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Brain Trails: Word Link

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Word Lantern: Endless Guess

Light hidden five-letter words with Beacon, Ember, and Dusk clues. Play Classic Endless trails or Crazy Chain Lantern, a deterministic three-stage run with linked letters and enforced clue constraints.

How to play

Type a five-letter word and press Enter. You have six accepted guesses to find the hidden word. Each tile gets a clue: Beacon for the exact spot, Ember for a letter that belongs elsewhere, Dusk when no unused copy remains. Example: if the answer is PAPER and you guess APPLE, the first A and P are Ember, the second P is Beacon, L is Dusk and E is Ember. Crazy Chain Lantern links three words; missing any stage ends the run.

Controls

KeyboardMouseTouch

Tips for this game

Open with five different letters so every tile tests something new. Save words with repeated letters for later, once the clues have told you which letters the answer really uses.
Read a Dusk on a repeated letter as a count, not a ban. If two E tiles light up and a third goes Dusk, the answer has exactly two Es.
In Crazy stages 2 and 3, every guess must contain the chain letter. Build your first guess from that letter plus four new ones, then move the chain letter to a new lantern.

Common questions

What does Constraint Mode do in Classic?

Once you have an accepted guess, every later guess must keep Beacon letters in their lanterns, reuse every revealed letter, and move Ember letters away from spots already proved wrong. Turn it on in Settings before your first accepted guess; it then stays locked for that round.

Does a rejected guess use up one of my six tries?

No. A word that is too short, not on the word list, missing the chain letter, or ignoring a clue is rejected with a message and costs nothing. Only accepted guesses count toward the six. Escape clears the row you are typing.

Is my progress saved if I close the page?

Yes. Word Lantern keeps progress locally on your device and restores an unfinished trail, or the current Crazy stage, when you return. Statistics and settings stay saved too. Switching modes mid-round asks you to confirm, because it replaces the unfinished trail.

Is there a daily word, and how big is the word list?

There is no daily word. Classic offers a fresh round whenever you finish one, and Crazy starts a new chain on request. The game accepts 8,629 five-letter words as guesses, while hidden answers come from 101 curated, family-friendly common words.