HelloWords (stern.de)

About HelloWords (stern.de)

HelloWords is kr3m's take on Wordle, offered on the games hubs it runs for publishers, among them stern.de and 20 Minuten, where it is billed as the daily German word puzzle. Each day there is one hidden five-letter word, the Tageswort, the same for everyone.

You have six tries. After each guess the tiles turn green for a right letter in the right place, yellow for a letter in the word but elsewhere, and grey for a letter not in the word, and you plan the next guess from those hints. There is no time pressure; the game runs in the browser with no download.

The game is free with ads, and stern.de offers an ad-free games subscription.

It suits German speakers who want their daily Wordle on a news site they already read.

How to play HelloWords (stern.de)

1. Open HelloWords on stern.de or 20 Minuten.
2. Type any five-letter word and confirm it.
3. Read the colours: green is right and in place, yellow is in the word elsewhere, grey is not in it.
4. Use the hints to choose your next guess.
5. Find the word within six tries.

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Tips

• Start with a word full of common German letters such as E, N, R, S and T.
• Remember that umlauts and the letter combinations SCH and CH are common in German words.

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