Pokémon Wordle (PokeTools)

About Pokémon Wordle (PokeTools)

PokeTools is a Japanese fan site of Pokémon utilities, and its ポケモン Wordle turns the daily word game into a Pokémon quiz. The answer is a Pokémon whose Japanese name is five characters long, and it is the same for every player, changing at midnight Japan time.

You guess by typing five-character Pokémon names in katakana. Each character is coloured to show whether it is in the right place, in the name somewhere else, or not there at all. You have six tries.

It is free in the browser, in Japanese.

It suits Pokémon fans who know the Japanese names, and Japanese learners who want to practise katakana with a familiar cast.

How to play Pokémon Wordle (PokeTools)

1. Type a five-character Japanese Pokémon name in katakana.
2. Read the colours on each character.
3. Use them to pick another Pokémon whose name fits.
4. Find the day's Pokémon within six tries.

Tips

• Start with names that use common katakana such as ン, ル and ス.
• Small kana and long-vowel marks count as characters.
• Think by type or generation once a few characters are fixed.

Questions