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How to Play Tickerdoodle

Guess the daily stock ticker in 6 attempts. The answer is always a well-known company — S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 heavy hitters plus a few famous names beyond them.

Ticker Letter Feedback

After each guess, letters are colored to show how close you are:

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Green: Correct letter, correct position
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Yellow: Letter is in the ticker but wrong position
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Gray: Letter is not in the ticker at all

Ticker length is not pre-shown (answers are 1–5 letters). If your guess length differs from the target, all letters show gray, plus an arrow: ↑ means target is longer, ↓ means shorter. Repeated-letter scoring follows Wordle's double-letter rule.

Category Hint Columns

After each guess, six category columns appear to the right of the letter tiles:

Industry

🟩 Same GICS sub-industry · 🟨 Same GICS sector · ⬜ Different sector

Market Cap

🟩 Same bucket (Mega/Large/Mid/Small) · ↑ target bigger · ↓ target smaller

Founded Year

🟩 Within 10 years · ↑ target founded later · ↓ target founded earlier

HQ Country

🟩 Same country · 🟨 Same continent · ⬜ Different continent

Index Membership

Three sub-cells: S&P 500 · Dow 30 · Nasdaq-100. 🟩 if guess and target both in or both out, ⬜ if mismatch.

Years Public

🟩 Within 5 years · ↑ target has been public longer · ↓ target public shorter

Tips

  • A new puzzle drops every day at midnight UTC.
  • All players worldwide get the same daily answer.
  • You can guess any of the 200+ companies in our list — type a ticker or a company name.
  • Use category hints to narrow down sector and geography quickly.
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