Word Duel

Word Duel is a fast word-guessing puzzle. A secret word is hidden behind the tiles and you have six tries to find it. After every guess, each letter becomes a square when it is in the right spot, a circle when it is in the word but somewhere else, or a dark tile when it is not in the word at all. Play the daily word, practise freely, or race: duel the computer or a friend online on the same word, where fewer tries wins and speed breaks ties. Words come in English, French and Arabic.

Советы

• Start with a word that uses common, different letters to discover as much as possible.
• Never reuse a letter shown on a dark tile, and move circle letters to a new spot.
• In a duel, if your rival solved it in 4 tries you must solve it in 3 to win, so take a bold guess.

Вопросы

How does the duel decide who wins a word?

The player who solves the word in fewer tries wins it. If both use the same number of tries, the one who solved it faster wins. If nobody solves it, nobody scores.

Which languages can I play in?

English and French (5-letter words) and Arabic (4-letter words, written right to left). For Arabic, hamza forms are typed as their base letter: أ إ آ as ا, ؤ as و and ئ or ى as ي.

Is the daily word the same for everyone?

Yes, each language has one daily word that changes at midnight, and your streak counts the days in a row you solved it.

1. Pick a mode on the title screen: Daily word, Practice or vs Computer, and choose the word language (English, French or Arabic).
2. Type a real word with the on-screen or physical keyboard and press Enter. English and French words have 5 letters, Arabic words have 4.
3. Read the clues: a square means right letter in the right spot, a circle means the letter is in the word but elsewhere, a dark tile means it is not in the word.
4. Use the clues to narrow it down and find the word within 6 tries.
5. In a duel you race a rival on the same word: fewer tries wins the word, and with the same number of tries the faster player wins. You see their squares and circles, but not their letters, until the word is over.
6. Win the most words in a best of 3 or best of 5 match.

Управление

Компьютер

Type letters on your keyboard, Enter to submit and Backspace to delete. French accents are typed without accents (é = e). For Arabic, use an Arabic keyboard layout or the matching keys of a Latin keyboard. Esc pauses.

Телефон и планшет

Tap the letters on the on-screen keyboard (QWERTY, AZERTY or Arabic), the tick key to submit and the arrow key to delete.