German Wordle
Guess the hidden 5-letter German word in six tries. A new word every day — and every answer comes with its article, meaning and pronunciation.
How to play German Wordle
You have six guesses to find a hidden five-letter German word. Every guess has to be a real German word. When you submit one, each tile is coloured to tell you how close you were:
- Green — the letter is in the word and in the correct position.
- Yellow — the letter is in the word, but somewhere else.
- Grey — the letter is not in the word.
If a letter appears twice in your guess but only once in the answer, only one copy is coloured — the rest stay grey. Everybody in the world gets the same word each day, and the next puzzle unlocks at midnight Berlin time.
Umlauts: Ä, Ö and Ü are their own letters
Most German Wordle clones quietly strip umlauts out. This one keeps them, because the difference between schon (already) and schön (beautiful) is exactly the kind of thing worth drilling. Ä is scored separately from A, so a green Ä really means Ä.
You do not need a German keyboard. Use the Ä, Ö and Ü keys under the grid, or type the plain vowel and let the game work it out — BAUME resolves to BÄUME, since BAUME is not a German word on its own.
Learn the word, not just the puzzle
Guessing a word you cannot use is a wasted rep. When the round ends, this game shows you the answer with its article (der, die or das), its English translation, its CEFR level from A1 to B1, and a button to hear it spoken. Noun genders are one of the hardest parts of German, and this is a painless place to pick them up.
Want more? Try Article Blitz to drill der/die/das at speed, Word Ladder to build words one letter at a time, or the free German level test to find out where you stand.
Frequently asked questions
What is German Wordle?+
German Wordle is a daily word puzzle in German. You get six tries to guess a hidden five-letter German word. After each guess the tiles change colour: green means the letter is correct and in the right place, yellow means the letter is in the word but somewhere else, and grey means the letter is not in the word at all. A new word appears every day at midnight Berlin time, and everyone plays the same word.
How do umlauts work in German Wordle?+
Ä, Ö and Ü are treated as their own letters, so Ä does not match A. That is deliberate: telling BAR from BÄR is a real German skill. If your keyboard has no umlaut keys, just type the plain vowel — BAUME is read as BÄUME, because BAUME is not itself a German word. When both spellings exist, such as SCHON and SCHÖN, what you type is what you get, so use the on-screen Ä, Ö and Ü keys to be sure.
Is there a German version of the NYT Wordle?+
Yes. This game follows the same six-guess, five-letter format that the New York Times Wordle made popular, but every answer is a German word drawn from A1 to B1 vocabulary. It is free, needs no account, and runs in the browser on phone and desktop. It is not affiliated with the New York Times.
Does it help me actually learn German?+
That is the point of this version. When the round ends you get the word with its article — der, die or das — its English meaning, its CEFR level, and a button to hear it pronounced. Guessing the word is the game; learning the gender and meaning is what you keep.
Why are there no words with ß?+
In German, ß becomes SS when written in capitals, so a five-letter word like außen would need six tiles once uppercased. Because the grid is a fixed five tiles wide, words containing ß are left out of the answer list entirely.
Is German Wordle free?+
Yes, completely free with no sign-up. Your streak and statistics are stored in your own browser. If you want more German practice, the Deutschwunder app adds hundreds of quizzes and a full set of learning games.
Wordle is a trademark of The New York Times Company. This game is an independent German-language word puzzle and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to The New York Times.