Hack Wordle on Mobile — No Computer Needed (Bookmarklet Method)

You’ve found the Wordle hack — but your phone doesn’t have DevTools. No problem. There’s a trick that works entirely from your mobile browser.

The classic Wordle hack uses the browser’s Network tab to peek at today’s answer. On a desktop that’s just a keyboard shortcut away, but on a phone or tablet DevTools simply isn’t available. That’s where bookmarklets come in.

What Is a Bookmarklet?

A bookmarklet is a regular web bookmark — but instead of a website URL, it contains JavaScript code. When you tap the bookmark, the browser executes that code on whatever page you’re currently viewing.

It’s a technique that has been around for decades and works in virtually every mobile browser, because tapping a bookmark is just a normal browser action, not a developer feature.

Setting It Up

Step 1 — Create a New Bookmark

Open your mobile browser, navigate to Wordle, and bookmark the page. The URL doesn’t matter; you’ll replace it in the next step.

Step 2 — Edit the Bookmark

Open your bookmarks, find the one you just saved, and tap Edit.

Change the name to: Wordle Answer
Delete the URL completely and paste this exact code in its place:

javascript:(function(){ fetch('https://www.nytimes.com/svc/wordle/v2/' + new Date().toISOString().split('T')[0] + '.json').then(res => res.json()).then(data => alert('The word is: ' + data.solution.toUpperCase())).catch(err => alert('Could not fetch the word!')); })();

Save the bookmark.

Step 3 — Open Wordle

Navigate to Wordle in your mobile browser and wait for the game to fully load.

Step 4 — Run the Bookmarklet

⚠️ Crucial step: Simply tapping the bookmark in your bookmarks menu won't work on mobile — the browser treats it as a navigation rather than executing the code. You need to trigger it through the address bar.

Tap your address bar, type Wordle Answer, and when the bookmark appears in the dropdown suggestions, tap it.

A pop-up will appear showing today’s word in capital letters — that’s your answer!

How It Works

The bookmarklet fetches today’s answer directly from the same NYT API that the Wordle game itself uses. It builds the URL using today’s date, requests the JSON file, reads the solution field, and pops up an alert with the word.

The javascript: URL scheme tells the browser to evaluate the code as a script rather than navigate to a page. Because it runs in the context of the current tab, it can make the same fetch requests as the page itself.

The code breaks down into these steps:

Build the API URL using today’s date: https://www.nytimes.com/svc/wordle/v2/YYYY-MM-DD.json
Fetch the JSON response from the server.
Read data.solution and convert it to uppercase.
Show an alert pop-up with the answer.
If anything goes wrong, show a friendly error message instead.

Want the full step-by-step desktop method? Check out Hacking Wordle: Solve It in One Try Using Browser DevTools for a detailed walkthrough using the Network tab!