Zestle: Daily Word Challenges
Rate itFive Wordle-style word puzzles a day, each with a twist on which words you may guess.
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Zestle is a free iPhone and iPad word game with five daily puzzles that build from a warmup to an expert round. Each is a five-letter word guess with coloured feedback, and the harder rounds add a rule, such as a pattern of consonants and vowels or a letter fixed in place, that every guess must follow.
About Zestle: Daily Word Challenges
Zestle takes the familiar five-letter guessing game and turns it into a daily ladder of five puzzles. The home screen lists today's Daily Challenge as Puzzle 1 to Puzzle 5, labelled Warmup, Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert, with points for each one you solve and a countdown to the next set.
The colours differ from Wordle: a blue tile is a correct letter in the right place, orange is a letter in the word but elsewhere, and grey is not in the word. Later puzzles set a condition on your guesses, for example a word matching the pattern CKVCC (consonants and vowels in that order) or a word with P as its third letter, so you have to plan guesses that both fit the rule and narrow the answer.
The game was made by Mikhail Gasanov and released in 2025. The daily puzzles are free. You get one free hint a day; more come from watching an ad or from hint packs sold in the app ($0.99 to $4.99), although the store text still says it has no ads or in-app purchases. Leaderboards rank you against friends by speed and number of tries, and a streak counts the days you finish all five.
The app is in English, with French, German, Spanish and Russian versions, and needs iOS 18 or later on iPhone or iPad. Its last update, version 1.8, came out on 26 August 2025.
How to play Zestle: Daily Word Challenges
- Open the app and pick Puzzle 1 from today's Daily Challenge.
- Read the rule above the grid, if there is one, and type a five-letter word that follows it.
- Read the colours: blue is right letter, right place; orange is in the word elsewhere; grey is not in the word.
- Keep guessing until you find the word, then move on to the next puzzle.
- Finish all five before the countdown ends to keep your streak.
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Tips
- Read the condition on the harder rounds before typing: a guess that breaks it is wasted thinking time.
- Save the daily free hint for the Expert puzzle.
- A hint lowers your score for that puzzle on the leaderboard, so try a few guesses of your own first.
Questions
How many puzzles does Zestle have each day?
Five, from Warmup to Expert, the same for every player.
Is Zestle free?
Yes, the five daily puzzles are free. Extra hints come from watching an ad or from paid hint packs, and the App Store lists the app as containing advertising and in-app purchases.
What do the colours mean in Zestle?
Blue is a correct letter in the right spot, orange a correct letter in the wrong spot, grey a letter not in the word.
What time does Zestle reset?
The store does not name an hour. The home screen counts down to the next set of five puzzles, and a notification, set to the morning by default, tells you when it is out.
Ratings and reviews
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