What is NYT Wordle?
Wordle is the game that started the daily puzzle boom. Every day there is one hidden five-letter word, the same for everyone, and you have six guesses to find it. After each guess the tiles change colour to show which letters are in the word and which are already in the right spot. It takes a few minutes, which is exactly why it fits into a morning routine so easily. The real fun is in the strategy: do you open with the same starting word every day, or improvise? Because everyone solves the same word, Wordle is also a social game. Sharing your grid of coloured squares, without spoiling the answer, became its trademark. It was created by Josh Wardle in 2021 and bought by The New York Times in 2022, where it is still free to play daily.
How to play
- Type any real five-letter word and press enter.
- Green means right letter, right spot. Yellow means the letter is in the word but elsewhere. Grey means it isn't in the word.
- Use what you learn to narrow it down. You have six guesses.
