Word500
A tougher Wordle: you learn how many letters are right, not which ones.
Every day: One daily five-letter word, the same for everyone, played once, where each guess shows only how many letters are right, misplaced or missing; past dailies are in an archive. New puzzle: Once a day.
Word500 is a word game for power players. Like Wordle you guess a five-letter word, but each guess only tells you how many letters are in the right place, how many are in the word but misplaced and how many are wrong, not which ones. You play the daily once and deduce the rest.
About Word500
Word500 takes the Wordle idea and removes the easy part. You still guess five-letter words to find a hidden one, but instead of colouring each letter, the game shows three counts beside each guess: a green number for letters in the right place, a yellow number for letters in the word but elsewhere, and a red number for letters that are not there.
That turns the game into a deduction puzzle closer to Mastermind: you have to work out which letters the counts refer to by comparing guesses. The board gives you eight rows.
There is one daily puzzle a day, played once, plus an unlimited practice mode and an archive of past daily puzzles.
It suits experienced Wordle players who want a puzzle that takes real logic rather than letter-by-letter feedback.
How to play Word500
- Guess any five-letter word.
- Read the three counts: right place, wrong place, not in the word.
- Compare guesses to deduce which letters the counts mean.
- Keep narrowing until you find the word within the rows available.
Tips
- Change one or two letters between guesses so you can tell which letters moved the counts.
- Use guesses with no repeated letters early on.
- Keep notes; deduction across several guesses is the whole game.
Questions
How is it different from Wordle?
You only see how many letters are right, misplaced or wrong, not which ones.
Can I play more than once a day?
The daily is once, but there is an unlimited practice mode.
Can I play past dailies?
Yes, from the archive.
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