Ordnød (Information)

About Ordnød (Information)

Ordnød sits in the games section of Dagbladet Information, the Copenhagen newspaper, next to its crossword, word wheel, word search and sudoku. The puzzle is delivered through Keesing's web player, and the page states plainly that there is a new puzzle every day.

A day's game is short: you type a Danish five-letter word, the tiles turn grey for letters not in the answer, yellow for letters in the wrong place and green for letters in the right place. You have six attempts, and the answer can contain the same letter more than once.

The rules will be familiar to anyone who has played Wordle, so the main difference is the language: the answers and the accepted guesses are Danish, including words with æ, ø and å. It suits Danish speakers and learners who want a quick daily word puzzle in their own language.

How to play Ordnød (Information)

1. Type a Danish word of five letters and submit it.
2. Read the colours: grey means the letter is not in the word, yellow means it is in the word but elsewhere, green means it is in the right place.
3. Use what you learned in the next guess and find the word within six tries.
4. Come back the next day for a new word.

Tips

• Remember that the answer may repeat a letter.
• Start with a word using common Danish letters such as E, R, N, T and A.
• Do not forget æ, ø and å when vowels run out.

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