The short version
A clever hexadecimal spin on the Wordle formula with an extra logic hint each round, whose full on-screen hex keypad was confirmed to type and submit guesses correctly by touch after a hidden third-party hit-counter tracker was found and removed.
Biggest strengths
- A genuinely distinct twist on the Wordle formula - guessing a 16-bit hex number instead of a word, with an additional daily logic hint (e.g. "highest digit minus lowest digit = D") layered on top of the usual green/yellow/grey feedback
- Full on-screen hex keypad (0-9, A-F, DEL, ENTER) confirmed working correctly by touch: individual digits were typed in sequence, an invalid guess was correctly rejected against the day's hint with immediate visible feedback, and a hint-satisfying guess was correctly submitted with the row and keypad both updating to reflect it
- Identical behaviour confirmed with a real keyboard on desktop
Biggest weaknesses
- A hidden third-party hit-counter (hits.seeyoufarm.com) was found loading on every visit and was removed for this review - it wasn't caught by a standard analytics-script scan since it's an innocuous-looking visitor-count badge image rather than a recognisable tracking snippet, which is exactly why it's worth flagging
- Requires comfort with hexadecimal to fully enjoy the extra logic hints, which narrows the audience somewhat compared to a plain word game
- Minimal sound, and visual feedback is functional rather than flashy
Who it's for: Fans of Wordle-style daily puzzles who enjoy a bit of extra numeric logic, or anyone comfortable with hexadecimal.
Our recommendation: play
7.8 / 10
Opening
Hexle takes the now-familiar Wordle formula and asks you to guess a hidden 16-bit number in hexadecimal instead of a five-letter word, with the same green/yellow/grey feedback per digit — plus an extra daily logic hint (something like "highest digit minus lowest digit = D") that adds a genuine layer of numeric reasoning on top of the usual elimination process. It's a clever, distinct enough spin to stand on its own rather than feeling like a reskin.
A hidden tracker, found and removed
Before anything else, a genuine issue turned up during testing: every page load fired a request to a third-party hit-counter service (hits.seeyoufarm.com) that logs a visit against a specific URL. It's easy to miss because it doesn't look like a typical analytics snippet — it's just an innocuous "players today / ever" badge image in the page footer — but it's still a third party being pinged with every visitor's load, which isn't something this shelf ships. It was found and removed for this review, along with an accompanying GitHub star-count badge that served no purpose once separated from the original repository page.
Controls, confirmed digit by digit
With that resolved, the core interaction — a full on-screen hexadecimal keypad — was tested directly. Individual digits were tapped in sequence on a simulated phone and correctly appeared in the guess row in order; submitting a guess that didn't satisfy the day's logic hint correctly produced an immediate "Doesn't satisfy hint" rejection; and a second guess constructed specifically to satisfy that hint was correctly accepted, with both the guess row and the on-screen keypad updating their colours to reflect the result. The identical sequence — type, get rejected, type again, get accepted — was confirmed with a real keyboard on desktop.
Final Verdict
A smart, well-differentiated take on the Wordle format with touch controls that were tested and genuinely work, once a hidden third-party tracker was caught and stripped out. Recommended for anyone who enjoys the format and doesn't mind a bit of hex arithmetic.
Pros and cons
Pros
- A genuinely distinct twist on the Wordle formula - guessing a 16-bit hex number instead of a word, with an additional daily logic hint (e.g. "highest digit minus lowest digit = D") layered on top of the usual green/yellow/grey feedback
- Full on-screen hex keypad (0-9, A-F, DEL, ENTER) confirmed working correctly by touch: individual digits were typed in sequence, an invalid guess was correctly rejected against the day's hint with immediate visible feedback, and a hint-satisfying guess was correctly submitted with the row and keypad both updating to reflect it
- Identical behaviour confirmed with a real keyboard on desktop
- Clean, legible presentation consistent with the format's roots
Cons
- A hidden third-party hit-counter (hits.seeyoufarm.com) was found loading on every visit and was removed for this review - it wasn't caught by a standard analytics-script scan since it's an innocuous-looking visitor-count badge image rather than a recognisable tracking snippet, which is exactly why it's worth flagging
- Requires comfort with hexadecimal to fully enjoy the extra logic hints, which narrows the audience somewhat compared to a plain word game
- Minimal sound, and visual feedback is functional rather than flashy