Word Guess (ABC)

About Word Guess (ABC)

Word Guess sits on the Pasatiempos page of ABC, the Madrid daily, alongside its crossword, Notigrama, sudoku, autodefinido, word wheel and word search. Despite the English name it is a Spanish game: the board has six rows of five squares, and the on-screen keyboard includes the Ñ.

Each day there is one hidden word for every reader. You type a five-letter word and press Enter, and the squares show which letters are in the word and in the right place, which are in it but elsewhere, and which are not in it at all, as in Wordle. You have six rows to find it. A hint button (Pista), a timer and a colour theme sit under the keyboard.

It is free, with advertising on the page. It suits Spanish speakers who play Wordle and want a daily word from their own newspaper, and learners who want five-letter practice.

How to play Word Guess (ABC)

1. Open ABC Pasatiempos and choose Word Guess.
2. Press the start button to open today's board.
3. Type a five-letter Spanish word with the on-screen or your own keyboard and press Enter.
4. Read the colours: letters in the right place, letters in the word but elsewhere, and letters not in it.
5. Use what you learn to find the word within six rows.

Tips

• Open with a word that uses common Spanish vowels and consonants, such as one with A, E, O, R and S.
• Remember the Ñ: it is on the keyboard and can be in the answer.
• Use Pista only when you are down to the last rows.

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