Two players · word game by text
Secret Word Duel
Pick a secret word. Guess your friend’s before they guess yours. Fewest guesses wins.
Your word
How to play Secret Word Duel
It’s a word guessing game for two, played by text. Each of you picks a secret word, and you race to work out the other’s word in as few guesses as you can.
- Choose 5 letters (6 guesses each) or 6 letters (7 guesses each), pick your secret word and tap Send.
- Your friend opens the link, picks their own secret word and makes the first guess at yours.
- Then you take turns: one guess, then send it back. Your friend never sees your word, and you never see theirs.
- Green is the right letter in the right spot, yellow is in the word but somewhere else, and grey isn’t in the word (or not that many times).
- You can also watch their progress: their guesses at your word, letters and colours, as they close in.
Fair turns, no clock
Whoever picks a word first guesses second, and the game only ends after a full round. If your friend finds your word on their third guess, you still get your third guess: get theirs and it’s a tie. Fewer guesses wins. Nobody solves within the limit? That’s a tie too, and both words are revealed. There’s no timer, so take as long as you like.
Tips
- Pick a word with a repeated letter or an unusual pattern (like JAZZY or LLAMA) to slow your friend down.
- Open with a word full of common letters, like SLATE or CRANE, to find vowels fast.
- Use the coloured keyboard: grey keys are letters you can rule out.
More word games with friends: Edgewise, Word Weave, Chess and all word games.