- 2026年8月15日(土) 00:09
#461
The missing part of the original game is the possibility to challenge a friend using the word that you have chosen yourself. Everyone played the same game, then compared scores. End of the story. It was fine, but it had lacked an interactive part.
The ability to invite your friend to play Wordle using the word that you have chosen will completely change the nature of the game. Now the game becomes not just the competition for the highest score but the enjoyment of watching the friend trying to solve your word.
How it works
The process takes about twenty seconds. In https://wordleunlimited.dev/, you go to the Challenge a Friend section, and you'll see this form.
Field Required? What it does
Hidden word Yes The word your friend has to guess
Your name No Shows your friend who challenged them
Time limit No One or two minutes, or no limit at all
Hints No Reveals two letters at random positions
First, you enter the word you are going to use in your challenge. This is the only mandatory field in the form. All others can be left blank if you're in hurry.
Then you enter your name as it will be seen in the challenge to help your friend recognize who challenged him/her.
Next, you set the time limit. It is an optional field. You may let your friend guess the word in one or two minutes or leave no limit at all, giving the player unlimited amount of time.
Then you decide if you want to give hints or not. If you do, you give two letters of the word you have chosen at random positions. It is highly recommended to check this option if you've chosen particularly cruel word.
Press Create, and you'll get the link to the challenge. There's also the Share button that will allow you to send the link directly to the application you are using or you can copy-paste the link wherever you want.
What happens on the other side
Your friend clicks the link, and he/she will see the invitation from you with your name. Your friend accepts the challenge, and the board is loaded with your word behind it. Six guesses, the usual feedback from the green, orange and grey tiles, and the time limit, if you've set one.
When the word is solved, the player receives the Share button that will send the results of the game back to you. The results will show how many guesses were needed to solve it and what was the word. Your friend will also have an option to challenge you back, thus starting the chain of challenges.
Choosing a Good Word
Now, the game begins. Most people commit the mistake when doing the challenge for the first time choosing the word that no one knows. It is not a challenge but the time wasted and the end of any ongoing interaction.
The words that work the best are common enough to be guessed but structurally difficult. Here are the features that make the word hard to guess:
Words with repeated letters. Speed, Glass, Melee and Error are the examples of the words that spoil the pattern that the player has created, since the orange tile cannot distinguish between one letter and two.
Words with uncommon letters in common words. Jolly, Fuzzy and Waltz are the examples of the words that have letters that are never tried until the last moments of the game.
Words that belong to the crowded families. Words ending with atch, ight or ound will leave your friend with a great number of choices to make and nothing to distinguish.
Using hints become merciful in this case.
Finally, the best way to choose the word is personal. Something that has a special meaning for you both. The inside joke, the name of the place that you both know, the name of the pet. The happiness of guessing will be worth more than any difficulty.
Where This Actually Gets Used
Obviously, the way to use it is to send one to your friend via messaging app and wait for a reply in twenty minutes. But there's quite another way that works best.
The couples challenge each other with such games every day. The parents give words that their children learn recently thus turning homework into the game without annoying the kid. The teachers post the links to the challenges for words that their classes learned. The friends play the chain games challenging each other.
The common point of all these ways of using is that it fills the gaps. It takes twenty seconds to create and a few minutes to play, thus fitting perfectly the bus ride or ten minutes before bed.
Practical details
No accounts are needed at either end. You don't need to register to create the challenge, and the person you're challenging doesn't need to register either. All you need is the link.
It works in browser at https://wordleunlimited.dev/, thus being platform-independent and working equally well on the phones and laptops.
The word length is also flexible in this case, which is useful in case you create challenges for your kids. Three-letter word for a six-year-old child is quite different from the seven-letter word for an adult, and they're all available from the same place.
And if the challenge format looks good for you but you need a faster game version, the multiplayer rooms at Wordle Unlimited are what you need.
The ability to invite your friend to play Wordle using the word that you have chosen will completely change the nature of the game. Now the game becomes not just the competition for the highest score but the enjoyment of watching the friend trying to solve your word.
How it works
The process takes about twenty seconds. In https://wordleunlimited.dev/, you go to the Challenge a Friend section, and you'll see this form.
Field Required? What it does
Hidden word Yes The word your friend has to guess
Your name No Shows your friend who challenged them
Time limit No One or two minutes, or no limit at all
Hints No Reveals two letters at random positions
First, you enter the word you are going to use in your challenge. This is the only mandatory field in the form. All others can be left blank if you're in hurry.
Then you enter your name as it will be seen in the challenge to help your friend recognize who challenged him/her.
Next, you set the time limit. It is an optional field. You may let your friend guess the word in one or two minutes or leave no limit at all, giving the player unlimited amount of time.
Then you decide if you want to give hints or not. If you do, you give two letters of the word you have chosen at random positions. It is highly recommended to check this option if you've chosen particularly cruel word.
Press Create, and you'll get the link to the challenge. There's also the Share button that will allow you to send the link directly to the application you are using or you can copy-paste the link wherever you want.
What happens on the other side
Your friend clicks the link, and he/she will see the invitation from you with your name. Your friend accepts the challenge, and the board is loaded with your word behind it. Six guesses, the usual feedback from the green, orange and grey tiles, and the time limit, if you've set one.
When the word is solved, the player receives the Share button that will send the results of the game back to you. The results will show how many guesses were needed to solve it and what was the word. Your friend will also have an option to challenge you back, thus starting the chain of challenges.
Choosing a Good Word
Now, the game begins. Most people commit the mistake when doing the challenge for the first time choosing the word that no one knows. It is not a challenge but the time wasted and the end of any ongoing interaction.
The words that work the best are common enough to be guessed but structurally difficult. Here are the features that make the word hard to guess:
Words with repeated letters. Speed, Glass, Melee and Error are the examples of the words that spoil the pattern that the player has created, since the orange tile cannot distinguish between one letter and two.
Words with uncommon letters in common words. Jolly, Fuzzy and Waltz are the examples of the words that have letters that are never tried until the last moments of the game.
Words that belong to the crowded families. Words ending with atch, ight or ound will leave your friend with a great number of choices to make and nothing to distinguish.
Using hints become merciful in this case.
Finally, the best way to choose the word is personal. Something that has a special meaning for you both. The inside joke, the name of the place that you both know, the name of the pet. The happiness of guessing will be worth more than any difficulty.
Where This Actually Gets Used
Obviously, the way to use it is to send one to your friend via messaging app and wait for a reply in twenty minutes. But there's quite another way that works best.
The couples challenge each other with such games every day. The parents give words that their children learn recently thus turning homework into the game without annoying the kid. The teachers post the links to the challenges for words that their classes learned. The friends play the chain games challenging each other.
The common point of all these ways of using is that it fills the gaps. It takes twenty seconds to create and a few minutes to play, thus fitting perfectly the bus ride or ten minutes before bed.
Practical details
No accounts are needed at either end. You don't need to register to create the challenge, and the person you're challenging doesn't need to register either. All you need is the link.
It works in browser at https://wordleunlimited.dev/, thus being platform-independent and working equally well on the phones and laptops.
The word length is also flexible in this case, which is useful in case you create challenges for your kids. Three-letter word for a six-year-old child is quite different from the seven-letter word for an adult, and they're all available from the same place.
And if the challenge format looks good for you but you need a faster game version, the multiplayer rooms at Wordle Unlimited are what you need.