How to Play

Everything you need to start duelling — in two minutes.

1. The Idea

Harfana is an Arabic word game. A hidden word stands between you and the win, and you get six guesses. Words vary from three to seven letters — each challenge tells you its word length before you start. Enter any valid Arabic word of the required length; after each guess the tiles recolour to show how close you were, and you build your next guess on what they revealed.

2. Tile Colours

Say the answer is “كلمات” and you guessed “ملفات”. Here is what the board tells you:

• Green — the letter is in the word and in the right position. Here ل, ا and ت are settled where they belong, so lock them in place for your next guess.
• Orange — the letter is in the word but somewhere else. م is part of the answer, so keep it and try it in another position.
• Dark grey — the letter is not in the word at all. Only ف is ruled out here — don't come back to it.

3. Letter Normalization

So no guess is wasted on a hamza form, some letters are normalized automatically before matching: أ, إ and آ are all read as ا, and ى is read as ي. Type whichever form you prefer — the result is the same.

4. Duels

In a duel you face another player on the same word at the same time. The round goes to whoever solves it in the fewest guesses; if you tie on guesses, the faster time wins. A match is best of three — first to win two rounds takes the duel.

5. Daily Challenge & Streak

One word a day for everyone, refreshing at midnight Saudi time. Every daily you solve extends your streak by a day; miss a day and the streak resets to zero.

6. Campaign

A solo journey of progressively harder stages. Each stage awards up to three stars — the fewer guesses you use, the more stars you earn. Collect stars to unlock later stages, and replay any earlier stage to improve your result.

7. Ranks

Your rating rises with wins and falls with losses, placing you in one of seven ranks: Wooden, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, and Legendary. Everyone starts at Bronze — the whole climb is ahead of you.

8. More Questions

See the FAQ, or write to us at support@harfana.app