About Don't Just Guess
The word game that never says "come back tomorrow".
Why this game exists
Daily word games taught millions of people to love a very specific five-minute ritual - and then told them to wait 24 hours for more. Don't Just Guess exists for everyone who finished the daily puzzle and thought: again. It keeps the part people love (six guesses, colored tiles, the little rush when the row turns green) and removes the part nobody asked for (the waiting).
What makes it different
- Truly unlimited - a new word the instant a round ends. Pressing Enter after a win starts the next round.
- Five board sizes - from a kid-friendly 3-letter mode to a punishing 7-letter board, each with its own curated answer pool.
- A daily too - one shared word per day with streak tracking, kept separate from unlimited stats.
- Classic hard mode for purists who want every clue enforced.
- A word journal - every answer you meet is saved with its dictionary definition, so your vocabulary grows as a side effect of playing.
- Respectful by default - free, no account, no download, dark and light themes, a high-contrast palette for color-vision accessibility, reduced-motion support, and full keyboard play.
- Installable and offline-capable - after your first visit it works without a connection.
Under the hood
Don't Just Guess is a hand-built, dependency-free web game - plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript, no frameworks and no account system. Your statistics live in your browser's local storage and never leave your device.
The dictionaries are compiled from open-license word lists: the dwyl/english-words project (The Unlicense) supplies the valid-guess dictionaries, and the answer pools are drawn from the most common English words per the google-10000-english list, hand-filtered for fairness and family-friendliness at every board size. Word-journal definitions come from the free Free Dictionary API, with deeper links to Wiktionary.
Advertising
The site is free to play and supported by a small number of display ads. Ads are clearly labelled, kept away from the game controls, and governed by our privacy policy, where you can also manage your consent choices.
Contact
Found a bug? Convinced a word is missing from the dictionary? Want to say hi? Email aks1706hay@gmail.com - we read everything.
Fair play and trademarks
Don't Just Guess is an independent game. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with Wordle or The New York Times Company. WORDLE is a registered trademark of The New York Times Company, referenced on this site only to describe the style of game. Game mechanics are not subject to copyright; everything here - code, design, word lists and text - is an original implementation built from the open-license sources credited above.