Did you solve it? Forget Wordle, here’s Worzle

Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge and Una Stubs as Aunt Sally, from 1981. Photograph: PA

Earlier today I set you three “Worzle” puzzles. The name is a portmanteau of Wordle + puzzle, and is essentially a combination of Wordle and Sudoku. It was devised by reader Alf Smith. Here are the puzzles again with their solutions.

If you have been living under a rock for the last two years and are not familiar with Wordle, the puzzle will be very confusing! If, however, you have played Wordle at least once, then Worzle should be straightforward.

You are presented with a solved game of Wordle, but with some of the letters missing, and you must fill in the missing letters. Each individual puzzle is a separate game, in which you are trying to find a 5-letter word. A green square is right letter right position, and a yellow square is right letter wrong position. Each row must be a 5-letter word. The bottom row, where all five letters are green, is the solution word.

Easy

Solution

Medium

Solution

Hard

Solution

Thanks to Alf Smith for devising today’s puzzles. I hope you enjoyed them. I’ll be back in two weeks.

I set a puzzle here every two weeks on a Monday. I’m always on the look-out for great puzzles. If you would like to suggest one, email me.