What Is 6mal5 Wordle? The German Wordle Game Explained

6mal5 is a German-language version of the viral word-guessing game Wordle. Each day you must guess a secret five-letter German word within six attempts, using green, yellow and grey tile feedback to narrow down the answer — exactly like Wordle, but built for German vocabulary and played on the official site 6mal5.com.

What Is 6mal5?

The name "6mal5" literally means "6 times 5" in German: six guesses, five letters. It is one of several German Wordle clones created after Wordle's global boom in early 2022, giving German speakers a version of the game that uses German words instead of English ones — a German word game also listed in the ryviuszero/awesome-daily-games directory on GitHub with the description "Find a five-letter German word in six attempts".

The official site is 6mal5.com, where a fresh puzzle is released every day at midnight local time, so everyone worldwide gets the same challenge each day. Like the original Wordle, the appeal lies in the daily ritual: one puzzle per day, the same word for everyone, and bragging rights if you solve it in fewer tries (crosswordle.cc/6mal5; wordhurdle.co/6mal5).

No publicly documented creator has been identified for 6mal5, so its origins remain modest and community-driven rather than tied to a named developer.

How to Play 6mal5: The Rules

Playing 6mal5 follows the classic Wordle formula, just in German:

1. Visit 6mal5.com — the game runs entirely in your browser, no download or account needed.
2. Type any valid five-letter German word as your first guess and submit it.
3. Read the tile colours: green means the letter is correct and in the right position, yellow means the letter is in the word but in the wrong position, and grey means the letter does not appear in the word at all.
4. Use that feedback to choose your next guess. You have six attempts in total.
5. Solve the word within six tries to win; the game is over when you guess correctly or run out of attempts.

A new puzzle goes live every day at midnight local time, so you get exactly one shot at each daily word — you cannot grind through dozens of puzzles in one sitting (world3dmap.com/6mal5).

6mal5 Tile Colours: What They Mean

• Green — the letter is correct and in the correct position.
• Yellow — the letter is in the word but in the wrong position.
• Grey — the letter is not in the word at all.

This three-colour feedback system is identical to Wordle's and shared by other German variants such as 8mal5.de.

6mal5 Strategy Tips: Play Smarter in German

The biggest mistake English Wordle players make when switching to 6mal5 is using English-style opening guesses. German letter frequencies are different, so your strategy should adapt:

• Open with vowel-heavy German starters. German words lean on E, A and I, so an opening guess packed with common vowels tells you more on turn one than a consonant-heavy word.
• Target the most common German consonants. E, N, R, S, I and T rank among the most frequent letters in written German. A second guess built around uncovered high-frequency letters like N, R and S can quickly eliminate large swathes of possibilities.
• Use your second guess for coverage, not repeats. Unless turn one gave you strong hits, avoid reusing grey letters and cover fresh territory — information per guess matters most early on.
• Watch for umlauts and ß conventions. German word games handle Ä, Ö, Ü and ß differently — some accept them directly, others use digraph spellings (AE, OE, UE, SS). If your guesses keep getting rejected as invalid, try the digraph form of your word.
• Think in German word patterns. Common German endings like -EN, -ER and -UNG are gold in the late game: if your yellows suggest a familiar suffix, commit to it.
• Save one guess for deduction. With six attempts available, do not burn your last guess on a wild hunch when multiple endings are possible — spend guess five narrowing the options, then guess six with confidence.

6mal5 vs Wordle vs 8mal5: Comparison Table

6mal5 is the closest German mirror of the original Wordle experience: same grid, same six attempts, same daily rhythm. See how the two compare in our Plusword vs Wordle guide for context on the format, and browse our word puzzle strategies for opener tactics. If you want more variety — longer words, or words containing umlauts and ß entered directly — 8mal5.de is the natural next step, since it accepts German words of four to nine letters including umlauts and ß.

Where to Play 6mal5

The official and only documented place to play is 6mal5.com. It is a free browser game with no sign-up required, and the daily puzzle refreshes at midnight local time. Be cautious of copycat sites: if a page asks you to download anything or create an account to play 6mal5, it is not the official game.

German Word Patterns That Win Games

English Wordle instincts only get you so far in German. These patterns are worth internalising.

• The -EN and -ER endings. A huge share of German words end in -EN (verbs, plurals) or -ER. If your final letters are uncertain, these endings are statistically strong guesses.
• SCH, CH and EI clusters. German spelling loves consonant clusters like SCH and CH, and vowel pairs like EI, IE and AU. Once you have a few letters, think in clusters rather than single letters.
• Compound word thinking. German builds long compounds from short stems (HAUS + TÜR = HAUSTÜR). Even in five-letter words, spotting a familiar stem inside your guess can unlock the rest.
• Umlauts and ß. Some German word games accept Ä, Ö, Ü and ß directly; others convert them (Ä → AE). Check how 6mal5 handles them before you burn a guess on a spelling the game will not accept.