Unlike most of the word games offering one puzzle per day,
Wordle Unlimited offers more options with the same principle through the common six-guess grid and five different modes. Hence, you can enjoy the usual game with the mind exercise, time race, theme game, or unknown players duel. In this article, I am going to tell you about every mode of the game and when to use it.
General Information About the RulesAll the game modes have the same rules. You need to guess the word and every guess should be a word of proper length and you see the result on the tiles. You have six guesses to guess the word.
You can choose the length of the word from three to seven letters. Three letters version will suit the very young children. Seven letters will make even the most confident adult think carefully.
UnlimitedIt is the default mode and the basis of the game. Every word appears after you solve the previous one and the daily limit does not exist. You can just reload the page and start solving the new word instead of waiting for the lost puzzle.
This mode is good for practicing. The opening moves, second guess strategy, letter patterns require practice and once a day puzzle will not help you with that. Only this mode includes the "Challenge a Friend" feature.
DailyIt is one word per day and is available for every player and is updated every twenty-four hours. It is the classical mode for those who prefer the regularity of one puzzle and tension of one chance.
This mode works with any word length from three letters to seven and the whole family can choose the appropriate difficulty. The results are saved in your statistics and the countdown is offered to know how much time is left till the next puzzle appears.
TimeThis is the race mode. You set the clock on one minute, ninety seconds or two minutes and solve as many words as possible during this time. The maximum score is saved to be beaten in the next round.
The timed mode will make you make the decisions in such a way that will teach you some valuable lessons. The strategies that look clever with unlimited time prove to be too slow and you will learn which part of your process is based on instinct and which one requires calculations.
TopicsNot random words from the dictionary but the thematic series of names. You choose the topic and the game gives you the words of it, changing the word length after each round – thus, the five-letter word will be followed by the seven-letter word.
Hundreds of topic packs are available: Entertainment — Marvel, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Disney, Spider-Man, Family Guy
Informative — Countries, Capital Cities, Rivers of the World, Car Brands, Phone Brands, Tech Companies
The hints work the same way as in Unlimited mode and your run adds to your level and rank.
The geographical topics can be used as an additional learning tool and that is why they are so popular among the young players who will never agree to participate in the quiz.
VersusIt is the multiplayer mode. You are put into the room where other players solve the same words simultaneously. There is the leaderboard that is updated every time someone solves the word.
The open rooms are available at any time and you can join them immediately. After completing the round, every player votes for the next topic and the game starts again. The private rooms creation implies the creation of the room, the sending of the link to your friends and choosing of the game format, word length and number of players before starting the game.
There are two formats of the game. "Race" means that the winner will be the player who solves ten words first. The "Clock" format means that the winner will be the player who solves the biggest number of words before the end of the clock.
Challenge a FriendThis is not a mode but the special feature that is remembered by most of people. You input the word yourself, you can also enter your name, you can set the one or two-minute limit and you can activate the two-letters hints. The game generates the link that you can send via any application.
Your friend opens the link, accepts the challenge and solves the word that you created. After completing he gets the button to share the result showing how many guesses it cost him and what the word was. He also gets the opportunity to challenge you back.
Game Settings Worth to KnowThe gear icon contains much information that you probably did not think about:
Theme — light, dark or automatic
Word length — from three to seven letters
Hard mode — forces you to use all clues that you have already found
Hints — provided twice for each word
High contrast — helps if the standard green and orange tiles are difficult to perceive
Sound — can be turned off
Region and language — also available
In case you use the phone there is the button to switch the on-screen keyboard with the device's one and the fullscreen button that can be very useful when you let your child to play the game.
Everything works in the browser at
wordleunlimited.dev. Nothing is installed and there is no account required for any mode.