Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 27, 2026
Hintwordo is a free five-letter word solver and word game. You can use it without an account. This policy explains what data is processed when you use the site.
Who we are
Hintwordo (hintwordo.com) is operated by Julius Bong, an individual based in Washington State, USA.
Contact: hello@hintwordo.com
What we process
Your guesses and tile colors are processed entirely in your browser and are not sent to us.
When you open a word's definition, that word (not your guesses) is sent to our server, which looks it up in public dictionary sources.
Our hosting provider (Vercel) processes standard technical data such as IP address and browser type to deliver the site and keep it secure.
Cookies and local storage
Hintwordo saves a few things in your browser's local storage: preferences such as your last game settings, recently played words, and your Play Five stats and recent games. They stay on your device and are never sent to our server.
Hintwordo doesn't use advertising or tracking cookies.
Your stats between Hintwordo and BridgePhrase
Hintwordo and BridgePhrase share one navigation. When you follow one of its links between hintwordo.com and bridgephrase.com, your browser carries a small summary of your stats inside the link itself, in the part after “#”, which browsers never send to any server.
It contains your totals and streaks, at most your 30 most recent games, and your BridgePhrase display name if you set one. The other site saves it on your device so its Profile can show it, labelled with when it was taken, and removes it from the address bar straight away.
Neither site stores your game history on a server.
Analytics
Hintwordo does not currently use any third-party analytics service. The site is built to record anonymous usage events — for example that the solver was used or a game was completed — but these stay in your browser and are not sent to anyone.
If we add an analytics provider, we'll name it on this page before it's switched on.
Advertising
Hintwordo shows no ads and uses no advertising services.
Third-party providers
Hosting: Vercel Inc.
Definitions: Wikimedia Foundation (Wiktionary) and the Free Dictionary API.
Children
Hintwordo is a general-audience word game and is not directed at children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes
We'll update this page when our practices change and revise the date above.
Questions about privacy: hello@hintwordo.com