Daily Five, Lagdle, and Krillion are listed in the DLE Directory. None of the three requires a sign-in. If you want a classic letter board, start with Daily Five. If you want that board with friction, start with Lagdle. If you want open answers instead of a grid, start with Krillion.
Daily Five is the straight six-guess board
Daily Five, from FiveLetterWords, is one shared five-letter word a day. Six guesses. Enter a word and the tiles mark green, yellow, or gray before you type the next one. Letters may repeat. The word changes at midnight where you are.
Practice, challenge links, and training sit beside the daily if you want more boards. Post-game coaching stays hidden until the puzzle ends. Stats stay in the browser, with optional sync across devices.
Choose Daily Five if you want the clearest finish line of these three: six rows, immediate feedback, done. It is the calm sibling of Lagdle on the same site.
Lagdle holds the clue for one turn
Lagdle keeps the five-letter alphabet but changes the timing. A valid guess locks in, and its colors stay in transit until the next valid guess commits. You get seven turns instead of six. Invalid words never spend a turn or release a clue. One optional letter hint costs a turn.
Daily is the shared numbered puzzle. Practice does not touch daily statistics. The delivery strip shows what you already know, which clue is travelling, and what action will release it.
Choose Lagdle if Daily Five feels too immediate and you want to plan a second word before the first clue lands. It is still a letter board, not a trivia dive.
Krillion rewards the uncommon valid answer
Krillion asks seven shared prompts. Each one has a 25-second window. Any valid member of the category counts, but rarer answers sink deeper on the score. One dive per day; Unlimited, archive, and themed packs sit beside it.
There is no letter grid. The skill is naming something that is true and not the first thing everyone typed. Progress stays in the browser.
Choose Krillion if you want open answers under a clock rather than green and yellow tiles. It is the odd one out in this set, and that is the point.
Which should I try first?
Start with Daily Five if you want a short Wordle-shaped loop with feedback on every Enter. Start with Lagdle if you like that loop but want the delay. Start with Krillion if you would rather race a timer on seven prompts than fill a grid.
Daily Five and Lagdle share a publisher and a five-letter dictionary family. Krillion does not. Playing the two letter games back to back makes the delay obvious; Krillion is a different kind of day.
FAQ
Are these three games updated daily?
Yes. Daily Five and Lagdle each post one shared five-letter word (Lagdle is numbered). Krillion posts seven shared prompts for the Daily Dive.
Do they require an account?
No. All three play in the browser. FiveLetterWords and Krillion keep progress locally; both offer optional extras that do not block the daily.
How long do they take?
Daily Five is usually a few minutes. Lagdle often runs a little longer because each clue is late. Krillion is seven timed prompts, typically a few minutes end to end.
How is Lagdle different from Daily Five?
Daily Five shows color feedback as soon as you enter a guess. In Lagdle, the colors for a guess arrive only after the next valid guess locks, and you get a seventh row to finish.
Conclusion
If you want six guesses with instant colors, start with Daily Five. If you want seven guesses and a delayed clue, start with Lagdle. If you want seven timed trivia prompts where rarity matters, start with Krillion. Tomorrow will change the word and the prompts. It will not change which of those three timings you prefer.