Zol's Wordwedge Higher or lower, one word at a time.

The rules

• There's one hidden target word for the day. You don't get colour clues — you get direction.
• Guess any real word. The game tells you whether the target comes before or after it in the dictionary, plus how far apart the two are in rank.
• Each guess narrows the window. The letters you've pinned down for certain lock in at the top, so you can see the answer taking shape.
• Keep bisecting the gap until you land exactly on the word.

How much rope you get

• Easy — unlimited guesses. The window always narrows, so you can't get stuck.
• Medium & Hard — a fixed budget of guesses; run out and it's a loss.
• Zolified — the hard cap, plus a 30-second clock that reveals the next unknown letter whether you want it or not, at a rising price, while the timer keeps draining. Fast is cheap; slow is expensive.

Every guess is a question, and "before" or "after" is the only answer you get.

Three ways to play

The Daily is one shared target for everyone. Free Play is unlimited rounds at whatever difficulty you like. And Versus is a duel: you each choose a word for the other to corner, then race to close in — the tighter, faster hunt wins.

Play it

Play Zol's Wordwedge in your browser — nothing to download. Creating an account is free, and new players get a 30-day preview with full access to every game in the catalogue. After the preview, a rotating set of games is free to play each day.

If you like chasing a word, try Zol's Cipher, guess it from green-yellow-grey clues, Zol's Links, sort sixteen words into four hidden groups, or Zol's Words, a two-player tile game on a nine-by-nine board.