Lassogram

What Lassogram is

Lassogram presents a new word puzzle each day on a board of hexagonal letter cells. Before the puzzle begins, the board is split into hidden groups of touching letters, and every hidden group is an anagram of a single answer word. Because the letters are not stored in reading order, the solution never appears as a simple straight line; instead, you need to discover which neighboring cells belong together and what word they form. To gather a set of letters, you can drag a loop around a cluster of adjacent cells or select individual cells one at a time. You then submit your chosen letter group as a guess. If the guess is not right, the game earns you a hint that can be used to find the remaining words. The daily format keeps each session short, and the entire game is the work of one designer.

How to play

Start by studying the hexagonal board for clusters of letters that seem to fit together. Because every answer is an anagram of its hidden letter group, the letters do not need to appear in order. Use the lasso-style control to drag a loop around a set of touching cells, or pick letters individually for smaller or irregular clusters. Once you have chosen a group, submit it as a word guess and see whether it matches one of the hidden answers. If the guess is wrong, the puzzle awards you a hint to help track down words that remain. Work through the board until every hidden group has been identified and submitted.

Tips

1. Because every answer is an anagram, treat each cluster as a jumbled set of letters and try rearranging them into several possible words before submitting.
2. Remember that the letters in a hidden group must be touching each other on the hex board, so stay focused on connected cells when you make your selection.
3. A wrong guess is not wasted: it earns a hint you can use to locate the remaining words on that day's board.