Word Clock Online
A QlockTwo-style word clock that spells out the time on an 11x10 letter grid. Pick a color, go fullscreen, and turn any monitor into a minimalist text clock.
Word clock
Auto dims the clock from 10 PM to 7 AM.
12-hour lights AM or PM on the grid. Both set the digital time under the sentence.
How the word clock works
The word clock - inspired by the German-designed QlockTwo - replaces digits with sentences. An 11x10 grid of letters always displays the alphabet, but only the letters that form the current time stay lit. Read the highlighted words top-to-bottom and you get a sentence like "IT IS TEN PAST FIVE".
The words move in five-minute steps, matching the original QlockTwo: at 10:37 the grid still reads TWENTY-FIVE TO ELEVEN until 10:40. Four small dots in the corners of the grid light one by one for the extra 1-4 minutes, so you can read the exact minute. The unlit letters stay faintly visible (the "ghost" effect) so the clock looks like a real backlit panel rather than a list of words.
Five-minute steps
- O'CLOCK - on the hour
- FIVE PAST, TEN PAST, A QUARTER PAST, TWENTY PAST, TWENTY-FIVE PAST
- HALF PAST
- TWENTY-FIVE TO, TWENTY TO, A QUARTER TO, TEN TO, FIVE TO
Features at a glance
- QlockTwo letter grid - authentic 11x10 layout used by the original German clock
- Six color presets plus a custom color picker for any hex value
- Three brightness levels plus Auto - dim, medium, bright, or Auto, which dims the clock overnight from 10 PM to 7 AM
- Minute dots - four corner dots add 1-4 minutes of precision
- Fullscreen and screensaver mode - black, OLED-friendly background, keeps the screen awake and hides the idle mouse pointer
- Shareable URL - your color, brightness and display settings travel with the link, and are remembered in this browser
- 12-hour and 24-hour - AM/PM on the grid in 12-hour mode, plus a digital time readout in either format (the spelled-out words stay in 12-hour English)
- Mobile ready - the grid scales to any screen size, including landscape fullscreen on a phone
- No signup, no install - runs entirely in your browser, no data leaves your device
Good uses for a browser word clock
- Spare monitor or TV - leave it running as a stylish ambient clock
- Stream overlay - capture a region in OBS for a unique on-screen clock
- Reading nook or office - softer than a digital clock, easier to glance at
- Bedside clock - set brightness to Auto so it dims itself at night
- Learning aid - useful for English students learning how to tell time in words
Keyboard shortcuts
- F - toggle fullscreen
- Esc - exit fullscreen
- 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 - dim / medium / bright / auto
- S - toggle the sentence below the grid
Frequently asked questions
A word clock displays the time as plain English text instead of digits. The classic QlockTwo design uses an 11x10 letter grid where certain letters illuminate to spell out the current time, like "IT IS HALF PAST TEN".
The clock reads your device time and updates exactly on each minute. The words step every five minutes - IT IS TEN PAST, A QUARTER PAST and so on - which is the traditional QlockTwo behavior, and the four corner dots light one by one for the extra 1-4 minutes. Turn on the sentence to see the exact digital time as well.
Yes. Pick from six preset colors - white, amber, red, green, blue, magenta - or use the custom picker for any color. Brightness has Dim, Medium, Bright and Auto, which dims the clock overnight from 10 PM to 7 AM.
Yes. Completely free, runs entirely in your browser, no signup and no usage limits. Leave it running as a clock or screensaver as long as you want.
Yes. Click Enter Fullscreen and the word clock fills the screen on a black, OLED-friendly background. While it is fullscreen the page asks the browser to keep the screen awake, and the mouse pointer hides when idle. Press Esc, or tap the screen and use the Exit fullscreen button on a phone or tablet.
Yes. Click Share Link to copy a URL with your color, brightness and display settings encoded. Anyone who opens the link sees the same configuration. Your own settings are also remembered in this browser for your next visit.
Yes. The grid scales to the screen, including landscape fullscreen, and works on any modern mobile browser - iOS Safari, Android Chrome and others.
Currently English only. The 11x10 letter grid follows the original QlockTwo English layout. Multi-language support may be added in a future update.