Five Letters: Multiplayer Five-Letter Word Game
Everyone races on the same five-letter word. The TV shows colours only, so nobody can copy.
Word · 2 to 16 players · about 10 minutes · free to host, nothing to download, TV optional
About the game
Picture the daily five-letter puzzle, except the whole room gets the same word at the same moment and races for it. Five Letters takes 2 to 16 players and about 10 minutes for the default five words. It is a tidy duel for two and a noisy race for a full table.
On the TV, every player's grid appears as coloured squares with no letters, so you can watch a rival go green without being able to copy them. No TV? Pick "Just this screen" and play on your own device; on a video call, everyone does that and nobody needs to share a screen.
How to play
- Everyone solves the same five-letter word on their own screen. You have six guesses and, by default, two minutes. Each guess must be a word from the game's list.
- Green means the letter is in the right place. Yellow means it belongs elsewhere in the word. Grey means it is not needed in the answer. The TV shows colours without revealing your guesses.
- Solve the word to earn 7 minus the number of guesses you used, so 6 for a first-guess solve and 1 for a sixth. The first solver earns two extra points. Run out of guesses or time and you score nothing for that word.
- The answer is shown to everyone, then the next word starts. Highest total across the words wins; a tie is a shared win.
Open a room for Five Letters. No app, no accounts, free to host.
Tips to play well
- Do not rush for the bonus. A careful solve in three is worth 4 points, while a panicked first solve on your sixth guess is worth 1 plus 2.
- Glance at the TV between guesses. A rival's colours show how close they are, not which letters they have, so you know when the first-solver bonus has gone and you can slow down.
- Letters can repeat, and the colours handle doubles properly: a second E in your guess only turns yellow or green if the answer really has two.
- Hard mode makes every guess keep your greens in place and reuse your yellows. It stops anyone spending a guess on five fresh letters to fish for clues, so it rewards tight reasoning.
Host settings
- Words this round: 1 to 10, default 5. Scores add up across the words.
- Seconds per word: 60 to 240 in steps of 30, default 120.
- Words: Easy (the default), Medium, Hard or Mixed. Easy sticks to everyday words; Hard brings rare letters and odd spellings.
- Hard mode: Off by default. When on, every guess must reuse the green and yellow letters you have found.
Questions people ask
How is this different from Wordle?
It uses the same green, yellow and grey style of clue, but it is our own game: everyone races on one shared word, several words make a round, and points reward fewer guesses and solving first.
Can we add computer players?
Yes, the host can add bots. A bot opens with a common starter word, then only guesses words that fit every colour so far, taking a few seconds each time.
Can kids play?
Yes. The word lists are family friendly and Easy uses everyday words, so confident readers can keep up. Mixed and Hard bring in rarer words.
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