The Arena Cup
A tournament, twice a week. Everyone on one clock, racing the same words at official tables - best pass wins the week.
Checking the tables…
🚧 The Arena opened its doors this week and is very much in beta - you may still hit rough edges. Spot one? - it genuinely helps.
The arena is closed. Next tournament opens
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Leaderboard
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Champions Wall
Weekly top three, recorded forever. The champion wears the crown until the next crowning.
The rules, on one card
- 🎟️ Your Pass: 20 round tickets per tournament, free with sign-in. A fresh pass every tournament - passes are never sold. A ticket is used only when a round deals you in; watching costs nothing, and each punched hole shows that round's points.
- 🕛 When: Mondays & Thursdays, opening 12:00 UTC, open for 24 hours - shown above in your local time.
- 🎯 A round: one hidden word, 4–8 letters (lengths rotate), 6 guesses, 3-minute limit.
- ⏳ Arriving mid-round: if the round just started (under 30 seconds in) you're dealt straight in; otherwise you watch free and play the next one - no ticket is ever spent on a round you can't win.
- 🧮 Round score: 7 − guesses used, plus a speed bonus: +2 under 1:00, +1 under 2:00. Missed word = 0. Points only ever add.
- 🏆 Tournament score: all 20 rounds summed - unused tickets score 0, so play the whole pass. Every tournament crowns its own podium.
- 📅 The weekly crown: Monday + Thursday combined. Missing a day halves your ceiling, not your eligibility. Ties go to lowest total solve time.
- 👑 Glory: each week's top 3 join the Champions Wall permanently.
- 🕵️ Fair play: the referee holds the words server-side and times every solve on its own clock.
- 🔒 Identity: Google sign-in is for saving your score only - your public name is a handle you pick from a curated list (that list is what keeps the arena safe for everyone), never your real one. Handles change at most once a week.
Save your score
Sign in with Google to claim your Tournament Pass, keep your scores and compete for the weekly crown. We only use Google to remember you - your name and photo are never shown to anyone.
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Pick your handle
Choose a name from the list and add up to two initials to make it yours - there's only one of each handle in the whole arena. Handles come from a fixed list of common English names: that's what keeps the arena safe and welcoming for everyone. You can change your handle once a week; your avatar anytime.
Pick your avatar
Watching this round free - no ticket used. You'll be dealt into the next one.
Tournament Pass
Your pass holds 20 round tickets per tournament. One ticket is used each time a round deals you in - watching uses none. The number punched on a hole is the points that round scored.
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A tournament with a referee
The Arena Cup is the competitive side of Wordle Unlimited. Private multiplayer rooms are for friends; the Arena seats you with whoever shows up, on official tables where the server holds the hidden word, checks every guess and times every solve. Twice a week, everyone in the world plays the same 24-hour window on one shared clock - then the week crowns its champion.