What is Squaredle Beta?

Squaredle Beta is where new Squaredle features and fixes start first. It's also where our beta members preview puzzles before they're launched to the public.

To access Squaredle Beta, update your bookmarks to squaredle.app/beta.

Or, if you launch the main site when you're a beta member, you'll receive a pop-up asking if you want to continue to the beta site.

How can I tell when I'm using the beta site?

Check the Settings menu in Squaredle, or see if the version number in the lower left of the "About" section ends with "beta".

What is a preview puzzle?

A preview puzzle is a sneak peek of a future puzzle, released early to beta members to help determine the quality, enjoyability, and difficulty of a puzzle before publishing. Daily beta puzzles are automatically released every day, Freeklies and Weeklies once a week, and Out-of-Band (OOB) and Special puzzles less often. The daily puzzles are the only previews accessible via the puzzle piece icon on Squaredle, described in more detail below.

Please try them out and leave feedback in the relevant Discord channels, mentioned below. This helps us gauge how difficult a puzzle is (i.e., what rating it should have, what day of the week it belongs in) and whether there are any issues that need our attention.

Sometimes the preview puzzle has new features we're experimenting with, and we'll share these ideas in the beta channels. We'll also occasionally ask for feedback on ads.

How do I access preview puzzles?

Daily Preview Puzzles: Daily preview puzzles can be accessed by clicking the puzzle piece icon at the top left of Squaredle on the site or app. This puzzle piece icon will also show a callout when a new preview puzzle is ready for beta review. Click it to switch between the preview puzzle and the regular daily puzzle. Feedback will be captured in the main beta Discord channel, explained in more detail below.

Freekly and Weekly Preview Puzzles: These puzzles will be posted up to four times a week in the preview-puzzles Discord channel. Feedback will also be captured here.

Out-of-Band (OOB) and Special Preview Puzzles: OOB and Special puzzles will be posted occasionally in the out-of-band Discord channel. Feedback will also be captured here.

You'll also get a server tag alert when these puzzles are ready for beta review.

How do I leave feedback?

Leave feedback in the relevant beta channels mentioned above in the Squaredle Discord. On occasion, to help us troubleshoot, we may ask you to send feedback in-game: tap the question mark icon in the top right and open the Feedback tab.

Each preview puzzle will have a rating poll under its post in the relevant Discord channel. We ask for ratings for daily preview puzzles, some OOB preview puzzles, Freeklies, and Weeklies, but not for Specials. Once a preview puzzle is posted, you can leave feedback under the post and engage in any ongoing conversations. Feedback includes information like how fun the puzzle was, whether you believe a word should be Required or Bonus, any issues with the Bonus Word of the Day (BWOTD), and anything else you'd like to provide or have a conversation about.

If you're a puzzle creator, you can play-test your own puzzle. You can rate it, too, if you'd like, but make sure you're considering the puzzle objectively, from the perspective of someone who isn't familiar with it. If it's not your puzzle but you're familiar with it from the puzzle-ideas channel, please consider that when rating as well.

Can I share Squaredle Beta with my friends?

No, please don't share beta puzzles, details about experimental features, or screenshots of the preview puzzle.

How do I leave or rejoin the beta site?

If you want to temporarily leave the beta site, simply opt out in Settings – you can always opt back in later.

If you're having problems with the beta site, please send feedback via the question mark icon at the top right of Squaredle, or via the Discord beta channel.

Thanks for beta testing!

—The Squaredle Squad