Word-leh!

Word-leh! is a word-guessing game made in Singapore and running since early 2022. It plays exactly like Wordle: a grid of six rows of five tiles and an on-screen keyboard. Type a five-letter word and press Enter; a tile turns green when the letter is in the right spot, yellow when it is in the word but elsewhere, and grey when it is not in the word at all.

The twist is the answer. Guesses can be ordinary English words, which helps you test letters, but the word of the day is always Singlish, the English-based creole spoken in Singapore: past answers have included makan, bojio and shiok. After you finish, the game often shows a playful line using the day's word, so non-Singaporeans pick up the meaning as they go. Some answers have no line of their own and get a stock one instead.

Everyone gets the same word on the same day, and it changes at midnight on your own clock. The words come from a fixed list of 232 that the game steps through one a day, so a word comes back after about eight months. A stats screen tracks your results, and there are light and dark themes. A ribbon on the corner leads to a six-letter edition with a longer daily word. The maker, @shamayn, invites players to suggest missing Singlish words.

It suits Wordle players who want a change of vocabulary, Singaporeans abroad, and anyone curious about Singlish.