Yorkle
Guess the daily word!
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How to Play
To play, type letters on your keyboard or tap the on-screen keys. Press Enter (or tap “Enter”) to submit your guess. Press Backspace/Delete (or tap “Delete”) to remove a letter. Each guess must be a valid word of the chosen length. You have 6 attempts to find today’s word.
- Green: correct letter, correct position.
- Orange: correct letter, wrong position.
- Gray: letter not in word.
Daily Reset
A new puzzle will begin each day at --:-- UK time.
Scoring (Out of 100)
Quick Summary
Earn up to 100 points based on guess efficiency, green-letter accuracy, and a speed bonus. If you get no greens or yellows, your score is 0. Guess the word with your first guess and you get a flawless 100!
Full Breakdown
- Base by guesses: 1=100 | 2=90 | 3=80 | 4=70 | 5=60 | 6=50
- Tile bonus (0–5): (Greens × 1 + Yellows × 0.5) ÷ Word Length × 5
- Time penalty (0–10): –2 pts per minute (max –10)
- Loss floor: Unsolved games still get at least 20% of their base guess score
- Max cap: Only a first-guess win can reach 100.
Sharing Results
Use the Share button to open My Results in the Hub. There you can choose word lengths, optionally show answers, and copy a text version of the same result you are viewing.
Terms of Play
1. General
Yorkle (the “Game”) is provided for personal, non-commercial entertainment only. By playing, you confirm you are at least 13 years old and agree to these terms.
2. Word Content & Offensive Language
We use a curated word list. Despite filtering, some words may be considered offensive. Book York Ltd does not endorse any offensive meaning and disclaims liability for any distress caused by such words.
3. User Conduct
You must not cheat, reverse-engineer, automate or otherwise subvert the Game’s fairness. Any use of bots, scripts or unauthorised assistance is prohibited.
4. Intellectual Property & Copyright
All code, assets, word lists and related materials are © 2025 Book York Ltd. You have a limited licence to play only; you may not copy, distribute, adapt or republish any part without written permission.
5. Disclaimer & Limitation of Liability
The Game is provided “as is” and “as available.” No warranty of uptime, accuracy or fitness for purpose is made. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Book York Ltd is not liable for any loss or damage arising from use of the Game.
6. Privacy
The Game stores progress in your browser and may also send limited profile and gameplay data to our servers to support online leaderboards, recovery, groups and synced history/statistics. Recovery keys should be kept private and secure.
7. Changes to These Terms
We may update these terms at any time without notice. Continued use of the Game after any change constitutes acceptance of the new terms.
8. Governing Law
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. If any provision is found invalid, the remainder stays in full effect.
Statistics
Guess Distribution
This will ERASE all of your statistics for -letter words. This cannot be undone. Proceed?
Transfer stats
Use this to move your totals between Yorkle versions. Import replaces your current totals. This only affects statistics, not today’s grid progress.
Invite your friends to play!
Tap Copy, paste anywhere, and see who tops today’s score. Tick “Show Answers” for a screenshot-friendly view.
Yorkle Hub
Groups, stats and results together.
Advanced options
Clears Yorkle data from this browser and reloads from your synced profile where available. This does not delete your online profile, groups or submitted scores. Today’s answers may reappear after reload.
This clears Yorkle data from this browser and reloads from your synced profile where available. This does not delete your online profile, groups or submitted scores. Today’s answers may reappear after reload.
Ends the current Yorkle session on this browser and clears this browser’s saved Yorkle data.
Before signing out, copy and save a recovery key somewhere safe. You will need it if you want to restore this profile later.
Use the button below to jump back to Profile and copy a recovery key first, if you may need to restore this profile later.
Permanently deletes this Yorkle profile and its online data, then clears this browser’s saved Yorkle data.
This is the full wipe option. It permanently deletes this Yorkle profile, its recovery key, group memberships, synced results and online data. If you own any groups with other members, transfer ownership first. Groups you own alone will be deleted.
This cannot be undone. Once deleted, this Yorkle profile and its online data are gone for good, the recovery key will no longer work, and this browser’s saved Yorkle data will be cleared.
How to Play
Rules, scoring & terms.
The basics
Type letters on your keyboard or tap the on-screen keys. Press Enter to submit a guess and Delete or Backspace to remove a letter. Each guess must be a valid word of the chosen length and you have 6 attempts.
- Green - correct letter, correct position.
- Orange - correct letter, wrong position.
- Grey - letter not in the word.
Scoring
Scores are out of 100 and are based on guess efficiency, green-letter progress and speed. If you get no greens or oranges, your score is 0. A first-guess solve is the only way to hit 100.
Quick breakdown
- Base by guesses: 1=100, 2=90, 3=80, 4=70, 5=60, 6=50
- Tile bonus: greens and oranges add up to 5 extra points
- Time penalty: -2 points per minute, up to -10
- Loss floor: unsolved games still keep at least 20% of their base guess score
Reset and terms
The timer above the game shows when the next puzzle begins. Yorkle is for personal, non-commercial play. Do not automate, script or interfere with the fairness of the game. Progress is stored on your device and some profile and score data may also be synced online for groups, recovery and history.
Profile
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Guest
3 to 20 characters. Letters, numbers and underscore only.
Copy a recovery key on the device you usually play on and save it somewhere safe. Do not share it with anyone. It acts like your sign-in for Yorkle, so you can paste it on another device to restore the same profile and keep playing across multiple devices.
My results
Your selected puzzle will appear here.
Show answers is on. Use a screenshot to share this view.
Leave time penalties off unless that word length is closed for everyone, or you are sharing an older puzzle.
My groups
Open a group to view its board.
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Join or create a group
Use a code to join a group, or start one of your own.
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