Nerd Word
Guess the day’s five-letter nerdy word in six tries. Solve it and we’ll point you to a Nerd Net story that uses it.
How to play
- Type any five-letter word and press Enter. Use your keyboard or the one on screen.
- Amber means the right letter in the right place. Teal means the letter is in the word, but somewhere else. Dark means it is not in the word.
- You have six tries. Every answer is a nerdy word: science, space, computers, games, monsters and more.
- Once you are done, follow the link to a story on the site that uses the word.
More games
RewindFive nerdy moments. Put them in order.
Logic LabFlip the switches, light the right bulbs.
DefragTidy the scattered files on a 90s hard disk.
PhosphorMix red, green and blue light to match the colour.
TerraformFence off a planet, one line at a time.
Carrier WaveRide the signal through the static.
Load BalancerRoute the web traffic before a server melts.
OverloadWatch the CPU. Kill the runaway processes.
Atomic LizardStomp a cardboard city in glorious black and white.
Bounce PainterBounce the ball to paint a mystery picture.
Sheep JumpBounce a sheep up to the stars.
CaterpillarMunch leaves, grow up, become a butterfly.