How to play Football Wordle
Football Wordle is Wordle for football fans: every day one footballer's surname is hidden — the same one worldwide — and you get 6 tries to find it, letter by letter. Free, no sign-up, runs in your browser.
The rules, in 30 seconds
- Check today's length. The word has 4 to 9 letters, and the challenge says how many before your first guess.
- Type a footballer's surname and press Enter — on-screen keyboard or your own.
- Read the colours and try again, combining what you know.
- Solve it in 6 tries. At the end, the game reveals whose name it was.
What each colour means
✔ green the letter is in the word and in the right spot. ≈ yellow the letter is in the word, somewhere else. ✕ grey the letter is not in the word.
Repeated letters follow the classic rule: if the word has a single N and you guessed two, only one lights up — that is how you work out how many times each letter appears.
Which names count as guesses
Any footballer from our list with today's number of letters — thousands of them, from all-time greats to today's stars. The name a player is known by counts: Zidane, Salah, Kane, and also one-word names like Pelé, Cafu or Zlatan. Accents don't count: words use A to Z only, so Pelé is typed PELE.
Three strategies that work
- Open with a vowel-heavy name (A, E, I, O) — football surnames are full of them, and a good first word does half the job.
- Spend the second guess on new letters instead of repeating greys.
- Think about origin. Endings like -EZ, -INHO, -OVIC or -SSON say a lot about where the player is from — and about the letters you are missing.
FAQ
When does the word change?
At midnight, in your device's local time. Everyone plays the same word on the same day.
Is my progress saved?
Yes, in your browser — and separately from Craque Oculto: each game keeps its own stats and streak.
Does sharing spoil the answer?
No. The text is only coloured squares and the score, with no letters at all.
Are there other games?
Yes: Craque Oculto, where you guess the player of the day from their career, club by club, in 8 guesses.