The goal
Guess the hidden five-letter word in six tries, inside
five minutes. Every word is a live TLD, an ecommerce term, domain
lingo, or tech jargon. Type on your keyboard or tap the on-screen one.
What the colours mean
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Right letter, right spot.
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In the word, wrong spot.
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Not in the word.
One puzzle a day
- One word per day, win or lose. The next unlocks at 00:00 UTC.
- The category rotates: TLDs, ecommerce, domain lingo, tech.
- No word repeats for 273 days.
- Closing the tab does not pause the clock. Come back and your guesses are still there.
Buying help
- Extra minute, −100. Offered under 30 seconds, as often as you like.
- A clue, −300. Any time, once per puzzle.
A heavily-assisted day can finish negative and pull your total down.
Scoring
300 for solving, plus 1.8 per second left on the clock,
plus a bonus for finishing early:
| Solved on guess | Bonus |
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| 1st | 820 |
| 2nd | 620 |
| 3rd | 440 |
| 4th | 280 |
| 5th | 140 |
| 6th | 0 |
Best possible round: 1,660. Miss it and you still score for progress,
minimum 40.
The League
- A contest on the leaderboard. The top three win a prize.
- Dates and prizes are on the Leaderboard tab.
- Sign in before it starts to get a daily email when the word goes live.
The leaderboard
Scores are cumulative across days. One entry per email address, and your
email is never shown on the board.
