The rules, step by step
- One secret five-letter word, the same for everyone today. You have six guesses.
- Every guess must be a real word. After it lands, each letter tells you what it knows: green is in the right place, amber is in the word somewhere else, grey is not in it.
- The keyboard remembers — letters wear their best verdict so far.
- The clock counts UP. The daily board ranks the fewest rows first, then the fastest solve.
- Play it alone or with one friend on a second phone — you share one grid, either of you can play a row, and you watch each other type. Same leaderboard either way. Three or more at the table race on a fresh word instead, each on your own grid.
Scoring and the fiddly bits
Daily ranking
The board sorts by the number of guesses first and solve time second.
Questions about Five Letters
Is Five Letters free?
Yes. Every game on Table Party is free, with no accounts, no adverts and nothing to buy.
How many people do you need for Five Letters?
Between 1 and 12. Below 1 there are not enough of you for the game to work. Table Party for Teams seats up to 100 in one room.
Do we need to download anything?
No. One person opens the site and starts a room; everybody else joins by typing the room code on their own phone. Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.
Can we play Five Letters over a video call?
Yes. Share the room code in the chat and play with the call running — everything private stays on each player’s own phone.
Play Five Letters online
Free, in the browser, with everyone on their own phone.