Wordle
Words
Wordle does not allow being embedded, so it opens on its own site. Everything else — likes, favourites, your ritual — still works here.
How to play Wordle
Guess the five-letter word in six tries.
- Each guess must be a real five-letter word
- After each guess the tiles colour: green means the right letter in the right place, yellow means the letter is in the word but somewhere else, grey means it is not in the word at all
- One word a day, the same for everyone
The facts
- Runs on
- nytimes.com
- Category
- Words
- Languages
- English
- How often
- A new puzzle every day
- On Alldle since
- February 2026
- Last updated
- August 26, 2026
- Price
- Free, no signup
Questions about Wordle
- Is Wordle free to play?
- Yes. Wordle runs in a browser at no cost, with nothing to install and no purchase to make.
- How often does Wordle reset?
- Once a day. Everybody gets the same puzzle, and a new one replaces it when the game's day rolls over.
- What languages does Wordle support?
- English.
- Where does Wordle run?
- On nytimes.com. It declines to be embedded, so this page links you straight there instead.
- What kind of game is Wordle?
- It sits in Words, alongside the other daily games of that kind in the catalogue.
How it compares
If you play Wordle, the closest things to it in the catalogue are Connections Game, A to Z Today and Word Grid. They share its daily, english, wordle-like. See the full list of alternatives.
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