A practical first-game guide with a worked board for CRANK, clear color explanations and a quick self-check
To play your first Worduel game, enter a five-letter word, read the green, yellow and grey feedback, then use up to six guesses to find the secret. Green means the letter is in the right place; yellow means it belongs elsewhere; grey means no unused copy matches. The worked game below ends with crank and shows how each turn narrows the answer
Start a solo game
Your first six guesses
Choose Solo
Start a one-player puzzle. Solo has unlimited puzzles, so you can play another after finishing
Enter a word
Type a five-letter guess using English letters a-z. This example starts with light, one of the words shown on the worked board
Read the colors
Green confirms a letter and its position, yellow confirms the letter but not its position, and grey shows there is no unused copy to match
Build your next guess
Keep green letters in place, move yellow letters to different positions and use the grey clues to rule out letters. You have six guesses in total
Finish the puzzle
Solve it to get a new word. If you use all six guesses without solving, you lose and can retry the same word
A worked game, from light to crank
Follow the clues
Here is how to read the progression. After arose, R is fixed in position two, while A is in the word but not in position one. snake confirms A in position three and shows that N and K are present but misplaced. brand then confirms R, A and N in their correct positions. In crane, C, R, A and N are green, while E is grey. The secret is crank, so K fills the final position
| Color | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Green | The letter is correct and in the right position |
| Yellow | The letter is in the word, but in a different position |
| Grey | There is no unused copy of that letter to match |
Make each guess count
A useful next guess should fit what the board has already told you. For example, after arose, keep R in the second position and move A away from the first. Once snake has made A green in the third position, keep it there. A guess that ignores confirmed positions throws away information; a guess that follows them tests the remaining possibilities
After the guess arose, what do the colors tell you about R and A?
Reveal answer
Option 2 is correct: R is green in position two, while A is yellow, so A is present but not in the position where it was guessed
After the last guess
When your game ends
- A win gives you a new word to play
- A loss lets you retry the same word
- After a game, you can see the word's part of speech, meaning and two example sentences
Those word details give you a chance to check how a guess is used, not just how its letters fit. For instance, the supplied example for crank is a noun meaning a handle that turns to make something work, as in “Turn the crank to raise the window”
First-game questions
Can I play another puzzle after my first one?
Yes. Solo has unlimited puzzles, and a win gives you a new word
What if I do not solve the word in six guesses?
That is a loss, and you can retry the same word