Guess The Grid
Rate itSwap scrambled letters until every row and column of the day's grid spells a word.
on guessthegrid.xyz
Guess The Grid is a numbered daily puzzle from the makers of Guess The Game. The day's letters start out of place, and you drag one onto another to swap them until every row and column reads as a word.
About Guess The Grid
Guess The Grid is one of the daily web puzzles from the team behind Guess The Game, next to sites such as Guess The Secret Word and Guess The Phrase. There is one numbered grid a day for every player, and a countdown shows when the next one starts.
The grid holds five-letter words that read left to right along the rows and top to bottom down the columns, with blank squares in between. How many words there are and how many swaps you get changes from day to day: Grid #200 had six words and 15 swaps, Grid #213 four words and 10. All the right letters are there, but scrambled. You drag a letter onto another to swap the two.
After each swap the tiles are coloured: green means the letter is in its right place, orange means it belongs to that word but in another spot, and grey means it belongs to a different word. A colour-blind mode adds a tick and a tilde to the tiles. Every swap counts as a guess, so the fewer swaps you need, the more points you score.
A back arrow under the grid opens earlier grids, and a stats box keeps your played games, streaks, points and a rank, with a button to copy your result.
It will feel familiar to Waffle players and suits anyone who likes short word puzzles that reward planning over trial and error.
How to play Guess The Grid
- Open the site to get today's numbered grid.
- Drag one letter onto another to swap them.
- Read the colours: green is right, orange is in the right word but wrong spot, grey belongs to another word.
- Keep swapping until every row and column spells a word.
- Use as few swaps as you can for a higher score.
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Tips
- Fix grey letters first: one swap can often put two grey letters in their own words at once.
- Work out the full words before moving, so each swap places at least one letter for good.
- Turn on colour-blind mode if orange and green are hard to tell apart.
Questions
Is the grid the same for everyone?
Yes. Each day has one numbered puzzle for all players, with a countdown to the next.
How is it scored?
Every swap counts as a guess, and fewer swaps earn more points.
Who makes it?
The team behind Guess The Game, which runs a family of daily guessing sites.
Can I play earlier grids?
Yes. The back arrow under the grid opens the previous numbered grids one by one.
Does it have ads?
Yes, the free site loads ad scripts. A paid membership on the Guess The Game sites lists no ads among its benefits.
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Games like Guess The Grid
Waffle
The best-known daily letter-swapping word grid: six crossing words in fifteen moves
Swapple
Swap letters to rebuild a full 5x5 grid of words in as few moves as you can
CrossSet (PuzzleLab)
Swap scrambled letters until every across and down word is valid
Crosswordle
Swap letters around a small crossword until every tile is green
Align (Boston Globe)
Swap letters in a scrambled grid until all the words line up
Guess The Secret Word
A sister site from the same makers: trace words on a letter grid to find the day's secret word
Guess The Phrase
Another daily word puzzle from the same makers
ScoreWords
Place the day's 24 letters on a 5x5 grid and score every word they spell.