Type any valid five-letter word and press Enter. A strong opener uses common letters so you test a big slice of the alphabet at once.
Green tiles are correct and in place, yellow tiles are in the word but misplaced and gray tiles are out. Every clue trims the list of possible answers.
Build your next guess around the letters you've confirmed, move the yellow ones to fresh spots and leave out everything that came back gray.
Keep refining row by row until the line turns all green. You have six guesses, so solving it in fewer is the real goal.
The fun is pure deduction: every colored tile is a clue, and solving the word in fewer guesses feels like a small win.
Every guess is a clue. The game is one tight logic puzzle with no luck-based filler.
Green, yellow and gray tiles tell you exactly where each letter stands after every try.
A full round of Wordle takes only a few minutes, which makes it a good short brain break.
The rules fit in a single sentence, but solving in few guesses takes real skill.
Loads in your browser with no install, no sign-up and no paywall.
Type with your keyboard or click the on-screen letter keys. Use the on-screen backspace button to fix a typo.
Wordle is for word lovers, puzzle solvers and anyone who wants a short brain teaser they can finish in a few minutes.
If you like crosswords, anagrams or Scrabble, Wordle scratches the same itch in a fraction of the time.
One round of Wordle is short and self-contained, so it fits into five minutes between tasks.
The deduction loop rewards logical thinking, so there's real depth for anyone who loves cracking a problem.
Wordle makes an easy daily ritual, a small and satisfying mental warm-up you'll want to come back to.
Open with a word full of common letters, never reuse gray letters and move yellow letters to new spots.
Open with vowel-heavy words. A first guess packed with common vowels and consonants lights up more tiles and gives you more to work with.
Don't reuse gray letters. Once a letter turns gray, leave it out of every future guess. Repeating it just burns a turn.
Move yellows, don't drop them. A yellow letter is in the word, just in the wrong place. Keep it and try it in a new position.
Watch for double letters. Words can repeat a letter. In this version a repeated letter can show extra yellow tiles, so double-check what the clues really say.
Spend a guess to probe. If you've confirmed a few letters but feel stuck, use a turn on a word that tests new letters instead of locking in early.
Say it out loud. Sounding out the letters you've confirmed often shakes loose a word your eyes skipped right over.
Yes. This version of Wordle runs free in your browser with no download and no sign-up. Open the page, click to start and type your first guess.
Guess the hidden five-letter word. Type a word, press Enter and read the color clues: green for a correct letter in the right spot, yellow for a right letter in the wrong spot and gray for a letter that isn't in the answer. Use those clues to refine your next guess until you solve it.
No. Wordle was created by Josh Wardle and is now owned by The New York Times, which hosts the official game. The version on this page is a fan-made recreation built in Scratch by lucaswang750.
In Wordle, green means the letter is correct and in the right position, yellow means the letter is in the word but somewhere else and gray means the letter isn't in the answer at all.
No. Wordle is a browser game. It loads and plays right in your tab with nothing to install.
The game shows an on-screen keyboard you can tap, so it can work on a phone or tablet. A computer with a real keyboard is still the most comfortable way to play.
Type letters on your keyboard or click the on-screen keys, and press Enter to submit a guess. The Backspace key on your keyboard does not work in this version, so click the on-screen backspace button to delete a letter.
You get six guesses to find the five-letter word, so every row counts. Spend the early ones gathering clues and the later ones closing in on the answer.
Pick a real five-letter word with several common letters, a mix of frequent vowels and consonants. The point of the opener isn't to win on turn one. It is to turn as many tiles as possible so you learn the most.
Yes, as long as your school allows browser games. This fan-made Wordle runs in a normal tab, but UBG76 is not a proxy, so only play where gaming is allowed. It is a quiet word puzzle you play by typing, and one round is six guesses at most, so it fits into a few spare minutes between classes.
The round is short, the rules are simple and the payoff of cracking the answer in a few guesses keeps pulling you back. That tight loop of guess, clue and deduce is what makes Wordle hard to put down.
We played Wordle ourselves and checked the facts on this page against these sources.
Original Scratch project by lucaswang750, shared under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Facts last checked on October 31, 2026.
Type your first five-letter word, read the colors and zero in on the answer. Wordle plays right here in your browser, free and with no download needed.