About DailyClue
DailyClue is a small, fast puzzle website with three daily games: a five-letter word-guessing game (Five Letters), a one-letter-at-a-time word chain (Word Ladder) and CodeBreak, a four-digit code-breaker based on the old pencil-and-paper game Bulls and Cows. The tagline says it all: three games, every day.
What makes it different
- Three games, once each. Play all three every day, but each game only one time.
- Same puzzle for everyone. New puzzles arrive at midnight India Standard Time (IST), wherever you are.
- No accounts. Your progress and statistics stay on your device.
- Light and dark themes, full keyboard play and screen reader labels.
- Installable, online only. You can add it to your home screen, but it needs an internet connection. It does not work offline.
How the daily puzzles are chosen
Each game has a fixed, shuffled schedule built from its puzzle list, so a puzzle does not come round again until every other puzzle in that list has been used. The schedule depends only on the date, never on how you played, and everyone sees the same puzzle on the same date. Because the games run in your browser, a technically skilled visitor could work out an answer from the page code; we ask players not to spoil it for others.
Who runs it
DailyClue is operated by P Sai Kalyan, based in India. You can reach us through dailyclue.games@gmail.com.
How the site is funded
DailyClue is free to play. To cover hosting and the time it takes to run, the site may show advertising from Google AdSense on some pages. Ads never change a game, a daily puzzle or your results. Our Privacy Policy explains what advertising partners may do and what anonymous usage statistics we collect.
How the site is made
The puzzles, page text, word lists and code of DailyClue were built with the help of AI tools (ChatGPT and Claude), then reviewed and edited by P Sai Kalyan. The word lists were compiled for this site and are not copied from any other puzzle site. DailyClue is an independent puzzle site and is not affiliated with any other game or publisher.
Learn the games
New here? Start with how to play. Then read the Five Letters tips, the Word Ladder tips, the CodeBreak strategy guide, the FAQ or the history of Bulls and Cows.
Corrections and feedback
If you spot a mistake in a game, a word our dictionary should accept, or any page, please tell us on the contact page. We read every message and fix real problems.