Daily puzzle · New word at 00:00 UTC
Word Scramble
The letters of a common English word are shuffled. Unscramble it in six guesses — three letter hints available.
New puzzle tomorrow at 00:00 UTC.
How to play
Each day one common English word is chosen by the UTC date and its letters are shuffled (words never start shuffled into the same spelling). Type a guess of the same length and press Enter — you have six tries. Stuck? Use up to three hints to reveal letters from the start. The word and your streak are stored only in this browser. Try the other daily puzzles: Memory Match, Sliding Puzzle and Lights Out.
About
Word Scramble presents a new five-letter English word each day that has been shuffled into a random order. You have six attempts to rearrange the letters and submit the correct word; after each guess the tiles change color to show which letters are in the right position, which are present but misplaced, and which are not in the answer at all. Up to three hints are available per puzzle, revealing a single correct letter placement or eliminating an incorrect letter to help narrow the possibilities.
The game resets at midnight local time, so every player works on the same word each day and can compare results with friends or on social media. No account is required and progress is stored locally in your browser, allowing you to close the tab and return later without losing your current guesses or hint count.
How your result is scored
When you solve the puzzle the game records the number of guesses used and how many hints were consumed, then displays a compact summary such as "4 guesses, 1 hint". Fewer guesses and fewer hints indicate a stronger performance, while using all six guesses or all three hints simply means the word was more challenging that day.
There is no cumulative ranking or leaderboard; each daily result stands alone. You can share the colored grid emoji that hides the answer but shows your pattern of correct and incorrect placements, letting others see how efficiently you solved the puzzle without spoiling the word.
Tips to improve
- Start with a guess that uses common vowels and frequent consonants like S, T, R, N, L.
- Save hints for the final two guesses when the remaining letter pool is smallest.
- Watch for double letters; the color feedback treats each tile independently.
- If a letter lights up yellow, try it in a different position on the very next turn.
- Use the on-screen keyboard to track which letters are still unused.
Related
Frequently asked questions
- Can I play yesterday's Word Scramble?
- No, only the current day's puzzle is available; past words are not accessible.
- Do hints count against my guess total?
- Hints are separate from guesses; using a hint does not consume one of your six attempts.
- Is there a hard mode that forces me to use revealed letters?
- The game does not include a hard-mode toggle; you may guess any valid word at any time.
- Why did my progress disappear after I cleared browser data?
- Progress is stored locally in your browser, so clearing cookies or site data resets the current puzzle.