Wordle gives you one word a day, and that is both its genius and its curse. Six guesses, colored tiles, done in three minutes, and then a 24-hour wait while the itch builds. We wanted the same loop without the rationing, so we built Letterlock, an original word game that runs right here on this page. It keeps the daily ritual for the purists and adds an unlimited mode for everyone who finishes their morning puzzle wanting more. Free, no download, no signup.
Play Letterlock now
Type a five letter word and press Enter. The tiles tell you how warm you are.
How to play
You have six guesses to find a five letter word. After each guess, every tile reports back: green with a check means the letter is correct and in the right spot, amber with a diamond means it is in the word but somewhere else, and grey with a dash means it is not in the word at all. The shapes matter, because the game never relies on color alone, so it stays readable if you have trouble telling green from amber.
Two tabs sit above the board. Daily serves one word that is the same for everyone until midnight, and Unlimited deals a fresh word every round for as long as you want. The lock icon toggles hard mode, which forces you to reuse every hint you have uncovered. Your streaks, win rate, and guess distribution are saved on your device. Nothing leaves your browser.
How it compares to Wordle
Letterlock keeps the parts of Wordle that made it a morning habit: six guesses, instant tile feedback, a hard mode for people who think normal mode is cheating, and a daily word shared by every player. The copy result button produces the familiar emoji grid, so you can still post your 3/6 and let friends wonder how.
The big addition is the Unlimited tab. Wordle’s one-a-day limit is deliberate, and it works, but some days you want ten rounds, not one. Unlimited mode keeps separate stats from the daily game, so your practice sessions never inflate your real streak.
One honest caveat: our word list is our own, so Letterlock’s daily word will never match the official Wordle answer. If your group chat compares grids from the real thing, this is a companion, not a substitute. We also skip accounts and cross-device sync, since everything lives in your browser’s storage, and there is no archive of past puzzles.
The original remains free to play on the NYT site and in the NYT Games app, and the app adds the archive, Wordlebot analysis for subscribers, and the rest of the Times puzzle stable.
Get the official game
Wordle lives inside NYT Games, the New York Times puzzle app that also carries the Crossword, Spelling Bee, Connections, and Strands. The daily Wordle is free with an account, and a subscription unlocks the archive and the harder puzzles. If Wordle is your gateway drug, our roundup of the best Wordle alternatives covers seven more games in the same family.
Frequently asked questions
Can I play Wordle unlimited for free?
The official Wordle only serves one puzzle per day, with no unlimited option. Letterlock, the game on this page, is our answer to that: switch to the Unlimited tab and it deals a new five letter word every round, free, with no cap and no signup. It runs in any modern browser on phone or desktop.
Is this the real Wordle?
No. Letterlock is an original game we built, inspired by the guess-and-feedback loop that made Wordle famous. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to The New York Times in any way. The word list, code, and design are all our own, and the download links above point to the official NYT Games app.
Is the daily word the same as the official Wordle?
No. Letterlock picks its daily word from its own list using its own date seed, so it will never match the NYT answer. Every Letterlock player does get the same word on the same day, which keeps daily results comparable among people playing here. Treat the two dailies as separate puzzles.
Does it work offline?
Once the page has loaded, the game makes no further network requests, so it keeps working through connection drops, and your stats stay on your device. For fully offline play, the NYT Games app is the better fit, since Wordle there works without a connection once the day’s puzzle has synced.
Is it free?
Completely. No ads, no purchases, no accounts, and no data collection. The official daily Wordle is also free on the NYT site and app, with a Games subscription needed only for extras like the archive and Wordlebot.
