TTile Streak

How to play

  1. Type any eight-letter word and press Enter.
  2. Read the tiles:
    • Green: right letter, right spot.
    • Yellow: the letter is in the word, in a different spot.
    • Gray: the letter is not in the word.
  3. Find the word within six guesses.

Repeated letters follow one rule: each letter in the answer can only color one tile in your guess. If the answer has one S and you guess two, only one of them lights up.

Why eight letters plays differently

Eight letters is a lot of tiles for six guesses. A word like SANDWICH (an example only, never an answer here) has almost no repeated letters and reveals its shape fast, but a word like BASEBALL (an example only) doubles two letters and can leave the board looking half-solved even after several good guesses. Long words also lean on common patterns, prefixes, suffixes and compound-word joins, so once you spot the pattern, the rest of the word narrows quickly.

Six guesses for eight letters means less room for a pure scouting guess than at shorter lengths. Every guess needs to either solve the word or genuinely narrow it.

Tips for eight-letter words

Split your opener across the word. A guess that samples letters from the start, middle and end tells you more about an eight-letter word than one that clusters its vowels together.

Look for compound shapes. Long English words are often two shorter words joined, or a root plus a common ending. Spotting that shape early saves guesses.

Check for doubles once letters stop adding up. If the tiles you have found do not account for all eight letters, a repeated letter is the usual explanation.

Save one guess to separate candidates. With two or three words left that fit every clue, choose the guess that would tell them apart, not the one you hope is right.

Keep the keyboard in view. Gray letters on the keyboard are your cheat sheet for what not to type, which matters more the longer the word gets.

Do not let a strong start slow you down. Four or five colored tiles from your opener can feel like enough to guess, but with eight letters there is usually still more than one word that fits. Confirm before you commit a guess.

A quick example

Say your first guess is SANDWICH (an example only, never an answer here).

  • S turns green in spot one, A turns gray, N turns yellow, D turns gray.
  • W turns gray, I turns yellow, C turns gray, H turns green in spot eight.

Your next guess should keep S in spot one and H in spot eight, place N and I somewhere else, and avoid A, D, W and C. Two letters placed and four ruled out from a single guess is a strong start at this length.

Daily and unlimited

The Daily eight-letter word is the same for everyone today and counts toward your streak. When you finish, you can share a grid of colors, with no letters in it.

Unlimited gives you a new eight-letter word every time. Use it to practice long-word openers before trusting one in the daily.

Try another length

Questions

How many guesses do I get?

Six. Eight letters is the longest length with a daily puzzle here, still played in the same six tries as every shorter length.

Is an 8-letter word game harder than 7 letters?

Generally, yes. There are more possible words at eight letters, and long words are more likely to hide a repeated letter, which costs a guess if you miss it.

Can I play more than one 8-letter puzzle a day?

Yes. Switch to the Unlimited tab and choose eight letters for a new word every time you finish. Unlimited games do not affect your daily streak.

What words can be the answer?

Common eight-letter English words. Plurals ending in S, proper nouns and offensive words are never answers, but any valid eight-letter word works as a guess.

Does hard mode work here?

Yes. Turn it on in Settings before your first guess and every letter you find must be used in later guesses.