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Begriffel (Tagesspiegel)

Guess the Tagesspiegel's German word of the day in six tries.

Every day: One numbered, hand-picked five-letter German word a day, the same for every player, with six guesses and a short archive of recent days. New puzzle: Midnight on your device's clock: the game looks up the word by your local date.

Play Begriffel (Tagesspiegel) on begriffel.tagesspiegel.de

Play Begriffel on Tagesspiegel

Begriffel how-to-play panel on Der Tagesspiegel: guess a five-letter German word, with example tiles (S yellow in SONNE, S green in KRASS) explaining the colours, a note of six tries, and features inc

Begriffel is the Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel's German Wordle. Each day has one numbered, hand-picked five-letter word, and you have at most six guesses, with coloured letters showing what is right. After playing you can see how other players did on the same word, and the last few days stay playable.

About Begriffel (Tagesspiegel)

Begriffel is the daily word game of Der Tagesspiegel, a Berlin daily newspaper. It is a German-language take on Wordle: each day there is one hand-picked five-letter German word, numbered in sequence, and the same word for everyone playing that day.

A round works the colour way players will know. You type any valid five-letter German word and press Enter. Each tile then turns green when the letter is in the right place, yellow when the letter is in the word but in another spot, and grey when the letter is not in the word at all. The in-game help shows this with the examples SONNE and KRASS. You have six tries to land on the answer.

The word changes every day and is looked up by date, so a day's puzzle is shared. The last seven days stay playable in an archive, your progress is saved on the device, and after you finish you can see statistics for the word. The maker calls the words hand-picked rather than drawn from a plain list.

It suits German speakers and learners who want a short daily word puzzle in their own language. Reaching the game on the Tagesspiegel site means first making a cookie choice: accept personalised ads, or pay for the publisher's ad-free contentpass. The game itself needs no account.

How to play Begriffel (Tagesspiegel)

  1. Open begriffel.tagesspiegel.de and make the cookie choice (accept personalised ads, or use contentpass) to reach the game.
  2. Type any existing five-letter German word and press Enter to submit it.
  3. Read the tile colours: green means the right letter in the right place, yellow means the letter is in the word but elsewhere, and grey means the letter is not in the word.
  4. Use what the colours tell you to narrow the options; you have six tries in all.
  5. Finish to see the statistics, and come back the next day for a new word, with the past seven days kept in the archive.

Tips

  • Open with a word that uses common German letters and several vowels, such as E, N, S, R and A, to colour as many tiles as possible.
  • Keep confirmed green letters in place and shift yellow letters to a new position on your next guess.
  • Remember a letter can appear twice in the answer, so do not rule out a repeat too early.
  • Common German endings like -EN, -ER or -TE can help you place the last letters once the start is fixed.

Questions

Is Begriffel in German?

Yes. Both the daily answer and the words you are allowed to guess are German, five letters long.

How many guesses do I get?

Six. Each guess must be a valid five-letter word, and the colours after each one show how close you are.

Is it the same word for everyone?

Yes. The game looks up one hand-picked word by the date, so everyone playing that day works on the same word.

Can I play earlier days?

Yes. A seven-day archive keeps the most recent words playable, and your progress is saved on your device.

Is it free?

Yes. The Tagesspiegel site first asks you to accept personalised ads or subscribe to its ad-free contentpass, but the game needs no account.

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