The rules, in one paragraph
Each guess must be the same length as the secret word. After every guess the tiles answer back: green means the right letter in the right spot, yellow means the letter is in the word but somewhere else, gray means it is not in the word at all. You have the number of guesses the puzzle maker allowed (usually six). Repeated letters follow the standard fairness rule: a guess with two of the same letter only earns one yellow unless the word actually contains two.
Where your stats live
The counter under the grid — games played, win rate, current streak — is stored in your browser on this device, exactly like the guess history. Clearing browser data clears it. Nothing about your puzzles or your record is sent anywhere, because there is no server in this loop at all: the puzzle arrived in the link, and the results stay local. That also means the stats are per-device by design; play on a laptop and a phone and each keeps its own tally.
Stuck on someone’s cruel eight-letter pick? The strategy tips page covers openers, elimination and endgame counting. And when you have survived the puzzle, the share button copies your result as the classic emoji grid — green and yellow squares, no letters — so the group chat sees your triumph without the answer. Then it is your turn: make one back.
Playing a puzzle someone sent you
You are already in the right place: a shared link opens this page with the grid loaded. If the grid looks empty, the link was cut short by a chat app — ask the sender to resend it, or have them use the copy button on the maker page, which keeps the link in one piece.