Word Guess: how to pick a strong first word
Your first guess is the only one you make blind. Make it count.
In Word Guess you have a few tries to find a hidden word. After each guess, every tile changes color to tell you how close you are.
- Right letter, right place
- In the word, another place
- Not in the word
In this example the answer is PLANT. A is green, because it is in the right place. T is yellow: it is in the word, but not in second place. S, R and E are gray.
A good first word
- Use five different letters. A repeated letter tests one letter where it could test two.
- Use common letters. In English, E, A, R, O, T, L, I, S and N turn up most. A first word made of them is likely to light something up.
- Mix vowels and consonants. Two or three vowels tell you the shape of the word quickly.
The second guess
If your first guess found little, try five fresh letters before working with what you have. Two guesses with ten different letters often tell you more than one careful guess.
Remember that the answer can repeat a letter, even if your guesses never do.
Word Guess has its own word lists in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Portuguese, and the common letters differ in each. In the app you can also play words of 4 to 7 letters.