🔡 Wordus 09/04/2026

Wordus: the definitive guide to Brekiz's daily word game

Wordus is the Brekiz take on the global Wordle phenomenon, adapted to French words with up to 7 attempts per day. Since Wordle's viral explosion in 2021–2022 and its acquisition by the New York Times, dozens of variants have emerged — Sutom, Tusmo, Le Mot in French, Wordle clones in every language. Wordus distinguishes itself with its variable daily word length, its integration into the full Brekiz progression system (leagues, badges, leaderboards), and its daily community competition across thousands of French-speaking players.

Wordus rules in detail

The Wordus challenge works as follows:

• Each day, a new French word is selected as the target (the same word for all players). Its length varies from one day to the next — the grid shows the exact number of tiles.
• You have a maximum of 7 attempts to find the word.
• Each attempt must be a valid French word matching the day's length as shown by the grid.
• After each attempt, each letter receives color-coded feedback:

• Green tile: correct letter in the correct position.
• Yellow tile: correct letter, but in the wrong position — it exists in the word but needs to move.
• Gray tile: this letter does not appear in the target word (completely eliminate it).

Wordus requires a valid French word for each attempt — you cannot guess random letter combinations. This constraint actually helps: it forces you to think in real word patterns rather than pure letter testing.

The best opening words for Wordus

The optimal Wordus opening word maximizes letter coverage across the highest-frequency French letters. Analysis of French letter frequency data leads to these top recommendations:

• ALERTES (A-L-E-R-T-E-S): covers A, L, E, R, T, S — 6 of the top 10 most frequent French letters. An excellent all-purpose opener.
• ALOURIS (A-L-O-U-R-I-S): covers A, L, O, U, R, I, S — prioritizes vowels for rapid structural information about word shape.
• ÉTALONS (É-T-A-L-O-N-S): covers É, T, A, L, O, N, S — strong coverage including the very common É.
• NATIONS (N-A-T-I-O-N-S): covers N, A, T, I, O, S — four vowels and three of the most common consonants.

After your opener, your second guess should use completely different letters to maximize new information. If your opener revealed A, E, S, choose a second word with no A, E, or S — focus on testing R, T, N, I, O instead.

Strategic principles for Wordus

Information maximization vs word solving

The biggest Wordus mistake is trying to solve the word on attempt 2 or 3 after only partial information. Players who play too many guesses with overlapping letters waste their attempts. The better strategy: use your first 2–3 guesses purely for information gathering (even if you have a strong hypothesis), then solve with high confidence in attempts 4–5. This approach produces consistently better average attempt counts.

Yellow letters: position matters

A yellow letter tells you two things: the letter is in the word, AND it is not in the current position. Both pieces of information are critical. Keep a mental (or physical) note of which positions each yellow letter has been excluded from. In attempt 4, if E has been yellow in positions 2 and 5, you know E must be in positions 1, 3, 4, 6, or 7.

Green letter anchoring

Once you have a green letter, anchor your subsequent guesses around it. Every guess must contain that letter in that exact position. Build words around your confirmed green tiles — they are the skeleton of the solution.

Gray letter discipline

Gray letters are completely eliminated from the target. Many players accidentally re-use gray letters in later attempts (especially common letters like E or A). This wastes an entire guess. Before finalizing each attempt, scan your previous gray letters to ensure none appear in your next word.

Wordus vs other word grid games

By varying the word length from day to day, Wordus keeps the challenge fresh: some days shorter and quicker, other days longer and more demanding. This variability — combined with French vocabulary depth — is why Wordus offers up to 7 attempts rather than Wordle's 6.

The Wordus archive and practice mode

Every daily Wordus challenge is archived on Brekiz. Registered players can review their historical performance — attempts per day, win rate, score distribution. Premium players access practice mode which allows replaying any past Wordus challenge to refine specific strategies. The archive also helps identify patterns: are you consistently solving in 4–5 attempts but rarely in 2–3? That suggests your information-gathering first guesses may be suboptimal.

Frequently asked questions about Wordus

What counts as a valid word in Wordus?
Wordus uses a curated dictionary of standard French words (with a length that varies from day to day). Common nouns, adjectives, and verb conjugations are accepted. Proper nouns, abbreviations, and extremely rare technical terms are excluded. If Wordus rejects your guess, try a more common French word.

What is the best possible Wordus score?
Finding the word on the first attempt is theoretically possible but extremely rare (pure luck unless you have somehow seen the word beforehand). First-attempt victories earn the maximum score multiplier and a rare badge. Second-attempt victories are also rare but achievable with good strategy after a strong opener.

Can the same word appear twice in Wordus?
No, each word appears only once in the Wordus calendar. The word selection ensures no repetitions within a long rolling window.

Does Wordus include conjugated verb forms?
Yes, conjugated forms (e.g., DORMONS — we sleep) are included in both the word list and the valid guess dictionary. This significantly expands the search space and is one of the reasons Wordus is particularly challenging in French.

Are accented letters treated as separate from non-accented versions?
In Wordus, accented letters (É, È, Ê, À, Û, etc.) are treated as distinct letters. If the target word contains É, guessing E in that position will show yellow (correct letter but not the accented version) or gray (not present at all). Pay attention to accents — they matter in French words.