GuessWord (Daily Mail)

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Find the Daily Mail's five-letter word of the day in six guesses.

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The GuessWord board for 3 October 2026: six empty rows of five round tiles, a tip saying guess the five-letter word of the day, a timer at 0:00, Clear and Check buttons and an on-screen keyboard

GuessWord is the Daily Mail's daily word-guessing game: one hidden five-letter word, six guesses, and colour clues after each try. The puzzle is dated, the same for every reader, and a new word comes each day.

About GuessWord (Daily Mail)

GuessWord sits on the Daily Mail games page, where the game card describes it as deciphering the word in six attempts. The start screen shows the game's grid icon, its name and the day's date, and a Start game button opens the board.

The board is a grid of round tiles, five across and six rows down, with an on-screen keyboard below it and Clear and Check buttons. The first tip says it plainly: guess the five-letter word of the day. You fill a row with a word (letters can repeat) and press Check to see how close you are. On the keyboard, orange letters are in the word but in the wrong position, and blue letters are in the word and in the right place. The game also starts you off with one letter already marked as a clue. A clock in the top corner times your solve.

The date is part of the puzzle's address, so everyone in the same edition gets the same word that day. Readers in the UK get a new word at midnight UK time; the US, Canadian and Mexican editions follow New York time and are served their own puzzle set. It is free in the browser, with ads around it on the main site.

If you play Wordle, the rules will feel familiar; note that the colours differ, with blue for a right letter in the right place. GuessWord lives beside the Mail's crosswords, quizzes and number puzzles, so it fits readers who already do those each day.

How to play GuessWord (Daily Mail)

Open GuessWord on the Daily Mail games page and press Start game.
Note the letter the game gives you as a starting clue on the keyboard.
Type a five-letter word into the row and press Check.
Read the colours: orange means the letter is in the word but in the wrong place, blue means it is in the right place.
Use what you learned in the next row and find the word within six guesses.

Screenshots

The GuessWord start screen on the Daily Mail games page: the game's grid icon, its name, the date 3 October 2026 and a Start game button

Tips

Build your first guess around the clue letter the game gives you.
Letters can appear more than once in the answer, so do not rule out doubles.
Do not reuse letters the game has already ruled out.
The clock keeps running, but there is no time limit: it only records how fast you were.

Questions

What is GuessWord on the Daily Mail?

A daily word game: find the five-letter word of the day in six guesses, with colour clues after each one.

When is there a new GuessWord?

Each day at midnight UK time; readers in the US, Canada and Mexico change over at midnight New York time.

Is GuessWord free?

Yes. It is free in the browser on the Daily Mail games page, with ads on the site.

Is it the same as Wordle?

The idea is the same, a five-letter word in six tries, but it is the Daily Mail's own game with its own word each day, a free starting letter, and orange and blue instead of yellow and green.