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Crosswords, word ladders and other language puzzles.
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23 Words
Unscramble 23 words, one by one, without running out of time.
WRDLINK
Link the starting word to the ending word by changing one letter at a time. 3 rounds daily.
Wordspan
Guess the 5-letter word based on where adjacent letters relatively appear in the alphabet.
WordLink
Rearrange the words to form a chain of two-word phrases.
Word Peaks
Guess the word in 6 tries. Each guess shows if letters come earlier or later in the alphabet than the answer.
Worchle
Find the keyword in the word search before running out of guesses. Three increasingly difficult puzzles everyday.
werdel
Wordle except you're guessing based on the word's pronunciation as represented by the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
Waffle
Swap letters to create words both horizontally and vertically. Seems to have been made before Word Waffle.
The Guardian - Quick Crossword
A small crossword puzzle from The Guardian. New puzzle 6 days a week.
The Guardian - Cryptic Crossword
A weekday cryptic crossword from The Guardian.
TED - Letterbrew
Transform 3 words letter by letter based on the given clues. Then, place the words in the right categories to guess the final word.
Summit Game
With one clue to get you started, find the 5 interconnected words to complete the summit in the shortest time.
Squaredle
Find all the hidden words in a grid by connecting letters horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Two puzzles each day.
Spelling Bee
Given 7 letters, make as many words as you can that contain the center letter. Same as NYT Spelling Bee, which requires a subscription.
Smush
Create words using the 9 letters. Each letter gets 5 uses except the center letter, which must be in each word.
Semantle
Guess words to see how close they are to the secret word semantically, eventually guessing the secret word.
RADDLE
Solve the word ladder by transforming each word in some way, with the scrambled clues as guidance.
Quordle
Solve 4 Wordle puzzles at the same time.
Puzzmo - Typeshift
Slide columns of letters to make words, using all of the letters along the way.
Puzzmo - Spelltower
Find words to clear tiles in the falling grid.
Puzzmo - Crossword
Crosswords without getting stuck.
Puzzmo - Circuits
Place words into the empty boxes so that each connection of two words make a compound word.
Puzzmo - Bongo
Lay tiles onto the grid to spell the best 6 words you can.
Poople
Get to 'POOP' in as few steps as possible!
One Word Search
Repeatedly search for the only word in a grid of letters.
Octordle
Solve 8 Wordle puzzles at the same time. You have 13 guesses.
NYT Wordle
Guess the 5-letter word in six or fewer attempts.
NYT Strands
Find hidden words and uncover the day's theme.
NYT Connections
Group words that share a common thread.
Netflix - Waywords
A themed word search with emojis where the words make a path. Does not require a Netflix account.
Netflix - Keysmash
Guess the themed words with their vowels removed. Does not require a Netflix account.
Netflix - Crossover
Swap letters and emojis to form words that match the clues. Does not require a Netflix account.
Netflix - Bonza
Join fragments of letters together to form words that share a theme. Does not require a Netflix account.
Mislettered
Solve the word or phrase by guessing one letter at a time.
LinkedIn - Wend
Find the hidden words that partition the grid of letters. Does not require a LinkedIn account.
LinkedIn - Pinpoint
Guess today's category given as few clues as possible. Does not require a LinkedIn account.
LinkedIn - Crossclimb
Guess the words that fit the clues, then rearrange to create a word ladder. Does not require a LinkedIn account.
Gram Jam
Clear the board in under 20 swaps, clearing letters by creating words on full rows or columns.
Fusele
A Wordle variant in which each row has a unique twist.
Daily Fill-Ins
Properly fill in the clue-less crossword with all of the words from the given word list.
Crosswordle
Fill in the grid to logically fit a series of Wordle guesses.
Combinations
Create words using combinations of letters from the grid.
CHN LNK
Complete the chain of connected words by guessing all of the consonants, then all of the vowels.
Chiddle
Try to find five high scoring words in the puzzle grid, like Boggle.
Chainagram
Make a chain linking two words together by changing one letter and making an anagram at each step.
cemantle
Guess words to see how close they are to the secret word contextually, eventually guessing the secret word.
Cell Tower
Divide the grid into regions such that each region represents a word.
Categories
Group the words in the grid into the 4 secret categories, like Connections or Conexo.
Cascadle
Solve 5 linked Wordle puzzles, growing from 3 letters to 7 letters long.
Cadgy
Make valid 5-letter words by selecting one letter from each column.
Bracket City
Solve the clues within brackets, eventually completing the puzzle. (From The Atlantic)
Boston Globe - Align
Swap tiles in the grid so that each row and column forms a word.
Boggdle
Search for the best 3 words you can find in the Boggle grid.
Blunderwall
Find the secret word on the Blunderwall in 4 tries.
Blossom
Create 12 words using the letters on the petals, always including the center letter. You get more points for longer words.
Blockle
Fill a square grid with Tetris pieces to spell out words horizontally.
Betweenle
Guess the secret word hidden between other words before running out of guesses.
Beat Me At Boggle
Try to beat Ava at Boggle. They played the board yesterday, you play it today.
Antiwordle
Wordle except you're trying to avoid the secret word.
Alphalock
Word puzzle game inspired by Wordle and Mastermind.