Generate a seed for any specific word in the chosen pool. Share with friends or replay yourself.
Guess the five-letter word in six tries. Tile colors:
Seven difficulty tiers, smallest to largest:
Insane uses the full 45,710-word list by default. Settings has a toggle to switch to the 20,081-word standard list (excludes the 25,629 proper-noun entries).
Lighting (Settings) — Light, Auto (follows your OS), or Dark.
Practice mode (Settings → Extras) marks games as Practice — no stats recorded; the Stats icon dims with a slash overlay.
Minimal mode (Settings) hides the Advanced panel, footer details, and the Stats icon for a stripped-down look. Does not change stat recording behavior.
Color-blind palette (Settings) swaps green/yellow tile colors with orange/blue. Toggle names stay the same.
Difficulty toggles
Force ("Greens"), Force ("Yellows"), Force No Grays, Strict dictionary add constraints.
Enabling any will show a red STRICT badge near New Game. Stats still saved.
Helpers
Repeat counts, Words remaining, Letter reveal, Undo guess, Allow N guesses, Infinite guesses reveal information or extend guesses.
Enabling any will show an orange PRACTICE badge. Stats not saved. A helper that was on for any guess keeps that game in Practice even if you switch it off.
Win consecutive games to build a streak. The Stats icon transforms into a tier emoji as your streak grows:
Each mode keeps its own streak; a loss resets that mode's streak. Practice games don't affect it. Achievements unlock as one-time milestones and are listed in the Stats modal.
When a game ends, the Stats modal shows a recap card with the answer, your trajectory (how many candidates remained after each guess), and lookup links for the word.
More word fits — toggle near the "Still fitting your clues" line. Expands a per-step breakdown showing up to 52 candidate words that fit after each guess, ordered by tier (most common first).
Emoji Grid — collapsible section near the bottom. Tap Copy in the summary row to copy the share text instantly, or expand to preview what gets copied first.
Provenance — every word carries a category (English word, given name, surname, place, etc.) and a row of lookup buttons (Wiktionary, Merriam-Webster, Wikipedia, Google, plus category-specific extras like Behind the Name, Forebears, Google Maps).
Each game has a seed shown in the footer ("Current seed"): a mode letter plus 5 characters, like R-7OCW7. You can enter your own ("Enter seed"). "Today's word" gives a specific word for the current mode chosen based on the numbers of today's date. It counts once per mode per day; replays are practice.
Settings → Seed gen makes a seed for any specific word in the chosen pool.
Seeds from older versions of Caudal still work; pasting one silently updates to the v4 format.
The first 14,855 words — everything from Baby through Crazy — come from the curated NYT-compatible word list maintained by tabatkins (github.com/tabatkins/wordle-list).
Insane mode adds another ~30,855 words drawn from supplemental sources:
After each game, the recap shows where the answer came from with links to relevant lookup databases (Wiktionary, Merriam-Webster, Wikipedia, Google, plus category-specific extras like Behind the Name, Forebears, Google Maps).