Swordle

SWordle applies the daily-word recipe to the Star Wars universe, and you notice it first on the keyboard: the ten digits line up above the letters, and a hyphen key slips in at the end of the middle row, which opens the door to droid serial numbers. The grid fits into six rows of five squares and everything is drawn in a galactic typeface, down to the two symbol keys that flank the bottom row.

1. The grid offers six rows of five squares: each attempt is therefore a five-character word.
2. Type using the on-screen keyboard, which adds the digits 1 to 0 and a hyphen to the twenty-six letters.
3. Two symbol keys border the bottom row, a red one on the left and a green one on the right.
4. The gear at the top right opens settings, the bars icon next to it leads to statistics.

Because a keyboard that contains a hyphen and ten digits is already a declaration of intent: here, a serial number counts as a word, and the space of answers stops being a dictionary and becomes an encyclopedia. The rest comes down to the presentation, right down to the option that replaces letters with Aurebesh.

The browser keeps the grid and the settings: each cell is stored with a letter and a state, and one setting automatically carries correctly placed letters over from one attempt to the next, which points to a green for a letter in the right place. The same preferences contain a colorblind mode, a "plain" mode and an Aurebesh mode.

Core play

The site implements the daily‑word recipe as a single default puzzle: a six‑row by five‑column grid for five‑character answers. Input is via the on‑screen keyboard, which includes letters plus the digits 1 to 0 and a hyphen, and two symbol keys flank the bottom row (red on the left, green on the right). The gear opens settings and the bars icon leads to statistics; preferences kept in the browser cover a colorblind display, a plain display, an Aurebesh display and an automatic carryover of correctly placed letters.

• The digits and the hyphen aren’t decorative: they take up an entire row of the keyboard, and a game that includes them will make use of them.
• The site’s preferences mention an Aurebesh display and a "plain" display: enough to make reading harder for purists, or to simplify it if the stylized font tires you.
• A colorblind mode appears in those same preferences, behind the gear icon at the top right, and not in the grid.