Wordle reset time in UK today - and where to find previous games

For more than a month, you’ve probably either been hoovering up Wordle or seeing it dominate your Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook.

The simple word game, where you have a maximum of six attempts to guess a five letter word, has taken the English speaking world by storm.

So when does this reset happen - and is it the same every day?

Here’s everything you need to know.

Not quite a million dollar question, but certainly a key one if you’re a Wordle fanatic.

One Wordle puzzle is released every day and it is the same for everyone, regardless of whether you live in Stoke-on-Trent or Rio de Janeiro.

But, it doesn’t actually reset when you play it - rather, it automatically resets every day in the UK at midnight.

This timing varies depending on where in the world you play it.

So, for example, if you’re on New York, Washington DC or Boston time (Eastern Standard Time), it will reset at 7pm.

If you’re in Tokyo (Japanese Standard Time) it’s 9am.

However, if you do want to play the game more frequently than once a day, there is a way that’s been devised by Wordle addict and academic Devang Thakkar.

Mr Thakkar has created Wordle Archive - a site where you can play old games.

Given there have been around 250 individual Wordles, that should keep you going for at least a few days, possibly weeks.

However, it has been kept ad-free in line with its creator Josh Wardle’s principals, making it an unusual haven of word-related calm in an internet that’s usually awash with marketing.

Mr Wardle has previously ruled out turning the game into a smartphone app because, as he told BBC Radio 4 earlier in 2022, he’s “suspicious” of apps’ attention-grabbing mechanisms, like push notifications.

As well as keeping it off iOS and Android, he has also ensured that the game does not harvest any of its players’ data.

If that appeals to you, it might be worth avoiding some of the imitator websites that have sprung up and claim to offer the game for free.

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