Quad Word

About this game

Quad Word is the word puzzle for people who finish the daily five-letter word in three guesses and want more. There are four hidden words, one on each of four boards, and you get nine guesses to find all of them. The catch is that every word you type goes onto all four boards at once, so a single guess has to work for four puzzles at the same time. The colours work the way you already know: green is the right letter in the right place, amber is in the word but somewhere else, and grey is not in the word. Each board reads your guess against its own answer, so the same letter can be green on one board and grey on the next. Once a board is solved it stops taking guesses and turns green, and the four-way keyboard shows a quarter of each key for each board still in play, so you can see at a glance which letters are alive where. There is one puzzle a day, the same four words for everybody, and a new one at midnight in your own time zone. Solve all four to build a streak, see how many guesses you usually need, and share a spoiler-free result showing the guess that cracked each board. When the daily is done, practice mode deals fresh sets of four as often as you like, and a shared practice result lets a friend play the exact same four words. Answers are everyday words: no plurals, no names and no obscure crossword filler, while over fifteen thousand five-letter words are accepted as guesses. Play with a real keyboard or the on-screen one, on a phone or a computer, with no download and no sign-up.

Controls

Type a five-letter word and press Enter to guess. It goes onto all four boards.

• Use your keyboard or the on-screen keys; Backspace deletes.
• Each key is split into four quarters, one per board, in the same places as the boards.
• Practice deals a new set of four words; the chart icon shows your statistics.

How to play

Find four hidden five-letter words in nine guesses.

One guess, four boards

• Every word you enter is played on all four boards at once, and each board colours it against its own answer.
• Green = right letter, right spot. Amber = in the word, wrong spot. Grey = not in the word.
• A solved board turns green and stops taking guesses.

Winning

• Solve all four boards within nine guesses to win and extend your streak.
• One new daily puzzle at midnight; practice games are unlimited and do not affect your streak.

Read the full Quad Word rules and strategy →