How to Play Wordle
Master the world's most popular word game with our complete guide, strategies, and expert tips.
Game Objective
- • Guess the 5-letter word in 6 attempts or fewer
- • Each guess must be a valid English word
- • Use the color clues to guide your next guess
- • One puzzle per day, resets at midnight
Color System
Choose Your Starting Word
Pick a word with common vowels and consonants. Avoid words with repeated letters for your first guess.
Analyze the Color Feedback
Look at which letters turned green (correct position), yellow (wrong position), or gray (not in word).
Plan Your Next Guess
Use green letters in the same position, move yellow letters to different positions, and avoid gray letters.
Continue Refining
Each guess should eliminate possibilities and get you closer to the answer. Think strategically about letter placement.
Solve or Learn
Either solve the puzzle or learn from the answer to improve your strategy for tomorrow's puzzle.
Contains 4 vowels, great for vowel discovery
All vowels except E, excellent vowel coverage
Common letters with good vowel-consonant balance
Popular consonants with vowels
High-frequency letters, good distribution
Common letters, good for elimination
Vowel Strategy
Start with words containing multiple vowels to quickly identify which vowels are in the target word.
Recommended vowel-heavy words:
ADIEU, AUDIO, OUIJA, AULOI
Consonant Strategy
Focus on common consonants like R, S, T, L, N in your early guesses to eliminate or confirm frequent letters.
High-frequency consonant words:
STERN, ROAST, PLANT, FROST
Elimination Strategy
Use your second and third guesses to eliminate as many letters as possible, even if you're not sure about the word.
Example elimination sequence:
ADIEU → STORM → LYNCH (covers 15 different letters)
Do's
- ✓ Use different letters in your first 2-3 guesses
- ✓ Pay attention to letter frequency in English
- ✓ Consider common word endings (-ING, -ED, -ER)
- ✓ Think about word families and patterns
- ✓ Use the process of elimination systematically
- ✓ Keep track of eliminated letters mentally
Don'ts
- ✗ Don't repeat gray letters in future guesses
- ✗ Don't use the same letter twice in early guesses
- ✗ Don't ignore the position clues from yellow letters
- ✗ Don't guess random words without strategy
- ✗ Don't forget that proper nouns aren't allowed
- ✗ Don't give up - use all 6 attempts