Today's clue
before or after?
№ 1Alphaly is a free daily word puzzle that mixes a clue with the alphabet. Everyone gets the same hidden word each day: read the clue, make a guess, and find out whether the answer comes before or after your word in the dictionary. It's a gentle mix of vocabulary and logic.
You get a short clue and the number of letters. Type a real word of that length and press Guess. If it isn't the answer, Alphaly tells you whether the hidden word comes before or after it in alphabetical order, and the A–Z bar narrows to the window that's left. When both edges of your window start with the same letters, the hidden word must start with them too, so they lock into place for you. Words that aren't in our list, or have the wrong number of letters, never cost a guess. Every answer is a common word spelled the same in British and American English.
You have six guesses. Finding the word on your first guess earns 12 points, then 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2 for guesses two to six. Stuck early on? The helper reveals the first letter, but it halves the day's score and is only available during your first three guesses.
Your play streak counts the days in a row you've played, and your solved streak counts the days in a row you've solved the puzzle. Play seven days running and you earn a 7-point bonus, or 14 points if you solved all seven. Miss a day and the streaks start again. A new puzzle arrives every day at midnight UTC.
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