Squareword
Twenty five hidden letters make five words across and five down. The Squareword game has no guess limit, so today's challenge is filling the square in as few tries as you can.
Opens the real game on squareword.org. Free, in a new tab.
How Squareword works
Type a word. Enter any valid 5 letter word. It is checked against every across word in the square.
Watch the greens. Letters that land in the right square turn green and stay there.
Read the yellow box. At the end of each row, a yellow box lists letters that belong in that row but are not placed yet.
Fill the square. Keep guessing until all twenty five letters are uncovered.
Squareword or Squardle
Both use a 5 by 5 grid, but they feel different. Squardle has only six words, with blank squares between them, and a guess count that runs out. Squareword fills every square with letters, so all ten words cross each other, and you can take as many guesses as you need. That makes Squareword more about efficiency than survival.
Squareword counts every guess, so a careful guess that clears two rows beats two quick guesses.
Keyboard colors
| Color | Meaning |
|---|---|
| White | Not guessed yet |
| Grey | Not in the square |
| Yellow | Some of this letter is still unplaced |
| Green | Every copy of this letter is placed |
Common Squareword questions
How many guesses do I get?
There is no limit. Your score is how many guesses you needed, so fewer is better.
What does a yellow letter on the keyboard mean?
Some copies of that letter are still to be placed somewhere in the square.
Do my guesses fill the down words?
Guesses are checked against the across words, but every green letter also builds a down word.
Where can I find Squareword hints today?
Megadle keeps today's square a secret. The game's own hints are the best ones: the yellow box at the end of each row and the keyboard colors.
Squareword strategy
- Use the down words too. Once a column has three greens, it often has only one possible word.
- The keyboard shows grey for letters not in the square at all, so avoid them.
- Press the guess count button to look back at your earlier guesses.
- Open with a word full of common letters like E, A, R, S and T to light up many rows at once.
- When a row's yellow box shows only one or two letters, focus your next guess on that row.
Squareword in numbers
- Grid
- 5 by 5 letters
- Words
- 5 across and 5 down
- Guess limit
- None, fewer guesses is better
- Guesses fill
- The across words
- Clue box
- Each row lists its letters not yet placed
- Price
- Free in the browser
- Category
- Word games, word grids
Facts checked on 2026-11-09. Squareword belongs to Squareword. Megadle is not linked to it.