If you’ve played Wordle, you know the satisfying feeling of solving a puzzle. But I found myself needing more of a challenge, and that’s where Dordle comes in. It’s two five-letter Wordle puzzles running at the exact same time, and you only get seven guesses to solve both of them. It’s a twist that completely changes how you think about your first few moves.
The Double Guess Rule
When you first open the game, you’ll see two separate word grids side-by-side.
You start by typing a five-letter word into the input box. That single word you type is submitted as a guess to both grids simultaneously. Each grid then gives you feedback using colored tiles, which is the key to solving the puzzle:
- If a tile turns Green, that letter is correct and sitting in the right spot for that specific word.
- If a tile turns Yellow, the letter is in that word, but you have it in the wrong place.
The catch is that you only have seven chances total to use the clues from both grids to figure out both mystery words. Once you solve one word, your remaining guesses are still applied to the other unsolved word until you run out of turns.
My Strategy for Winning Every Time
The biggest mistake a new player makes is trying to solve the two words sequentially. You can’t afford that with only seven guesses. The secret to Dordle is playing an “information bomb” at the start.
In my experience, you should use your first three guesses to collect as much information as possible for both grids, even if those guesses don’t directly solve anything yet. I use three distinct, vowel-heavy words that use 15 unique letters in total.
- First Word: Something with common vowels and consonants, like ‘A-R-I-S-E’ or ‘A-D-I-E-U’.
- Second Word: Use four new, high-frequency consonants, like ‘C-L-O-U-T’ or ‘S-T-O-N-E’.
- Third Word: Your last chance to confirm letter placement, like ‘D-R-Y-N-O’ or ‘G-A-M-Y’.
After those first three guesses, you have five letters confirmed for one word and five confirmed for the other, drastically narrowing down your choices. You can then spend your remaining four guesses trying to solve each puzzle individually.
Game Options and Why I Play
Dordle offers two ways to play, and I use both depending on how much time I have:
- Daily Dordle: This is the main event. Everyone worldwide gets the same two words each day, which is great for competing and comparing scores with friends.
- Free Dordle: When I really want to practice a strategy or just need a quick word fix, I jump into this mode. It gives you unlimited, randomized puzzles without waiting for the next day.
Juggling two puzzles at the same time is what makes Dordle so satisfying. It forces you to think spatially about where letters fit in both grids, which is the whole point of the game. If you want to try it out, you can find the game easily by visiting its official website.
For players who enjoy this type of simultaneous puzzle logic, great alternatives include Quordle or Octordle.
