Swordle

Swordle is a once-a-day word puzzle that runs Wordle's six-guess format through a strict Star Wars filter, so the hidden five-character answer is always a name, place, droid, or term from the saga. It widens the usual rules by accepting numbers and dashes alongside letters, which lets entries like AT-AT and R2-D2 fit the grid, and it draws guesses from a pool of around fourteen thousand Star Wars terms. You get six tries, a hint after the third, and one fresh puzzle to share each day.

What is Swordle?

Swordle, styled SWordle on its own site, is a daily browser puzzle that reskins the familiar five-by-six guessing grid entirely around Star Wars. Each day there is one shared answer, and every player works from the same starting blank, racing six guesses to land a five-character term pulled from the galaxy far, far away. The catch that defines the whole game is the source material: the answer is never a random English word but always a name, place, vehicle, faction, or piece of in-universe vocabulary that a Star Wars fan would recognize.

What sets Swordle apart from a generic Wordle clone is how seriously it treats the franchise as its dictionary. The game accepts a sprawling pool of roughly fourteen thousand Star Wars terms as valid guesses, while only about four hundred of those are eligible to be the day's hidden answer. That gap matters: you can throw in deep-cut entries to probe letters without wasting a turn on something the game rejects, but the solution will always come from the smaller, more guessable set of recognizable references. Because droid designations and military hardware are fair game, Swordle also expands the alphabet itself, allowing digits and dashes inside a guess so entries like AT-AT and R2-D2 fit the five-slot grid the way letters normally would.

The game was published in February 2022 by Aurebesh Files, a Star Wars fan project known on social media as @AurebeshFiles, during the wave of themed spin-offs that followed Wordle's breakout. It carries a few fan-built touches that the original lacks. After three unsuccessful guesses the game unlocks a hint you can reveal for help, and an in-game word list is available so players who are unsure whether a term qualifies can check the accepted vocabulary directly. There is even an option in the settings to display the board in Aurebesh, the in-universe Star Wars alphabet, turning the puzzle into a reading challenge for fans who know the script.

Feedback follows the color logic players already expect: green for a character in the exact right slot, yellow for one that belongs in the answer but is positioned wrong, and gray for a character that is not in the answer at all. The mood is friendly rather than punishing, leaning on fan knowledge instead of obscure spelling tricks, which makes it most rewarding for Star Wars viewers and readers who enjoy testing how deep their galaxy vocabulary runs. Casual fans can usually get by with the hint and the word list, while franchise devotees can chase the answer on knowledge alone.

How to play Swordle

1. Open the daily puzzle and type a five-character Star Wars guess, which can mix letters, numbers, or dashes.
2. Submit the guess to lock it in and color the tiles.
3. Read the colors: green means a character is correct and in the right spot, yellow means it belongs in the answer but sits elsewhere, and gray means it is not in the answer.
4. Use the colored clues to refine your next guess, keeping within the six total attempts.
5. If you are stuck after three guesses, reveal the unlocked hint, and open the in-game word list to check which Star Wars terms are accepted.
6. Solve the answer before your sixth guess, then share or return the next day for a new puzzle.

Tips and strategy

• Remember that digits and dashes count as characters, so droid and vehicle names such as AT-AT or R2-D2 are valid and worth testing once letters point that way.
• Lead with a guess full of common letters to map vowel and consonant positions before committing to a specific Star Wars term.
• Hold the hint that unlocks after the third guess for moments when the colors alone have stalled, since it is your one built-in lifeline.
• Lean on the accepted word list when unsure whether a term qualifies, so you spend turns confirming letters rather than on rejected entries.
• Keep in mind the answer comes from a smaller set of well-known references, so favor recognizable characters and places over deep-cut trivia when narrowing down.
• If you read Aurebesh, the script mode in settings raises the difficulty for an extra challenge once the standard board feels routine.

Good to know

Resets

Daily, one puzzle per day

Cost

Free to play in a browser

Guesses

6 attempts at a 5-character answer

Creator

Aurebesh Files (@AurebeshFiles)

Published

February 2022

Word pool

Around 14,000 accepted terms, roughly 400 possible answers

Swordle FAQ

Is Swordle free?

Yes. Swordle is a free browser game playable at its official site with no purchase or download required.

How many guesses do you get in Swordle?

You get six guesses to find the day's five-character Star Wars answer, the same count as standard Wordle.

When does Swordle reset?

Swordle is a once-a-day puzzle, so a new shared answer becomes available each day and you play one game per day.

Is Swordle related to Wordle?

It uses the same six-guess, color-coded format as Wordle but is an independent Star Wars themed fan game made by Aurebesh Files, not an official Wordle product.

Why does Swordle allow numbers and dashes?

Because Star Wars names like AT-AT and R2-D2 include digits and dashes, the game accepts those characters in the five slots so droid and vehicle names can be valid answers.