diff --git a/apps/bordle/ChangeLog b/apps/bordle/ChangeLog
index f45509a34..ddbd6239c 100644
--- a/apps/bordle/ChangeLog
+++ b/apps/bordle/ChangeLog
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 0.01: New App
 0.02: app keeps track of statistics now
+0.03: Fix bug in valid word detection
diff --git a/apps/bordle/bordle.app.js b/apps/bordle/bordle.app.js
index 20aa02bc2..07e954a6d 100644
--- a/apps/bordle/bordle.app.js
+++ b/apps/bordle/bordle.app.js
@@ -110,7 +110,12 @@ class Wordle {
     }
   }
   addGuess(w) {
-    if ((this.words.indexOf(w.toLowerCase())%5)!=0) {
+    let idx = -1;
+    do{
+      idx = this.words.indexOf(w.toLowerCase(), idx+1);
+    }
+    while(idx !== -1 && idx%5 !== 0);
+    if(idx%5 !== 0) {
       E.showAlert(w+"\nis not a word", "Invalid word").then(function() { 
         layout = getKeyLayout("");
         wordle.render(true);
diff --git a/apps/bordle/metadata.json b/apps/bordle/metadata.json
index 37ef5c855..f6011f798 100644
--- a/apps/bordle/metadata.json
+++ b/apps/bordle/metadata.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "Bordle",
   "shortName":"Bordle",
   "icon": "app.png",
-  "version":"0.02",
+  "version":"0.03",
   "description": "Bangle version of a popular word search game",
   "supports" : ["BANGLEJS2"],
   "readme": "README.md",