SoloWord / Player guides
Make your next guess count.
Practical guides from the creators of SoloWord: understand the feedback, choose a mode, play a duel and get help when something goes wrong.
These guides cover SoloWord 1.2.0 for Android. Available in English, Russian and Armenian. The game supports seven languages.
Why the first SoloWord request took 10.7 seconds: a development case
Real SoloWord API timings from 23 September 2026: 10,725 ms for a first guess, 175 ms for the next and 4,985 ms for hint preparation. What they show and what remains unmeasured.
Read guide SoloWordA SoloWord strategy for when your best guess stops helping
Choose informative guesses, test different relationships and recover from a misleading high score in SoloWord. Includes a worked reasoning example and a review checklist.
Read guide SoloWordInside SoloWord: meaning, languages, hints and the duel race
A design explanation of SoloWord 1.2.0: why exact answers still matter, how language changes associations, and what shared-word and exchanged-word duels ask of players.
Read guide SoloWordHow to play SoloWord: your first round
Learn SoloWord's rules, choose a language and mode, and use meaningful guesses to find the hidden word.
Read guide SoloWordWhat SoloWord's closeness percentage means
Understand semantic closeness in SoloWord, interpret surprising guesses and avoid treating a percentage as a probability.
Read guide SoloWordOnline duels and friend challenges in SoloWord
Choose a quick match or room code, understand shared-word and exchanged-word duels, and check the coin stake before joining.
Read guide SoloWordCoins, rewards and hints in SoloWord 1.2.0
Learn how SoloWord coins are used, choose between available hint options and troubleshoot delayed coin purchases.
Read guide SoloWordSoloWord help: connection, words and purchases
Troubleshoot SoloWord connection errors, rejected guesses, unavailable hints and missing purchases, and prepare a useful support report.
Read guide 1.2.0SoloWord 1.2.0: online duels, coins and new hint options
Official SoloWord 1.2.0 release notes from Soloyan Studio: online matches, exchanged secret words, a coin system and hints.
Release notes