Word Wheel (Daily Mirror)

Word Wheel sits on games.mirror.co.uk, the Daily Mirror's games site. The puzzle itself comes from PA Puzzles and is the same Target wheel the Daily Express runs, which is why its rules box still carries the title The Express Target. Each day's file is named for its date, so every player gets the same nine letters.

The wheel shows eight letters in a ring and one in the middle. You spell words by tapping or clicking the letters, then press the enter key to add each one to your list. Every word needs four letters or more and must use the centre letter, and each letter can be used once per word. Plurals are not allowed, though verb forms ending in S are. One word always uses every letter in the wheel.

A clock counts down from ten minutes as you play. A bar under the word count fills as you go, measured against the puzzle's targets. On the 26 October 2026 wheel there were 34 words, where 11 counted as average and all 34 as excellent. When you finish you can share your score or add it to a leaderboard.

The game opens after a short video advert, and the Mirror's games page shows ad slots around it. It works in a phone browser as well as on a desktop, and no account is needed. It suits anyone who already does the Telegraph's Panagram or the Times Polygon and wants one more wheel with a clock on it.