Rueda de palabras (ABC)
ABC's daily Spanish word wheel: seven letters, one in the centre, and as many words as you can find.
Every day: One new word wheel a day, the same for every reader: make as many Spanish words as you can from its letters. New puzzle: Once a day; the site does not state the time.
Rueda de palabras is the word wheel on ABC's puzzles page: six letters around a highlighted centre letter, from which you build as many Spanish words as you can. A new wheel comes each day, free on abc.es.
About Rueda de palabras (ABC)
Rueda de palabras sits on ABC's Pasatiempos page with the newspaper's crossword, Notigrama, sudoku, Word Guess, autodefinido and word search. Each day it shows one wheel of seven letters, six in segments around the rim and one in a blue circle at the centre, the same for every reader. On 4 October 2026 the wheel held R, C, E, A, V and O around an I.
You tap letters on the wheel to spell a word and press the green tick to submit it; a list beside the wheel collects the words you have found. Buttons let you delete a letter, shuffle the rim to see new combinations, restart, ask for a hint (Pista), change the colour theme and run a timer.
It is free to play, with advertising on the page, and it suits Spanish speakers who enjoy Spelling Bee and other letter-wheel games and want one in their own language.
How to play Rueda de palabras (ABC)
- Open ABC Pasatiempos and choose Rueda de palabras.
- Press the start button to open today's wheel.
- Tap letters on the wheel to spell a Spanish word.
- Press the green tick to submit it; found words appear in the list beside the wheel.
- Keep going until you have found all the words you can, using Pista if you are stuck.
Tips
- Shuffle the rim when you run dry: seeing the letters in a new order brings out new words.
- Look for common Spanish endings (-ar, -er, -ción) and build backwards from them.
- Once you find a word, try its plural, feminine or verb forms with the same letters.
Questions
Is Rueda de palabras free?
Yes, ABC's word wheel is free to play on abc.es.
How often is there a new wheel?
One new wheel every day, the same for every reader.
What language are the words in?
Spanish.
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