Wordly

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Wordle with six-letter words: six guesses to find the day's word.

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Wordly board mid-game: guesses RAISED and PLANET coloured green, yellow and grey on a six-by-six grid, 2 of 6 attempts, keyboard below

Wordly is a daily six-letter word guessing game on Greatest Games. You have six tries, and each guess colours its letters green for the right spot, yellow for in the word elsewhere and grey for not in the word. Hard mode makes every guess reuse the clues you have found.

About Wordly

Wordly plays the same loop as Wordle, guess, read the colours, narrow it down, but with six-letter words instead of five. Everyone gets the same word each day and has six guesses. Every guess must be a valid six-letter word; an unrecognised word is turned away without using up a row.

Green means a letter is in the word and in the right spot, yellow means it is in the word but elsewhere, and grey means it is not in the word at all. Each tile is judged on its own, so a doubled letter can come back green, yellow and grey at once, never more times than the answer holds it. Easy mode lets you guess freely; Hard mode, toggled before your first guess, makes you keep greens in place and move yellows.

Wordly is one of the daily games on Greatest Games, a site of word and logic puzzles. A new puzzle goes up every day at midnight US Eastern, the same for everyone, and today's puzzle plays free in the browser with no account or download. The Wordly archive lists every past puzzle by date: a free account plays the last 7 days, and the paid Greatest Games Plus plays them all and removes the ads.

Each solve earns points toward a site-wide leaderboard across all Greatest Games dailies: 100 for the solve, more for fewer guesses, a fast finish, a streak, or a guess that reveals a new green letter every row.

How to play Wordly

Open Wordly on greatest.games.
Type any valid six-letter word and press Enter.
Read the colours: green is the right spot, yellow is in the word elsewhere, grey is not in the word.
Use the clues to choose your next guess.
Find the word within six tries.

Screenshots

Wordly on Greatest Games: an empty six-by-six guess grid for the day's six-letter word, 0 of 6 attempts, above an on-screen keyboard

Tips

Six-letter words often end in -ER, -ED, -LY or -NG; test common endings early.
Use your first two guesses to cover as many different vowels as you can.
Watch for doubled letters, which are more common in longer words.
Turn on Hard mode before your first guess if you want the extra challenge.
Speed bonuses go to a finish within three minutes, so settle on a strong opener before you start the clock.

Questions

How is Wordly different from Wordle?

It uses six-letter words instead of five, with a choice of Easy or Hard mode.

Do guesses have to be real words?

Yes. An unrecognised word is rejected without using a row.

When does Wordly reset?

Every day at midnight US Eastern Time, with the same puzzle for everyone.

Is Wordly free?

Yes. Today's puzzle plays free in the browser with no account, with ads around the game. A free account plays the last 7 days of the archive; Greatest Games Plus plays every past puzzle and removes the ads.

How does Wordly score a solve?

A solve is worth 100 points, with bonuses for solving in fewer guesses, finishing within one to three minutes, keeping a streak and finding a new green letter with every guess. The points count toward the Greatest Games leaderboard.