What Do the Green, Yellow, and Gray Colors Mean in Pokerdle?

In Pokerdle, the colors tell you how each card in your guess relates to the hidden poker hand: green means the card is in the correct position, yellow means the card is in the hand but in the wrong position, and gray means the card is not in the hand at all. You get this feedback after every guess, and you have 5 attempts to find the hidden 5-card hand.

The Feedback Rules at a Glance

The game's own examples use A♥, K♠, and Q♣ to illustrate each case: A♥ is green (correct position), K♠ is yellow (in the hand, wrong position), and Q♣ is gray (not in the hand).

How to Read the Feedback

Green: lock the position

A green card is confirmed in both rank/suit and slot. Treat it as fixed and don't move it unless later feedback forces a rethink.

Yellow: keep the card, change the slot

A yellow card is part of the hidden hand but sits in the wrong position. Keep it in your next guess and shift it to a different slot. If a card stays yellow across several guesses, you've narrowed down where it can't go.

Gray: eliminate the card

A gray card is not in the hidden hand. Drop it from all future guesses so you spend your remaining attempts on cards that can still be correct.

A Simple Way to Use the Colors

1. First guess: play five different cards to gather as much color information as possible.
2. Sort the feedback: keep greens in place, keep yellows but move them, and discard grays.
3. Fill the gaps: use your remaining attempts to test new cards in the open slots.
4. Repeat: after each guess, re-check which cards are green, yellow, or gray and adjust.

The goal, as the game states, is to determine the hidden poker hand in as few attempts as possible — so each color is a clue that either confirms, relocates, or eliminates a card.