Learn Onedle

Onedle turns Wordle around. Instead of making guesses and reading the colors you get back, you're handed someone else's guesses, already colored, and you name the word they were aimed at.

That makes Onedle a pure deduction puzzle. You don't need luck or a good opening word; everything you need is in the clues. These pages explain how to read them, from the basics to the tricky case of repeated letters, and end with practice puzzles you can solve right here.

• How to playThe rules, what each color means, and a first example.
• Reading the colorsExactly what green, yellow and gray tell you, and what they rule out.
• Repeated lettersHow colors work when a letter appears twice. The rule most players get wrong.
• Combining cluesA step-by-step walkthrough of a three-clue puzzle.
• StrategyWhere to start, how to narrow down candidates, and when to use a hint.
• HistoryFrom Jotto and Mastermind to Wordle and Onedle.
• Practice puzzlesTen puzzles to solve right on the page, answers hidden until you want them.