Today’s puzzle · Verdle No. 679
Today’s word has five letters
Verdle is the daily word puzzle in Singlish and Manglish. One word, six guesses, the same edition for every reader, from Jurong to Jalan Alor.
How to play
- Guess the day’s hidden Singlish or Manglish word in six tries. It is four to seven letters long; the board shows how many.
- Type any word of that length, in any spelling, and press Enter.
- Each letter is inked: verdigris when it is in the right place, ochre when it is in the word but elsewhere, graphite when it isn’t in the word.
- When the game ends, win or lose, the paper prints the word’s meaning, an example and where it comes from.
Also in print
- Verdle Makan: a daily food word.
- Verdle Places: a daily place name.
- Verdle Kampung: a daily kampung word.
Other countries
- Verdle US: a daily American slang word from the United States.
- Verdle UK: a daily British slang word from the United Kingdom.
- Verdle Aus: a daily Aussie slang word from Australia.
- Verdle India: a daily Indian slang word from India.
- Verdle Pakistan: a daily Pakistani slang word from Pakistan.
Questions from readers
- 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.
- Does the spelling matter?
- Singlish and Manglish have no standard spelling, so any guess of the right length is accepted, even an English word or a hunch. The ink is measured against the spelling the day’s answer uses.
- What kind of words are the answers?
- Words you would hear at a kopitiam or a mamak: Malay, Hokkien, Cantonese, Tamil and English as they are used in Singapore and Malaysia. Food, family, exclamations and slang all turn up. When a game ends, win or lose, Verdle prints what the word means, an example of it in use and where it comes from.
- 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 free? Do I need an account?
- Verdle is free and there is nothing to sign up for. Your games, streaks and statistics are kept in your own browser on this device.
- Is there a hard mode?
- Yes. Turn on hard mode in Settings and every hint you uncover must be used in your later guesses: green letters stay in place and ochre letters must appear somewhere.
- 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.