This is a sleek and simple word guessing game. Choose a word length and try to guess each word within 6 tries. See if you can successfully guess all 5 words.
Choose a word length to solve. Words can be 4, 5, or 6 letters long.
Each time you type in a word, the letters receive a color code that shows whether they’re in the word.
Use hints to eliminate letters if you’re ever stuck.
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Guess Word Game for Kids Video Game Play Instructions
How to Play
You have 6 tries to identify the English word on the spaces provided. Use the color of the letters to help you identify what the word could be.
Starting the Game
On the welcome screen, select Play to begin.
Choose the number of letters in each word. You can guess words with up to 6 letters.
Select the gear button on the top right corner to open the following options:
Speaker button: Turns the game’s audio on or off
Enlarge button: Let’s you switch between windowed and full-screen modes
Game Controls
Desktop
With your keyboard, type in the letters onscreen.
Touchscreen devices
Tap on the letters on the onscreen keyboard with your fingers.
Controls and indicators
The spaces you put your guesses in occupy the center of the screen.
The top left corner shows the number of words you need to solve.
On the center right are 2 options:
Hint
Give Up
The gear button is found on the top right corner.
Speaker button
Enlarge button
Exit button: Quits the game and returns you to the welcome screen
Game Play
Basic rules
Guess the word within 6 tries.
Type in the letters to make a guess.
Only English words found in the game’s dictionary count.
Each guess you make will reveal whether a letter is part of the word or not. Check the guide for more details.
The keyboard at the bottom center also serves to keep track of the letters.
Guess all 5 words to win.
Scoring
The scoring in this game for each individual word is subtractive.
You start each question with 100 points.
Each time you make a guess, you lose points.
You also lose points for using hints.
Your final score is cumulative across all the words.
Guide
Black letters aren’t part of the word.
Orange letters are in the word, but are in the wrong place.
Green letters are in the correct place.
Hints
You get one hint per word.
Each hint will cut back on the number of letters shown onscreen.
Target Audience
The game is suited for players who like word spelling games.
The game has no adult themed content.
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Mobile Friendly Cross Browser Support
This game is rendered in mobile-friendly HTML5, so it offers cross-device gameplay. You can play it on mobile devices like Apple iPhones, Google Android powered cell phones from manufactures like Samsung, tablets like the iPad or Kindle Fire, laptops, and Windows-powered desktop computers. All game files are stored locally in your web browser cache. This game works in Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and other modern web browsers.
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