Five Letters
Type or tap a five-letter guess and press Enter. Green tile: right letter, right spot. Yellow: right letter, wrong spot. Grey: not in the word. Solve it within six tries to keep your streak, then press Next word for a fresh one — no waiting for tomorrow.
Five Letters — a free online arcade game on TotType
Five Letters is the guess-the-word game made for kids: a hidden five-letter word, six tries, and colour clues after every guess — green for a letter in the right place, yellow for a letter that is in the word somewhere else, grey for a letter that is not in it. Every answer is an everyday English word from a young reader's vocabulary (animals, food, school, weather, feelings), any five letters are accepted as a guess so nobody hits a 'not in word list' wall, and once you solve one, the Next word button brings a fresh one — no waiting for tomorrow. Your streak of solved words is the score. It's free in any browser with no download — anyone can try a demo run with no account, and a free parent account with a verified email unlocks unlimited play.
- Made for
- Kids
- Players
- 1, or up to 4 online
- Online
- With everyone playing it now, or in a private room with a 4-character code; bots (marked 🤖) fill empty seats
- Controls
- Keyboard, mouse or touch
- Scored in
- streak · posts to the arcade leaderboard
- Shelf
- Word & typing games
- Cost
- Free — try a demo run with no account (one run, up to 90 seconds, twice a day; not saved); a free parent account with a verified email unlocks unlimited play and saved scores
- En español
- Five Letters en español
How to play Five Letters
Type or tap a five-letter guess and press Enter. Green tile: right letter, right spot. Yellow: right letter, wrong spot. Grey: not in the word. Solve it within six tries to keep your streak, then press Next word for a fresh one — no waiting for tomorrow.
Tips & tricks
- Start with a word full of common letters — something like STARE or PLANE — to colour in as many clues as possible.
- Yellow means the letter is in the word: move it to a new spot next guess, never the same one.
- Watch the on-screen keyboard — it remembers every colour you have learned so far.
Frequently asked questions
How do you play Five Letters?
Guess a five-letter word and press Enter. The tiles colour themselves: green is right letter, right place; yellow is right letter, wrong place; grey is not in the word. You have six guesses.
Is it a new word every day?
It is a new word every round — solve one and press Next word to start the next. Your streak counts how many you solve in a row without missing.
Are the words hard?
Mostly not. Answers are everyday words from a young reader's vocabulary, with the odd stretch word, and any five letters are accepted as a guess.
Can I play Five Letters online with friends?
Yes. Open Five Letters and choose Play online to join everyone playing it right now: up to 4 players a round, all starting together, and the highest score wins. When nobody else is on, computer players marked as bots hold the empty seats, and a real player always takes a bot's place. To play only with friends, make a private room and share its 4-character code. Online play needs a free parent account with a verified email, and players see only each other's nicknames and scores: there is no chat.