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Limina at a glance
Limina is a daily word game built around letter order rather than position. Each day you solve one hidden five-letter word in six guesses. Unlike Wordle, which shows exact letter positions, Limina only reveals the order of two letters per clue: green when the sequence is right, orange when reversed, purple when one letter repeats between copies. You arrange known letters using those order hints.
How to play Limina
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Open the daily or practice
To play Limina, open https://liminawordgame.com and start the daily puzzle, or pick Practice if you want to warm up without risking your streak. The daily word is the same for everyone and resets at local midnight, so the board you see is the one the whole community is solving that day. Practice words are generated on demand and never touch your stats, which makes them the right place to learn the clue system before your first real attempt. If you are completely new, the starter puzzle and the guided practice walk you through the same rules one clue at a time before you face the real board.
Open daily or practice mode
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Type your first guess
Type any valid five-letter word as your first guess. A guess only earns a clue when it shares two or more letters with the hidden word, so lead with a word made of common, distinct letters to maximise the chance of a useful order hint. Each wrong guess returns a pair of letters with a colour, and that pair is your only signal about how the answer is sequenced. Aim your opener at breadth rather than cleverness, because the more letters you overlap, the more order clues you collect from a single attempt.
Enter a five-letter word
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Read each colour clue
Read each coloured clue as an order instruction. Green means the two letters are already in the correct sequence, orange means they need to be swapped, and purple means one of the two letters appears twice with the other sitting somewhere between them. Because the clue shows order and never position, you are figuring out the running order of letters you already know are present, not hunting for where a single letter lands. Treat the diagram as a running list of confirmed relationships, and let each new pair narrow the possible arrangements instead of guessing at fixed slots.
Decode the colour pair
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Refine and lock it in
Refine with up to six guesses and lock in the answer. After each attempt the diagram updates with the order you have confirmed so far, so you can see the skeleton of the word take shape. If you get stuck, send your clues to a friend and solve it together, or switch on Challenge Mode before your first guess to earn a star by solving with the board giving you no automatic help. Challenge Mode, also called Ante Up, keeps the help off for the whole solve, so decide up front whether you want the star before you commit to the first word.
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Limina tips and strategy
Start with five different, common letters
Lead your first guess with five distinct, high-frequency letters so you are more likely to share two or more letters with the hidden word and unlock an order clue. Vowels plus common consonants like S, T, R and N give the widest coverage, and because a clue needs at least two matching letters, a scattered opener beats a word packed with repeats. If your first word only overlaps by a single letter, the clue may stay silent, which is why a broad spread of common letters is the safer opening play. Spend your opening move on coverage rather than on a clever word, since the early clues are what shape every guess after them.
Use purple clues to spot a repeat
When a clue turns purple, one of the two letters appears twice and the other falls somewhere between the two copies. That single hint often decides the whole word, because it both confirms a double letter and pins the position of the neighbour. Write the pattern down as you go, something like I M I or M I M, and test which arrangement still fits every other clue you have collected.
Send clues to a friend when stuck
Limina lets you forward your current clues to a friend so you can solve the daily together, which is the fastest way out of a dead end. A second reader often spots an order you have ruled out by mistake, and talking the sequence through forces you to state your logic clearly. The shared board keeps the same daily word, so the help you get is for the exact puzzle everyone else is solving that day. Use it as a coaching tool on the hard words rather than a last resort, since two heads on letter order beat one.
Read the order, not the position
Limina never tells you where a letter sits, only how two letters relate, so stop thinking in Wordle-style grids. A green pair means those two letters are already sequenced correctly, an orange pair means reverse them, and the rest of the word is still yours to place. Train yourself to track a running order list in your head, because the win condition is arranging known letters, not discovering new ones.
Save Challenge Mode for a clean solve
Challenge Mode, also called Ante Up, stops the board from working the letters out for you, so only turn it on before your very first guess if you want the star. Keep it on through the whole solve or you forfeit the award, which makes it a commitment you take on at the start. Treat it as a victory lap after you already understand the clue system rather than a crutch while you are learning.
Keep a daily reminder and protect the streak
The daily puzzle resets at local midnight and a built-in reminder can drop a calendar event so you never miss it, while Practice mode keeps your streak safe between serious attempts. Play the starter puzzle or guided practice first if you are new, because the step-by-step tour pays off for weeks. A steady daily habit is what turns the order logic from effortful into instinct.
Limina vs other daily games
Wordgy
Position vs. orderWordgy is another daily word puzzle in this family, and both games ask you to deduce a hidden word from constrained feedback. Limina differentiates itself with its order-only clues and the purple repeat hint, whereas Wordgy leans on its own feedback rules. Both sit in the daily word niche, but Wordgy's clues still lean on position while Limina's pair-based order hints ask you to reason about sequence from the very first wrong guess. Both are quick daily habits, but Limina's sequence-not-position twist makes it the more novel of the two for players who have exhausted standard word grids.
Mathler
Single words vs. chainsMathler swaps words for equations, asking you to build a correct sum from the digits and operators you are given. Limina stays in the word space but shares Mathler's appeal of a small number of attempts and a single daily answer everyone is solving. Both cap you at a tight attempt budget and share the satisfaction of one shared answer each day, so Mathler fans will recognise the daily rhythm even when the letters replace the numbers. If you like the one-puzzle-a-day structure but prefer letters over arithmetic, Limina delivers the same satisfying daily loop without the maths.
Clueffy
Letters vs. numbersClueffy also hides a single word, but it tells you what the word means instead of where its letters go, dealing five clues that deepen with every miss. Limina never explains meaning; it just reports whether one letter precedes another, making sequence the whole game. Clueffy rewards interpretation; Limina rewards patience with ordering logic. Word-game players who want both riddles and structure often alternate the two across the week.
Limina FAQ
How do you play Limina?
Type any valid five-letter word as a guess. A guess only produces a clue when it shares at least two letters with the hidden word, so open with common, distinct letters. Each clue pairs two letters and is colour coded: green means the order is correct, orange means reversed, and purple means one of the pair repeats with the other in between. You have six guesses to assemble the running order into the answer.
What do the green, orange and purple clues mean?
Green signals the two letters are already in the correct sequence. Orange means they need to be swapped. Purple means one of the two letters appears twice and the other sits somewhere between the two copies. Because clues show order and never position, your job is to arrange letters you know are present rather than hunt for where a single letter lands.
When does the daily Limina puzzle reset?
The daily puzzle resets at local midnight, and the site can add a repeating calendar reminder so you never miss it. Practice words are separate from the daily and do not affect your streak or stats, so you can play as many as you like while keeping the daily challenge meaningful. The daily word is the same for everyone on a given day.
Is there a practice or challenge mode?
Yes. Practice mode lets you play unlimited words without touching your streak or stats, which is the best place to learn the clue system. Challenge Mode, also called Ante Up, stops the board from working the letters out for you; turn it on before your first guess and keep it on through the solve to earn a star. Switching it off mid-puzzle forfeits the award.
Is Limina free and can I play with friends?
Limina is free to play in the browser at liminawordgame.com and can be installed as a progressive web app, with no account or payment required. You can also send your current clues to a friend and solve the daily together, which makes it a social puzzle as well as a solo daily habit.
What is Limina?
Limina is a daily word game where the clues show the order of letters, never their positions. Each day you solve one hidden five-letter word in six guesses, and every wrong guess that shares two or more letters with the answer returns a coloured pair revealing how those two letters are sequenced. It launched its daily puzzles on 26 October 2026 and is free to play in the browser.
Limina update notes
2026-11-12
Verified on 2026-11-08 against the official Limina site. Limina is a free daily word game: each day hides one five-letter word behind six guesses, and every wrong guess reveals the order of two letters as a green, orange or purple pair. Practice mode, Challenge Mode (Ante Up) and friend sharing are all free, and the daily resets at local midnight with no account required.
Limina is a free daily word game with no account required.
Each puzzle hides one five-letter word behind six guesses.
Wrong guesses reveal two-letter order clues in green, orange or purple.
Practice mode, a guided starter and Challenge Mode (Ante Up) are all free.
The daily puzzle resets at local midnight and installs as a PWA.
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