A daily word game gets more fun the moment someone else is playing the same word. If your group chat already fills up with result grids, a group in Spellwise keeps the score for you.
What a good group needs
Three things make a word game group work:
- The same word for everyone. Spellwise gives every player the same word on the same date. It unlocks at midnight in each person’s own time zone, so everyone gets the whole day to play.
- A fair score that someone else keeps. Nobody has to track streaks in a spreadsheet.
- No spoilers. Nobody should see the answer before they’ve had their turn.
Setting up a group in Spellwise
- Sign in. Groups need a free account, so your streak follows you from device to device. You can sign in with Google or with a link sent to your email. You can play as a guest first, and your results carry over when you sign in.
- Pick a display name. It’s what everyone in the group sees. Names are unique, so no two players share one.
- Start the group. Open Groups from the top bar, give it a name and tap Start group.
- Send the invite link. Anyone with the link can join, up to 50 people per group.
You can be in more than one group, so the family group and the office group don’t have to be the same one.
What the group board shows
The board lists everyone with their stats, and you can sort it a few ways:
- Longest streak (the default): the best run of solved days each person has ever had.
- Current streak: solved days in a row, as of today.
- Today’s time: how long each person took on today’s word.
- Avg guesses: fewest first.
- Win %: share of games solved.
- Avg time: fastest first.
- Trophies: how many badges each person has earned.
First place is at the top, and ties share a place.
The clock for time starts when a player opens the day’s word and stops when they finish. A result solved with help from a clue is marked “(clue)” on the board.
How spoilers are handled
Until you’ve finished today’s word, you won’t see anyone else’s result for the day. Once you’re done, Today’s boards opens up and shows the grid of everyone who has finished, with letters, so you can see exactly how they got there.
Shared results don’t give the word away. The share text gives the puzzle number, the number of guesses and a grid of colored squares and circles with no letters.
House rules worth agreeing on
Spellwise settles the scoring. A few things are still up to your group, and it’s easier to agree on them before the first argument.
Do clue solves count? In Spellwise, a solve with a clue keeps your streak and is marked “(clue)”. Your group could treat it like any other win, or count it as half a win for bragging rights. Either works if everyone knows.
What counts as winning the day? Fewest guesses is one measure. Fastest time is another. The Today’s time sort gives you a ready answer if you go by speed.
When is it OK to talk about the word? A simple rule: no hints in the group chat until everyone has posted a result, or until a set time in the evening.
Missed days. A streak in Spellwise is the number of days in a row you’ve solved. A loss or a missed day ends it. Travel and busy weeks happen, so your group might watch Longest streak more than Current streak, since it never goes down.
Running the group
The person who started the group can rename it, remove members, and make a new invite link. The old link stops working as soon as there’s a new one. That’s handy if a link has been passed around further than you meant. Anyone can leave a group at any time.
Groups come with their own badges:
- Founder: start a group.
- Recruiter: three people join through your invite link.
- First In: be the first in your group to solve on any day.
- Top of the Board: hold your group’s longest current streak for 7 days running.
- Full House: everyone in a group of three or more solves on the same day.
Groups at work
A word game group is an easy thing to start at work, because it’s one word a day and nobody has to be good at it to join. A few suggestions:
- Keep it opt-in. Post the link once and let people come to it.
- Use display names people are happy for coworkers to see. You can change yours on the Profile page.
- Spellwise also has a public leaderboard of players with an account. If someone would rather not appear there, they can turn off “Show me on the leaderboard” in Profile.
You need to be 13 or older to create a Spellwise account.
If your group already plays another daily game
If your group plays Wordle, from The New York Times, you may already use its Friends leaderboard. According to the Times help center, checked November 14, 2026, that leaderboard is only in the NYT Games app, covers Wordle and three other Times games, holds up to 100 people including you, and there are no global leaderboards.
Spellwise is a different game with a different point: when the round ends, everyone in the group learns what the word means. You can play both.
Ready to start? Play today’s word, then open Groups and send the link. For more about the game, read how Spellwise works, and for a better Friday score, see six-letter starting words.