When to spend your audits

You get two audits per puzzle. They do not cost a guess and they do not reveal a letter. They convert one row of uncertain evidence into certain evidence.

What an audit actually does

Tap Audit a row, then tap a submitted row. It re-colours to the truth and rings the tile that lied. You learn two things: the real feedback for those five tiles, and the fact that no other tile in that row was false.

That second part is easy to overlook and often more useful. An audited row becomes a fixed anchor you can reason from without hedging.

Audit the row your theory depends on

The best audit target is rarely the most confusing row. It is the row carrying the most weight. If you have narrowed the answer to two candidates and a single tile in row three is what separates them, audit row three. You are not buying clarity in general; you are buying the specific fact that decides your next guess.

Audit the row with the most greens

Failing a clear decision point, rows dense with greens and ambers are worth more than rows of mostly grey. A row of four greys and one amber has little to correct. A row of three greens is doing heavy lifting for your candidate list, and one of those greens may be false.

Hold at least one until row four

Early audits are usually wasted. On row two you do not yet know which evidence matters, so you are buying certainty about tiles you might never need. Spending one audit around row three or four and keeping the second for the endgame is a reliable default.

Spend both when a contradiction appears

A split key on the keyboard tells you two specific rows disagree about a letter. Auditing one of those two rows resolves the contradiction outright: either that row lied about the letter, or it did not, and the other row must have. This is the highest-value audit in the game, and it is worth spending both if the contradiction sits at the centre of your decision.

Do not audit to feel better

The most common waste is auditing out of frustration on a row that was never going to change the answer. Before tapping, finish this sentence: "If this row's liar turns out to be tile three, I will guess X instead of Y." If you cannot, you are not ready to spend the audit.

Consider not spending them at all

On easier puzzles, the contradictions on the keyboard often resolve the board without help. Finishing with both audits unused is a legitimate result and good practice for harder days. The audits are insurance, not a resource you are expected to consume.

Next: how to spot the lie or best opening guesses.