A row is always six cells
Each row has three cells per syllable — initial, medial and final — so six cells for two syllables. If you enter a syllable without a final consonant, that final cell stays empty. An empty cell only means there is nothing of yours to score there; it does not tell you whether the answer has a final consonant. Because row length never changes between guesses, you can reason by comparing the same cell across rows.
Scoring runs in two passes. First, any cell with the same letter in the same position turns blue, and that letter is removed from the answer. Then the remaining cells are checked: orange if the letter is still left somewhere in the answer, grey if not. So if you type the same letter twice but the answer has it once, one becomes blue or orange and the other turns grey.
Compound vowels and double finals count as one letter
Compound vowels such as ㅘ, ㅝ and ㅢ and double finals such as ㄳ, ㄺ and ㅄ are scored as a single letter in a single cell. If the answer's vowel is ㅘ and you entered ㅗ, you get no credit even though ㅗ is part of ㅘ. Allowing partial matches would let colours split letters apart and make the puzzle far too easy, so QuizLab only colours a cell when the whole combined letter matches.
In practice, avoid entering combined vowels like ㅘ early. A grey result does not tell you whether ㅗ or ㅏ on its own is in the answer, so you learn little. Narrow things down with simple vowels first, then try the compound one.
The on-screen keyboard also changes colour each time you submit a row. A key shows the best result that letter has received across all your rows so far: orange if it was grey in one row but orange in another, and blue once it has been blue anywhere. So a blue key only means one position is confirmed; whether the letter appears again elsewhere is something only the grid can tell you.
Compound vowels and double finals have no keys of their own — you build them by typing two keys in a row — so they never show on the keyboard colours. Check the result of ㅘ or ㄺ in the grid cells only.
Questions about the rules
- What if the answer contains the same letter twice?
- If your guess also contains it twice, both cells are coloured: blue where the position matches, orange where it does not. If you entered it only once, only one cell is coloured, so the only way to learn how many times a letter appears is to try it twice.
- How many games can I play a day?
- The daily word is one game a day, and only that game counts towards your streak and the stats. To play more, choose a date in past-word replay and play as often as you like.