Type a five-letter word.
Crack today's five-letter word in ten tries. After each guess you get a reading, but a coded one. A filled dot means one of your letters is right and in the right spot. A ring means one of your letters is in the word but in a different spot. You're never told which letters they are.
That's the puzzle: compare your guesses, work out which letters must be in and which must be out, and close in on the word. Tap any letter in your guesses to mark it out ✗ or in ✓ as you go. Every answer has five different letters.
The number beside each guess is how many words could still be the answer. Watch it fall as the lock gives way: when it reaches 1, you've cracked it, and you just need to work out which word it is.
Read the full guide to playing Lockword, with a worked example game and tips.
Want something gentler first? Latchword is a quick daily warm-up: find the word that joins two others, like TEA _ _ _ _ LINE.
Yes. It's free to play in your browser on a phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to download and no sign-up.
Wordle tells you about each letter. Lockword only tells you how many are right, so it's more like cracking a code. Expect it to take a few more guesses, which is why you get ten.
A guess that gets nothing at all is gold: all five of its letters are out. Change one letter at a time between guesses to find out which one made the difference.
Every day at midnight, your time. Everyone gets the same word, so you can compare with friends. Can't wait? Tap "Unlimited" for as many extra words as you like.
Yes. Tap "Lock a word for a friend", choose any five-letter word with five different letters, and send the link. They crack your word, and can send you their result. The word is scrambled in the link, so they can't peek.
A harder way to play. Every guess must be a word that could still be the answer, so no throwaway guesses to test letters. Switch it on in the How to play box (the ? button) before your first guess. Shared results show a 🗝️ so everyone knows you did it the hard way.
Yes: Latchword, Lockword's gentler little sister. Find the four-letter word that joins two others, in five guesses. It's a good warm-up before Lockword, or a palate cleanser after.
Yes. Tap "Install app" on Lockword's card at hypergeek.games and it'll sit on your home screen like any other app, with nothing to download from an app store. On iPhone and iPad, it shows you the two quick steps in Safari.
No. Your games and stats are saved only on your own device, in your browser, and there's no account. Lockword is free because it shows adverts from Google; see privacy and cookies for how those work.
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