TagTeam — two-player daily word relay

Six guesses total, split between two players on one five-letter word. Player A takes odd turns (1, 3, 5), Player B takes even turns (2, 4, 6). Pass the phone or copy the turn link—your board state travels with the URL. Daily matches everyone worldwide; Quickplay is endless practice.

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TagTeam

Take turns solving today’s 5-letter word. 6 guesses total. Pass the link!

Start a game

You'll send the link to your friend after you play your first word.

How TagTeam Works

TagTeam is a cooperative word puzzle. Instead of competing to solve the word faster, you work together on a single shared board.

  1. Enter names for Player A and Player B, then tap Start Game.
  2. Player A takes odd turns (1, 3, 5). Player B takes even turns (2, 4, 6).
  3. After your guess, send the turn link to your partner. The board state travels with the link!

Co-op Strategy Guide

  • The "Burner" Guess: If you (Player A) are stuck on Turn 3, don't waste a guess just to see green lights. Play a word with 5 completely new letters to give Player B more information for Turn 4.
  • Don't Be Greedy: Sometimes the best move isn't trying to solve the word, but eliminating a common consonant cluster (like "ST" or "CH") to help your partner.
  • Watch the Vowels: Try to clear A, E, I, O, U within the first two rounds (Team Turns 1-2).

Why Cooperative Puzzles?

TagTeam combines verbal fluency (finding words) with Theory of Mind (anticipating your partner's thoughts). Unlike solo word games, this requires you to simulate your partner's perspective, turning a solitary brain exercise into a social connection.

A Turn-by-Turn Example

Say you open with CRANE and the board shows the R in the right spot (green) and an A that belongs somewhere else (yellow). Before you fire off a second guess, think about what your partner will need. A strong follow-up like SPOIL tests five brand-new letters while keeping the known R in mind — so when the link lands in your partner's chat, they inherit two guesses' worth of clues instead of one. That hand-off is the whole game: every guess is a message to the other player, not just a shot at the answer.

Great For…

  • Long-distance friends and family: relay a puzzle across a group chat with someone in another time zone — no one has to be online at the same moment.
  • Couples and roommates: a two-minute shared ritual you can trade back and forth over morning coffee.
  • Classrooms: pair students and let them narrate their reasoning to each other; it turns spelling and vocabulary practice into a conversation.
  • Kids and grandparents: the pass-and-play format levels the field across ages and works on a single phone.

Daily vs. Quickplay

  • Daily Mode: The same word for everyone worldwide. Resets at your local midnight.
  • Quickplay: Unlimited random puzzles. Perfect for practicing or long car rides.

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