How to play Wordwheel

The rules, at a glance

1. Make an English word with at least three letters.
2. Include the highlighted required letter in every word.
3. Use each tile at most once per word. A repeated letter needs a separate tile.
4. Find the number of words shown above the wheel. Later levels also ask for a word of a minimum length.

Any word in the game’s dictionary that fits these rules counts. You do not need to guess a secret list or solve the suggested clues.

Swipe, tap, or type

Swipe: start on a letter, trace the letters in order, and lift to check. You can cross the empty centre. Crossing a selected tile again does not remove it.

Tap: select letters one at a time, then choose Check word. Use the backspace button to remove the last letter.

Keyboard: type your word and press Enter in the word field. Backspace removes a letter; Escape clears the word. You can also Tab to tile buttons and activate them with Enter or Space.

An example from level one

On the starting wheel, try STAR: select S → T → A → R. It uses the required A, has more than three letters, and uses each tile once. Try rearranging those same letters to find another word. Finding a word twice does not increase your total.

Clues help without choosing your answers

Definition clues are always visible. Patterns such as R––E show a possible word. You have three letter reveals shared across each puzzle session; reloading does not replenish them. At least one blank always remains. You can ignore the suggestions and find other valid words.

A few ways to get unstuck

• Start with three-letter words containing the required letter.
• Shuffle the wheel to see familiar combinations in a different order.
• Try rearranging the letters of a word you already found.
• For longer-word goals, look for endings that fit the actual tiles. A plural counts only if it is in the dictionary.

Journey and daily play

Journey has 30 levels with increasingly large wheels and longer-word goals. Relaxed, Adaptive, and Challenge settings adjust goals for newly started journey levels. Daily play uses a shared board and goal for each UTC date, changing at midnight UTC. Daily boards rotate from the existing collection and may repeat.

There is no timer. Progress is saved in this browser, so you can take a break.

Play the daily word puzzle →