How a run works
- Answer the prompt. “Is a bird”, “is a cheese”, “starts with a vowel and contains a K”, “is a Greek letter”. ROBIN is Common and pays 10. GREBE is Epic and pays 55. There are 193 categories, from body parts and tools to capitals, composers, constellations, slang and Pokémon.
- Watch the tiles. Every word is colored Wordle-style against one hidden five-letter word you haven't seen. Greens and yellows pay, and the colors stack up on your keyboard round after round.
- Take a boon. Three are offered after every answer, Balatro-style. Some change only the next round (freeze the clock, peek at two Wordle letters, double down), some last the whole run (greens pay 35, J/Q/X/Z pay 30, a streak that grows twice as fast).
- Name the Wordle. After round five you get one guess at the hidden word for 150 points.
- Beat par, go endless. Par is 550. Clear it and the run continues with a fresh Wordle and rising stakes until you bank or the clock runs out.
Scoring, in one paragraph
Rarity is measured by how often a word appears in real English text, so the game knows that OKAPI is rarer than TIGER without anyone voting on it. Six tiers run from Common (10) to Mythic (90); the single rarest fit for a prompt is One in a Wordillion and pays 120. Tiles pay 20 per green and 8 per yellow. Seconds left on the clock, a first-try answer, rare letters, palindromes, alphabetical words, past Wordle answers and loanwords all add a little. Streaks of Epic-or-better words and later rounds multiply the lot. The full table is one tap away inside the game, folded up so you never have to read it.
Modes
| Mode | What it is |
|---|---|
| Daily run | The same seeded five rounds for everyone, once a day. Beat par to unlock endless. |
| Endless | Keep your boons, draw a new Wordle, stakes climb every round. Bank at any reveal; a timeout ends it. |
| Time trial | Sixty seconds, prompts back to back. Skip for −1 s, call the Wordle any time for +150. |
| Practice | Unlimited random runs. |
Questions
What is Wordillion?
A free browser word game with a roguelike structure. Each round gives you a prompt such as “is a bird” or “starts with Q”, thirty seconds, and one word of up to five letters. The rarer the word, the more it scores. After every answer you pick one of three boons that change the next round or the rest of the run.
How is a word scored?
Six rarity tiers from Common (10) to Mythic (90), with the single rarest valid answer worth 120 as One in a Wordillion. On top of that every word is colored against a hidden five-letter Wordle: green tiles pay 20, yellow 8. Smaller bonuses reward speed, a first-try answer, rare letters like J, Q, X and Z, and words that are also past Wordle answers or loanwords. Multipliers come from streaks of Epic-or-better words and from later rounds.
What counts as a valid word?
Any English dictionary word of three to five letters, plus the names a category prompt asks for, like PARIS for “is a national capital” or ELGAR for “is a composer”. Plurals and other -S forms don't count, the same rule Wordle uses for answers.
What is the Wordle at the end?
One hidden five-letter word colors every tile in your run. After round five you get one guess at it for 150 points. If you also beat par (550), the run goes endless: a new Wordle, rising stakes, and you bank whenever you like.
What is the time trial?
Sixty seconds on one clock, prompts back to back, as many words as you can. Skipping a prompt or having a word rejected costs one second. You can call the Wordle at any time for 150 and a fresh one.
Is there a daily puzzle?
Yes. Everyone gets the same seeded run each day, plus unlimited practice runs and time trials. Nothing is uploaded and there's no account; progress and stats stay in your browser.
Status
Wordillion is a demo: it's complete and playable, and the scoring will keep being tuned. It runs entirely in your browser; your stats and streak live in your browser's storage.