Absurdle
Guess on a Wordle-style grid whose answer shifts to stay possible for as long as it can.
DleBox's guide
Absurdle, by qntm, looks like Wordle and behaves like an opponent. After each guess, the coloring is chosen so that as many five-letter words as possible remain consistent with every answer you have seen. The puzzle is not committed to a single word at the start. It gives up only when your guesses have left one possible word. A lucky opener is not a strategy, because the game can answer in the way that preserves the most room.
You can still solve it. The way to do that is to cut the remaining set, not to hunt a word you hope was chosen in the morning. The colors still mean placed, present, and absent. They describe the adversary's chosen reply, which is guaranteed to match at least one real word. DleBox does not host the grid.
The original page is on qntm.org. There is no daily answer for us to archive, because the path depends on your guesses. That is the point. A friend can take more guesses than you did and both of you can be playing correctly. Wordle, Quordle, and Octordle share a fixed answer. Absurdle does not.
Rules
- Guesses are five letters on a Wordle-style grid.
- The reply keeps as many words alive as it can.
- Colors still mean place, presence, or absence.
- The final word depends on the guesses you made.
- DleBox does not host the grid.
Why we like it
- ✓ A shared spoiler does not exist at the start of the day.
- ✓ The skill is splitting the remaining word list.
- ✓ The grid is familiar, and the goal is not.
Play it when you want the Wordle grid without the spoiler problem. Nobody can text you the word, because there is not one word until your line of guesses forces it. The directory link opens the original file. We do not embed it and we do not offer a hint ladder for it.
Friends comparing guess counts are comparing paths, not a shared solution. A shorter game is not a smarter one if the adversary had an easy reply available. DleBox does not replay your line or certify a score. qntm's page does the adversarial coloring. We only make the promise that matters for spoilers: there is no morning answer to leak, because the word is a consequence of your guesses.
About the game
Absurdle is published by qntm. DleBox did not make that game. This page names the maker and links over. It does not speak for them.
- Category:
- Words. Open the Words category.
- Updates:
- Once a day on the original site.
- Reset:
- This page does not state their timezone. The original game shows the day's puzzle.