Limina

What is Limina?

Limina is a free daily five-letter word puzzle from NST Studios that replaces green-yellow position feedback with letter-order clues. You still get six guesses at a shared secret word, but a useful clue needs two or more letters from the answer: green and orange pairs say which letter must come before the other, while purple marks a sandwich repeat. Practice mode is available, and Ante Up challenge mode stops the board from working letters out for you if you want a harder streak star. Everyone plays the same daily board in the browser with no paywall on the main puzzle, which makes Limina a sharp Wordle alternative when you are tired of fixed-slot colors. It sits alongside other word games on DLE Arena so you can compare rules, play time and similar titles before you open the official board. Like most "-dle" dailies, Limina is built for a short shared session: one puzzle (or a small set of rounds) that resets on a published schedule, usually without an account.

How to play Limina

1. Type or tap a valid five-letter guess for today’s shared Limina word.
2. When a guess shares two or more letters with the answer, read the green, orange or purple order clue.
3. Use those before/after (and sandwich) constraints to narrow the remaining letters across up to six guesses.
4. Solve for the streak, or turn on Ante Up before the first guess if you want Challenge Mode.

Limina tips

• Open with vowel-rich words so you earn an order pair early instead of empty misses.
• Treat green and orange as hard sequencing rules; rebuild candidates that violate them.
• Save Ante Up for a day you can keep it on for the whole solve if you want the star.

Where to play Limina

Limina runs in the browser on its official site, liminawordgame.com. Use the play button on this page to jump there. We keep this listing so you can read rules and tips first, then continue to the real board. Typical session length is 3-8 minutes, and the publisher listed for this guide is NST Studios.

Who will like Limina

Limina fits in our word games collection. Word games are the heart of the daily puzzle boom. It pairs well with a quick word game, a knowledge round like Arena Rank, and other short dailies from the same category so your morning stack stays varied.

Related daily games

After Limina, try these related listings and hubs on DLE Arena: Wordle, Connections, Strands, Spelling Bee, The Mini Crossword, Letter Boxed, plus games like Wordle, daily puzzle games, and the full DLE games directory.