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Today’s puzzle Verdle

Today’s word is on the press

One Singlish or Manglish word. Six guesses. The same edition for every reader, from Jurong to Jalan Alor.

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Play today’s VerdleSpicy edition 18+Same rules, saltier vocabulary

Guess the word, then watch each letter pressed onto the page: verdigris when it sits in the right place, ochre when it’s in the word but elsewhere, graphite when it isn’t there at all.

Lah, leh, lor and every makan word in between: if you’d say it at the kopitiam, it could be the answer.

Also in print

Verdle · New edition

Verdle Makan

A daily food word: hawker dishes, kuih, sambals and what you order at the kopitiam. Solve it and the paper tells you what you have been eating.

Verdle · New edition

Verdle Places

A daily place name from Malaysia and Singapore: towns, neighbourhoods, islands and hills, spelled the way the road signs have them.

Verdle · New edition

Verdle Kampung

A daily word from the old days: congkak and gasing, festivals, the kampung house on stilts and the people you met on the way to the sundry shop.

Verdle · New edition

Verdle US

The same game in American slang, from Gen Z and hip-hop to Southern drawl and Yiddish. A new word at midnight New York time.

Verdle · New edition

Verdle UK

British slang, from London roadman talk to Geordie, Scouse, Scots and Welsh, with a bit of rhyming slang. A new word at midnight UK time.

Verdle · New edition

Verdle Aus

Australian slang: the arvo, the servo, the footy, and a few words from Aboriginal languages and Aboriginal English. A new word at midnight Sydney time.

Verdle · New edition

Verdle India

Indian slang and Hinglish in Roman letters, from jugaad and bindaas to Bollywood, cricket and campus talk. A new word at midnight India time.

Verdle · New edition

Verdle Pakistan

Pakistani slang in Roman Urdu: Karachi, Lahore and Pindi talk, cricket, chai and wedding season. A new word at midnight Pakistan time.

In the next editions

Puzzle · In preparation

Lah-nections

Group the words that belong together. Simple enough, until lah, leh and lor all insist on sitting at the same table.

Quiz · In preparation

Kiasu Meter

A short, honest quiz that measures how much you hate to lose out. Naturally, you will want to take it first.

Questions from readers

What is soh.ai?
soh.ai is a small press of free daily games for Singapore and Malaysia, played in the way we actually talk. Every game prints one edition a day, the same for every reader, with no accounts and no endless feed.
What games can I play on soh.ai?
Verdle, the daily Singlish and Manglish word puzzle, is in print now at soh.ai/verdle. Lah-nections, a word-grouping puzzle, and the Kiasu Meter, a short quiz, are in preparation.
What is Verdle?
Verdle is a free daily word puzzle from soh.ai, built on Singlish and Manglish, the everyday English of Singapore and Malaysia. There is one hidden word a day, the same for every reader, and you have six guesses to find it.
How do you play Verdle?
Type any word of the day’s length and press Enter. Each letter is then inked: verdigris (green) when it is in the right place, ochre when it is in the word but somewhere else, and graphite when it is not in the word at all. Use the ink to close in on the word within six guesses.
How many letters is today’s word?
It changes every day, from four to seven letters. The board is set to the day’s length before you start, so you always know how many letters to find.
When is a new Verdle puzzle released?
A new edition is printed at midnight Singapore time (UTC+8), the same moment for every reader: 4 PM in London in winter, 11 AM in New York. Every edition is numbered: No. 1 was 1 January 2025.
Can I play past Verdle puzzles?
Yes. Every back issue since No. 1 can be played at its own address, such as soh.ai/verdle/2025-01-01, or picked from the back-issues calendar in the game. Back issues never count towards your streak.
Is Verdle the same as Wordle?
Verdle belongs to the same family of guess-the-word games, with its own twists: the answers are Singlish and Manglish words, the length changes every day from four to seven letters, and any spelling goes. Verdle is an independent game by soh.ai and is not affiliated with The New York Times or Wordle.

The full rules · Every Verdle back issue

About soh.ai

soh.ai is a small press of daily games for Singapore and Malaysia. Every game prints one edition a day, the same for every reader, so you can compare notes over lunch. No feeds, no endless scroll. Play, share your grid, then go and makan.

The name is a joke. The puzzles are serious.