WORD GAME GUIDE
How to Play Six-Letter Word Guess: Rules and Scoring
Guess a six-letter word in six tries. The feedback tells you which letters belong and where.
Controls and allowed moves
Type an English word with exactly six letters and select Guess. A check marks a letter in the right position. A tilde marks a letter elsewhere. An × marks no additional matching copy.
Solving strategy
Try an opening guess with several distinct letters so you learn more from the first row. Use a guess with a repeated letter when the clues suggest the answer may need both copies.
Worked example
If PLANET gives a check for P and a tilde for T, the answer starts with P and contains T before its final position. Keep those two constraints when considering the next guess.
Common mistakes
When a guess has two copies of a letter, evaluate both marks together. A yellow E and a gray E indicate one matching E in that row. Five-letter guesses are rejected without using a turn.
Daily score calculation
Solving the word earns 1,000 points. An unsolved attempt earns zero. The points rule for this game differs from the five-letter Word Guess, which awards more points for earlier solves.
Daily play and practice
Play free without an account. Sign in before starting a new ranked daily puzzle to enter its leaderboard. The same score also counts in the overall daily, weekly, monthly and all-time standings. Practice results stay in your personal history.