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OI-116 · How to play

Five-Letter Word Puzzles

100 hidden-word puzzles: each shows some guesses at a five-letter word, marked to show which letters are right, in the word, or not in it. Work out the word.

What’s inside

  • 40 Easy, 30 Medium, 30 Hard: fewer clues as you go
  • No answer repeats
  • Print edition — A4 and US Letter, two puzzles a page, answers at the back
  • Tablet edition — four page sizes, with a contents page you tap to move around and a link back from every page

Opening your download

Your files arrive as a ZIP. Download it from Etsy in a web browser (on a computer is easiest), then unzip it: on most computers, double-click it; on a phone or tablet, open it in your files app and tap it. Open the PDFs from the unzipped folder, not from inside the ZIP.

Can’t find the download? On Etsy, go to Your account → Purchases and reviews, and use the Download files button on the order.

Printing

  • Print at 100% — “actual size” — not “fit to page”, so everything comes out the size it was drawn.
  • Use the file that matches your paper: A4 or US Letter.
  • Ordinary printer paper is fine; heavier paper (120–160 gsm, about 32–43 lb) makes cards and covers sturdier.
  • Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own household, party or classroom.

The tablet edition

The tablet edition has the same pages, with links: the contents page jumps to each section, and every page links back to the contents. It comes in four page sizes — S for 7–8 inch screens, M for 10–11 inch, L for 13 inch, A4 for larger tablets. Try M first.

Open it in an app or on a tablet that lets you write on a PDF. On some tablets the links answer a finger tap but not the pen; every page also shows its page number.

How to play the five-letter word puzzles

Each puzzle shows some guesses at a hidden five-letter word, with a mark under every letter:

  • ● filled circle — the right letter in the right place.
  • ○ open circle — the letter is in the word, but somewhere else.
  • ✕ cross — the letter is not in the word.

Use every mark to work out the one word that fits them all, and write it in the empty boxes. Easier puzzles show more guesses. Answers are at the back.

Something not right?

Message us through Etsy, or email m@organize.ink with OI-116 in the subject line. We answer.

organize.ink is made by Naisu Limited, London. Last reviewed November 2026.

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