A Daily Scripture Puzzle Like Wordle: Meet Verse Quest

Millions of people start their day with a small puzzle. Wordle was played 4.2 billion times in 2025, and the appeal is easy to see: one puzzle a day, the same for everyone, done in two minutes, with a score you can share without spoiling it.

Verse Quest uses that same rhythm for the scriptures. Each day there's one verse. Your job is to find where it lives. You'll read it, think about it, and usually end up reading the verses around it too. That last part is the real point.

There are three versions, and all are free: Book of Mormon, New Testament and Doctrine and Covenants.

How Verse Quest works

Open the game and you'll see today's verse. Pick a book, then a chapter, and tap Guess. You have six guesses.

• Green means right.
• Yellow means you have the right book and are within 3 chapters.
• Gray means not it. An arrow tells you whether the answer comes earlier or later.
• Every miss reveals a nearby verse from the answer chapter, such as the verse before or the verse after.
• Books and chapters that can't be right are crossed out, so you never waste a guess.

Here's a real round. The verse was "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness..." A first guess of Alma came back gray with "later." The clue verses mentioned the Gentiles and "faith, hope and charity," which pointed toward Moroni's writing in Ether. Ether 10 turned yellow, meaning close. Ether 12 was right, in three guesses.

The payoff: reading the whole passage

When you find it, Verse Quest shows the verse in context, with the verses before and after highlighted. It links to the full chapter on the Church's Gospel Library. It also keeps your stats: games played, win percentage, current streak, best streak and how many guesses you usually need.

That's the habit Verse Quest builds. Researchers call it retrieval practice. Roediger and Karpicke found that testing yourself improves later memory more than restudying the same material. Each day you're not just rereading. You're recalling where things are, and that's how the scriptures start to feel familiar.

Share your score, not the answer

Like Wordle, your result shares as a small grid of colored squares with no spoilers. Send it to a family group chat, a seminary class or a missionary in the field, and see who found it fastest. You can share a picture or a link, by text, WhatsApp, Facebook, X or email.

Family idea: make Verse Quest the "first one at breakfast" game. Everyone plays on their own phone. Whoever used the fewest guesses reads the verse aloud.

Book only mode for kids and new readers

Finding the exact chapter is hard for a seven-year-old or someone new to the scriptures. Book only mode asks only for the book, with five guesses. It teaches the order of the books, which is a real skill, without the frustration. Children can play Book only while parents play the full game, and everyone still shares the same verse.

Three versions

Version	What you guess	Best for
Verse Quest: Book of Mormon	Book and chapter, in 6 guesses	Families, youth, missionaries
Verse Quest: New Testament	Book and chapter, in 6 guesses	Come, Follow Me 2027
Verse Quest: Doctrine and Covenants	Section number, from 1 to 138	Seminary students and Church history fans

The Doctrine and Covenants version works a little differently. You type a section number, and the game tells you to go higher or lower and whether you're close. There's one verse for each of the 138 sections.

Make it a daily study habit

Verse Quest isn't meant to replace scripture study. It's a doorway into it. Some ways families use it:

1. Play first, then read the chapter. Tap "Read" after you finish and read the chapter the verse came from.
2. Keep a family streak. See how many days in a row everyone can play.
3. Send it to your missionary. It's a small daily connection, and most missionaries love the competition.
4. Pair it with Come, Follow Me. In 2027, the New Testament version fits the year's study.

The habit matters. According to BYU Studies' analysis of Pew Research data, Latter-day Saints already have the highest rate of at least weekly scripture reading among U.S. religious groups. A two-minute daily game is an easy way to make "weekly" become "every day."

Questions people ask

Is Verse Quest free?

Yes. There's no account, no app download and no cost. Your stats save on your own device.

When does the new verse come out?

A new verse comes at midnight in your time zone. Everyone gets the same verse each day.

Can I play more than once a day?

The daily verse is once a day, so your streak means something. After you finish, tap Play a practice round for as many extra verses as you like.

Which edition of the scriptures does it use?

It uses the standard English edition of the scriptures published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and every verse links to Gospel Library. Verse Quest itself is independent. It's made by Weak Things and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Church.

Keep reading

• Book of Mormon Games for Primary and Youth
• Doctrine and Covenants Games
• The 24 New Testament Doctrinal Mastery Passages