Squardle

Squardle is a daily criss-cross word puzzle where a 5x5 grid hides six words at once, three across and three down. Every guess you type is scored against both a row and a column at the same time, so each entry gives Wordle-style clues in two directions and the boards interlock as you go. It is built to be much harder than standard Wordle, with one fresh grid to crack each day.

What is Squardle?

Squardle is a daily word puzzle that takes the familiar Wordle loop and folds it onto a two-dimensional grid. Instead of one hidden five-letter answer, the standard daily hides six interlocking words on a 5x5 board: three reading across and three reading down. Every five-letter guess you type is placed into both a row and a column at the same time, so a single entry is graded against two hidden words at once, and the 21 lettered squares all need to turn green before you win.

What sets Squardle apart from the long list of Wordle spin-offs is the density of information packed into each tile. Because rows and columns share corner and center letters, confirming one square can lock in part of several words at the same time, and the deductions cascade. The feedback is also richer than a three-color system. Green means a letter sits in exactly the right square, yellow means right row but wrong square, red means right column but wrong square, orange means correct row and column but still the wrong square, white means the letter appears somewhere else on the board, and black means it is not on the board at all. Reading those signals correctly, and remembering which direction each one points, is most of the challenge.

The guess economy is part of the puzzle. You start with 10 guesses and earn one bonus guess for every word you fully turn green, up to five bonus guesses, so playing efficiently literally buys you more attempts. A word counts as solved the moment all of its letters are green, even if you never typed that exact word, which rewards setting up letters indirectly through the crossing lines. The game cycles you through the rows and columns automatically rather than letting you pick where a guess lands, so part of the skill is planning a word that will be useful in whatever slot comes next.

Squardle is made by Pelle, who publishes under the name FurbyFubar at fubargames.se, and it is free and ad-free, supported through an optional Patreon. It runs in the browser with word lists in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German, and Swedish, and offers extras beyond the standard daily, including a larger Squardle XL on a 6x6 grid with eight six-letter words, plus freeplay boards you can run as many times as you like. When you finish, you can share an emoji grid that shows your solving path without spoiling the words, which is the usual way players compare a given day's board. The vibe is genuinely tough and proudly so: it suits people who already find regular Wordle too easy and enjoy long, layered logic puzzles where one good deduction unravels several words at once.

How to play Squardle

1. Type a five-letter word and submit it; the game drops your guess into one row and one column at the same time and grades every square in both directions.
2. Read the colors carefully: green is the exact square, yellow is the right row, red is the right column, orange is the right row and column but wrong square, white means the letter is elsewhere on the board, and black means it is not on the board.
3. Use shared squares to your advantage, since a corner or center tile belongs to both an across word and a down word and confirming it advances two answers at once.
4. Spend your 10 starting guesses to turn whole words green; each fully green word earns a bonus guess, up to five, so solving early extends how long you can play.
5. Keep solving rows and columns until all 21 squares are green, which means every interlocking word is correct and the board is complete.
6. When you finish or run out, share the emoji result grid to compare your solving path with other players for that day's board.

Tips and strategy

• Attack the four corners and the center square first, because each of those tiles is shared by an across word and a down word, so every green you earn there constrains two answers at the same time.
• Treat white clues as cross-reference homework: a white letter is somewhere else on the grid, so try to place it in the perpendicular word that crosses near where it appeared.
• Learn the red versus yellow distinction cold; mixing up right-row (yellow) and right-column (red) is the fastest way to waste a guess, since they push a letter in opposite directions.
• Prioritize words you can almost finish, because completing a word grants a bonus guess, so converting near-solved lines into full greens actively pays for itself.
• Pick early guesses loaded with common crossing letters to light up many squares at once, then switch to targeted words once the grid tells you which letters live where.
• Track multiple-arrow clues with care: when a guess and the answer share more than one copy of a letter, the paired arrows tell you about each copy separately, so resolve them one at a time.

Good to know

Resets

One new daily grid each day

Cost

Free and ad-free (optional Patreon support)

Guesses

10 to start, plus up to 5 bonus (one per solved word)

Board

5x5 grid, 6 words (3 across, 3 down), 21 squares to green

Languages

English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Swedish

Creator

Pelle (FurbyFubar), fubargames.se

Squardle FAQ

Is Squardle free?

Yes. Squardle is free and ad-free to play in the browser at fubargames.se. The creator, FurbyFubar, supports it through an optional Patreon rather than ads or paywalls.

How many guesses do you get in Squardle?

You begin with 10 guesses on the standard daily. You earn one bonus guess for each word you turn completely green, up to a maximum of five bonus guesses, so efficient solving gives you more attempts.

Is Squardle related to Wordle?

It is inspired by Wordle but plays very differently. Instead of one hidden five-letter word, Squardle hides six interlocking words on a 5x5 grid, and each guess is graded against both a row and a column at once, which makes it considerably harder.

What do the colors mean in Squardle?

Green is a letter in the exact square, yellow is the right row, red is the right column, orange is the right row and column but the wrong square, white means the letter appears elsewhere on the board, and black means it is not on the board.

Is Squardle the same as Squaredle?

No. Squardle is the criss-cross Wordle-style grid game by FurbyFubar at fubargames.se. Squaredle is a separate word-search game at a different site. The names look alike but the games and rules are different.