Playing Sedecordle in 15 languages
Sedecordle Wordle can be played in 15 languages, and each one is a separate game: its own answer list, its own dictionary of accepted guesses, its own keyboard and its own daily puzzle. Accents that people rarely type are folded into the plain letter, while letters that count as separate letters of the alphabet, such as Spanish Ñ, German Ä or Polish Ł, get their own keys.
Every language at a glance
The table below is built from the same word lists the game uses. "Answers" is the number of five-letter words the daily puzzle can choose from; the most common letters and the best single opener are worked out the same way as in our article on the best starting words.
| Language | Answers | Most common letters | Best opener |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | 2,779 | E A R | AROSE |
| Español | 1,835 | A O R | ALERO |
| Português | 1,161 | O A R | OLEAR |
| Français | 1,482 | E R A | AORTE |
| Deutsch | 1,355 | E A R | ARTEN |
| Italiano | 1,134 | O A E | REATO |
| Nederlands | 1,634 | E R A | TONER |
| Polski | 2,458 | A O R | SORKA |
| Türkçe | 3,000 | A E K | EKRAN |
| Русский | 2,306 | А О Е | ОКЕАН |
| Українська | 1,129 | А О Р | АКТОР |
| Svenska | 1,987 | A S R | STARK |
| Română | 2,637 | A I R | IERTA |
| Čeština | 2,838 | A E T | ETIKA |
| Bahasa Indonesia | 2,316 | A I E | AIRKU |
The differences are bigger than you might expect. Spanish and Italian words are rich in vowels, so the best openers are packed with A, E, I and O. German leans on E, T and R, and Polish and Czech have many consonant clusters, which makes the first guesses less revealing and the later ones more important.
How accents work
Typing accents on a phone keyboard slows you down, so the game handles them in two ways:
- Folded accents. Marks that mostly show stress or pronunciation are ignored. In Spanish you type CAMION for CAMIÓN; in French, ECOLE for ÉCOLE; in Portuguese, CORACAO for CORAÇÃO. The tiles still show the correct spelling once a word is revealed.
- Separate letters. Letters that a language treats as letters of their own keep their own key: Ñ in Spanish, Ä Ö Ü in German, Å Ä Ö in Swedish, Ă Â Î Ș Ț in Romanian, the Polish letters with ogonek and kreska, Czech Č Ř Š Ž and friends, and the Turkish Ç Ğ I Ö Ş Ü. Ñ and N are different letters there, so an N in your guess will not turn green for an Ñ in the answer.
Russian and Ukrainian are played on a Cyrillic keyboard. In Russian, Ё is folded into Е, the way most people write it.
Where the words come from
The answers in every language are common words, chosen by how often they appear in a large collection of film and TV subtitles, with offensive words and obvious English loanwords removed. Accepted guesses come from open-source spelling dictionaries, so almost any real word you type is accepted even if it can never be an answer. The full list of sources and licenses is on our credits page.
That is also why the numbers in the table differ: a language with a smaller dictionary of five-letter words, or with more of them filtered out, has a shorter answer list.
Tips for playing in another language
- Learn a local opening set. English openers are poor in most other languages. Use the best opener from the table, or the four-word set in our strategy guide for your language.
- Watch the special letters. A gray N says nothing about Ñ, and a gray A says nothing about Ä. Treat them as completely different letters.
- Mind the word endings. In many languages five-letter words often end in a vowel or a typical ending (-AR, -EN, -OS, -IE). Those endings fill in the last tiles quickly, so aim your guesses at the first three letters.
- Practise first. Each language has unlimited practice games with every word length from 4 to 11 letters, so you can get used to a new word list without touching your daily streak.
Switching language
Use the language list in the menu or at the bottom of any page. Each language keeps its own statistics, streaks and settings in your browser, so playing in two languages never mixes up your results. When your browser language is one we support, the game also suggests it the first time you visit.
Ready to try? Start with today's daily puzzle, and if a board stops you, the answers page has hints that reveal one step at a time.