How to Play 4-Word Guess: Rules and First Moves
In a 4-word guess game you hunt for four hidden 5-letter words at the same time with 9 tries. Every word you type goes on all four boards, and each board colours it for its own answer: orange for the right spot, teal for elsewhere in that word, dark for not in that word. A board stops when you solve it; solve all four within 9 tries to win (8 words get 13 tries).
The idea
Word Guess Quad is a 5-letter word game played on four boards at once with one keyboard. If you have played a five-letter word game before, the colours work the same way; the twist is that each guess counts on every board. The best-known game of this kind is Quordle; on GameLake it is free, in 8 languages and has a daily puzzle.
Play it here: Word Guess Quad.
One guess, four answers
Say the four hidden words are TRAIL, CLOUD, PLANT and HOUSE, and your first guess is RAISE. Each board colours RAISE for its own word:
That is the whole trick: one word gives you four sets of clues, so a guess that is wrong everywhere is still useful.
Rules
- Type a real 5-letter word and press Enter. It is checked against the word list and then goes on every open board.
- Orange: right letter, right spot. Teal with a dot: the letter is in that board's word but somewhere else. Dark: not in that board's word (or not as many times as you typed it).
- When you type a board's word, that board is solved and stops; the others keep going.
- You have 9 tries for four boards. Solve all four to win.
- In the 8 words mode you have 13 tries for eight boards.
Reading the keyboard
Each key on the keyboard carries one small patch per board: top left is board 1, top right board 2, bottom left board 3 and bottom right board 4 (eight patches in 8-word mode). The patch shows what that letter did on that board, so a quick look at E tells you whether it is orange on one board, teal on another and dark on the rest. Patches go blank once a board is solved.
The Daily
The Daily is four words, the same for everyone playing in your language that day. Finish it to keep your daily streak, then play as many practice games as you like with 4 or 8 words.
Frequently asked questions
How many tries do you get in a 4-word guess game?
9 tries for four words. In 8-word mode you get 13 tries for eight words.
Does every guess count on every board?
Yes, on every board that is still open. Once you solve a board, it stops taking guesses.
What do orange and teal mean?
Orange means the right letter in the right spot for that board's word; teal (with a dot) means the letter is in that word but in another spot.
Can the four words share letters?
Yes. The words are picked independently, so the same letter can be orange on one board and dark on another.
Is there a new puzzle every day?
Yes: the Daily is four words, the same for everyone in your language each day.