Your Wordle stats are saved to your New York Times account, not your phone. If they look reset or missing, you are usually signed out or signed in to a different account. Sign in with the same email and method you used before, then open stats before you play. A missed day still breaks your streak.
That one rule fixes most “my stats disappeared” problems, but it hasn’t always been true, which is why so much of the advice online is out of date. Below is what changed, how to move your stats to a new phone without losing anything, and a quick way to tell a lost streak you can recover from one you can’t.
Short version:a free NYT account is all you need. You don’t need a New York Times Games subscription to save your stats.
Where are Wordle stats saved now?
Wordle stats are stored on the NYT account you’re signed in to, so they follow you to any phone, browser, or the NYT Games app where you sign in with that account. Your phone no longer holds the only copy, which is why a new phone on its own shouldn’t wipe anything.
That is a recent change. When Josh Wardle released Wordle in October 2021, stats lived only in your browser’s local storage. Clearing cookies, switching browsers, or getting a new phone erased them. Here’s how storage has changed since then:
| Date | What changed | What it means for your stats |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2021 | Wordle launches on Josh Wardle’s site | Stats saved only in that browser |
| 10 Feb 2022 | Wordle moves to nytimes.com after The New York Times bought it (31 Jan 2022) | Some players lose streaks during the redirect |
| Jul 2022 | NYT announces stat syncing to an NYT account | Optional: sign in to back stats up across devices |
| 15 Mar 2024 | A free account becomes required just to view stats | Signed-out players see a sign-in prompt instead of numbers |
| 30 Jun 2025 | Stats move to server-side storage, according to one player’s analysis of the game’s leftover browser data | The old browser copy is frozen, and your account is the record |
The 30 June 2025 date comes from an independent write-up, not an NYT announcement, so treat it as approximate. The 2024 change is the one that matters: since then, if you can see your stats at all, you’re signed in and they’re on an account.
What do the Wordle stats include?
The stats screen shows five things: Played, Win %, Current Streak, Max Streak, and Guess Distribution. All five are tied to the account. Our Wordle stats explained guide breaks down how each one is calculated.
How do I move my Wordle stats to a new phone?
To move your Wordle stats to a new phone, confirm which NYT account holds them on the old phone, then sign in to that same account on the new one before you play. There’s no export or transfer button. The account is the transfer.
- On your old phone, open Wordle and tap the stats icon. If you can see your numbers, you’re signed in. Note your Current Streak so you can check it later.
- Find out which account you’re using. Tap your profile or the account menu and write down the email address. Also note how you signed in: email and password, Google, Apple, or Facebook.
- On the new phone, install the NYT Games app or open nytimes.com/games/wordle in your browser. Either works, and stats sync between them.
- Sign in using exactly the same method. If you used “Sign in with Apple” before, use it again. Don’t type the email in by hand.
- Open the stats screen before you guess anything. Your Played count and Current Streak should match what you noted in step 1.
- Only then play today’s puzzle. If the numbers are wrong, stop and work through the fixes below first.
The order matters. Playing on a new phone while signed out, or signed in to the wrong account, starts a separate record. The puzzle you just solved won’t count toward the streak sitting on your real account.
Do my stats carry over between the NYT Games app and the browser?
Yes, as long as both are signed in to the same NYT account. The app and the website read from the same account, so a puzzle solved in Safari shows up in the app’s stats. Sometimes it takes a reload or a full close and reopen of the app before it appears.
Why did my Wordle stats reset or go missing?
Wordle stats usually look reset because the game is showing a different record, not because the old one was deleted. The common causes are below, roughly in order of how often they’re the culprit:
- You’re signed out. Since March 2024 the game won’t display stats to a signed-out player. A cleared cache, a private or incognito window, or a browser update can sign you out quietly.
- You’re signed in to a different NYT account. This is the big one on a new phone. Work and personal emails, a family member’s account, or an account created by accident at a sign-in prompt all hold separate stats.
- You used a different sign-in method. Signing in with Google on one device and Apple on another can land you in two different accounts. With Hide My Email, Apple gives the app a private relay address instead of your real one, so “the same email” may not be the same account.
- Your browser deletes site data. Strict privacy settings, auto-clear-on-exit options, and cleaner apps can wipe the sign-in cookies every time you close the browser.
- Your time zone changed. Wordle’s daily puzzle rolls over at midnight on your device’s clock. Players who flew across time zones have reported a streak dropping to zero even though they never missed a puzzle.
- A sync glitch. In March 2023 a wave of players reported streaks resetting without a missed day, including one 218-day streak. A sync problem can also show up as stats that are briefly blank or stale and then correct themselves.
Did my stats come from before I ever signed in?
If you played for years without signing in, those early games were saved only in that browser’s local storage. In July 2022 the NYT said linking stats to an account was permanent: “once stats are linked to a New York Times account, this process cannot be reversed.” If a browser record was never linked before you lost that browser or phone, it isn’t on any account. That’s the one technical reset that can’t be undone.
How do I get my Wordle stats back?
Start with the account: most missing stats reappear once you’re signed in to the account that originally held them. Work through these fixes in order, and don’t play today’s puzzle until your stats are back.
- Check the account you’re signed in to. Open your profile and compare the email with the one you noted on your old device. If it’s different, sign out completely and sign back in to the right account.
- Repeat your original sign-in method. If the email matches but the stats don’t, try the other sign-in methods you might have used (Google, Apple, Facebook, or email and password). Each one can be tied to its own account.
- Reload, or close and reopen the app. Give the stats a minute to sync before you decide they’re gone.
- Test on another device. If your old phone, a laptop, or a tablet still shows the right streak, the data is safe. Copy that device’s account and sign-in method exactly.
- Look at your browser settings. Turn off clear-cookies-on-exit for nytimes.com and avoid private windows. Allow first-party cookies for the site.
- Contact NYT support at help.nytimes.com if one account clearly shows the wrong numbers. There’s no published way to restore a streak, so ask, but don’t count on it.
What about changing your phone’s date?
Older guides, such as a 2023 MakeUseOf article, suggest setting your phone’s date back to the day you lost your streak and replaying. Even then, results were mixed. Your stats are kept on the account’s servers now, not on the phone, so changing the phone’s clock shouldn’t rewrite them. Treat this tip as obsolete. It can also cause new problems with other apps.
Can a lost Wordle streak be restored?
A streak broken by a missed or failed puzzle is permanent, so no device switch, sign-in, or support request will bring it back. A streak that only looks broken because of a sign-in or account mix-up usually can be recovered. Use this table to work out which one you have:
| Sign | Probably recoverable | Probably gone for good |
|---|---|---|
| Streak shows correctly on another device | Yes | |
| Stats are blank or show a sign-in prompt | Yes (you’re signed out) | |
| Played count is much lower than you remember | Yes (wrong account) | |
| You know you missed a day or ran out of guesses | Yes | |
| Every signed-in device shows the same reset | Yes | |
| Your old stats lived only in a browser you never signed in to | Yes |
Max Streak survives either way. A real reset sets Current Streak to zero but doesn’t erase your Max Streak record, so your best run is still recorded on the account.
How do I protect my Wordle streak from now on?
The best protection is to stay signed in to one NYT account, on as few devices as you need, and to play away from midnight. Each of these habits closes off one of the causes above:
- Always play signed in. Signed-out play doesn’t count toward your account’s streak.
- Write down your sign-in method. “Google, personal Gmail” is worth knowing before your next phone upgrade.
- Play in one place (the app or one browser) where you can.
- Avoid playing within a few minutes of midnight, and check your phone’s time zone before playing while you travel.
- Check your stats before you start whenever something seems off. Waiting a day costs you nothing if the streak turns out to be safe.
- Practise elsewhere. The Wordle Archive (for NYT Games subscribers since May 2024) and unlimited clones like Wordle Unlimited don’t affect your daily streak.
If a hard word is the real threat to your streak, spoiler-free Wordle hints or the Wordle solver can get you over the line without giving the answer away.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Wordle for the launch, acquisition and move-to-nytimes.com dates.
- Engadget (13 Jul 2022) on the NYT stat-syncing announcement.
- Yahoo Tech (15 Mar 2024) on the account requirement for viewing stats.
- Max Glenister on the June 2025 move to server-side stats.
- Fast Company (7 May 2024) on the Wordle Archive and streaks.
- Editorial policy for how we verify these guides.