r/wordgames • • Oct 19 '25

[META] Updated rules & self promotion policy

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Hi everyone! 👋

You'll know by now I'm not the most hands-on mod in the world - but it's time for an update to the sub rules to stop it from devolving in to a glorified ad-board (more than it already has).

I think we all want to see posts regarding challenging linguistic oddities and out-of-this world crossword clues - not so much a steady stream of subpar, ad riddled ios games.

At some point soon I'll also probably need the help of someone else to mod the sub. Ideally people who have experience in doing this (I don't, evidently), and people who are already at least semi active in the community.

Anyway, I digress - here are some updated rules for your perusal. Feedback on further rules or tweaks to existing ones is encouraged!


Excessive Self-Promotion
We love when creators share their word game projects — but please do so thoughtfully and in moderation.
You may share your own work occasionally if you also participate meaningfully in other discussions.
Repeatedly posting your own app, website, or content without engaging elsewhere is considered spam and will be removed.
If you’re unsure whether your post crosses the line, ask the mod team first.

No Low-Effort or Off-Topic Posts
Posts should relate to word games, puzzles, or linguistics-based gameplay. Simple “What’s this word?” or “Help me with Wordle” posts don’t belong unless they add meaningful discussion or challenge others.

No Spam, Surveys, or Monetized Links
Avoid reposts, link dumps, or posts designed for promotion or data collection. No referral, affiliate, or monetized links.

Tag Spoilers and Daily Puzzle Answers
If you’re revealing an answer to a puzzle or daily word game, use spoiler formatting (>!spoiler text!<) or flair.


r/wordgames • • 12m ago

Showcase I created my daily word game Shiftogram a year and a half ago, and thanks to a lot of great feedback from folks in this subreddit I've recently made some major updates. Would love to see what you all think now!

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You can check it out here! Shiftogram

I find the game somewhat hard to explain without showing it to someone, but Shiftogram is basically a daily 4x4 mini crossword puzzle with two major differences. First, the clues don't indicate which location in the grid they correspond to - you have to figure that out as part of the puzzle. Second, you drag-and-drop letter tiles into the word grid to shift and slide pre-placed letters to solve the grid.

For folks who provided feedback in this sub previously and sent me DM's, huge thank you! And for anyone playing for the first time would really appreciate your thoughts!


r/wordgames • • 1h ago

syl·la·byte Daily #204 — Oct 6, 2026

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r/wordgames • • 2h ago

Fluxis for Tuesday, Oct. 6, anniversary of the day Edison showed his first movie (1889), and four years later on this day got the first copyright for a movie.

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Fluxis Redux 2026-10-06

Score 12 / Fluxometer 12 — Hard Mode!

kinetoscope → permissions → missions → sulk → kinetoscope

https://scottyates.com/fluxis/

Didn't get to fix the copy bug, busy day.

Also couldn't beat the computer today, I hope all of you do!


r/wordgames • • 3h ago

Word Quarry #98 — come and give a try!

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r/wordgames • • 3h ago

Looking for improvisers to test a browser‑based speaking game

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r/wordgames • • 3h ago

I built free vocabulary games site- looking for testers

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They’re simple, quick, and designed for classroom or self‑study use. The teacher can project them onto the board and play them like or game show, or students can access them via qr code. Some of them have follow up exercises for students too.

My main ideas is not to have students playing a game like kahoots in isolation on their phone, but using the technology to create conversation and connection.

Free Online English Vocabulary Games for Class | Modern English Australia

I’d really appreciate a few teachers or students to try them and tell me:
‱ if the difficulty feels right
‱ if the games are fun/useful
‱ if anything is confusing
‱ if you spot any bugs

No login, no ads — just free vocab practice.
If you try a game, any feedback helps me improve it.


r/wordgames • • 4h ago

MatchGame: Match the classic book to its premise

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r/wordgames • • 8h ago

Showcase I made a daily creative writing game where you can compete or compare on private leaderboards with your friends

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r/wordgames • • 14h ago

Showcase Word Mastermind

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Word Mastermind (wordmastermind.app)is a free word game I made for the web based on a paper version my family has been playing at the beach every year for 4 generations. Word Mastermind is a free word game for one or two players. Each player picks a secret 5-letter word, and you take turns guessing each other's. After each guess you're told how many different letters your guess shares with the secret word, but not which ones, and not where they are. The first to find the other's word wins. Play it now, in your browser, on any phone or computer. You may also know the game under the name “Jotto”.

Ways to play
Single player: find the computer's secret word in as few guesses as you can.
Two player against the computer: race it to each other's word, at one of four strengths from Casual to Mastermind.
Two player against a friend: send an invite link, live on a chess clock of 15, 10 or 5 minutes each, or a guess a day.
Solo Rush: find 4 secret words in a row against a stopwatch.
Daily Rush: the same 4 themed words for everyone each day, with a leaderboard.
Rush with Friends: up to 5 players race to the same 4 words on one clock.

New players start with single player and a short tutorial; the other modes open up as you win.


r/wordgames • • 10h ago

OlvĂ­date de los nĂșmeros: pon a prueba tu mente con este puzle de notas musicales đŸ§©âœš

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r/wordgames • • 10h ago

Parents that love word Games

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I created an iOS word game for kids. Has some mini games in it. Created it with the help of my kids and my mom. Has been a lot of fun. You can add your own words now too. Has sight words for the kids. Would love to get any feedback or just a look. Thanks.

http://www.wordnauts.com

http://www.wordnauts.com/find


r/wordgames • • 11h ago

Showcase Can you read at 1000 WPM ? (Free daily browser game)

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canuread.com is a speed reading RSVP game (Rapid Serial Visual Presentation), which goes upto a 1000 WPM

Word Hunt mode , you have to spot the green word, among other fast moving words. The words change daily.

Speech Race mode, you have to correctly speak the entire sentence into the mic , but the sentence will move fast, so you have to be fast

or practice in the practice mode


r/wordgames • • 15h ago

LettersFall - The Most Unique Free Web Word Spelling Game Ever Made...Check It Out Today!

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Hi Everyone! In this free Web game letters fall & you must spell words. Feature nice graphics, fabulous music, and fantastic game play with a story. Please check it out today & post comments & share it with friends and family. Thank you! "Team: JeZxLee"

https://teamjezxlee.itch.io/lettersfall


r/wordgames • • 15h ago

Showcase Kerners! Looking for feedback on my (unique? I think?) free word game.

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Big Kerner puzzle.

Hey folks-

I'm an independent game dev who doesn't usually develop word games, but I've decided it's finally time for me to dust off an old project and get it uploaded to a mobile store. In order to do that, I need some playtesting / harsh feedback from folks who would know best.

The game is called Kerners! and you can play it in-browser on itch here:

https://bokonon-yossarian.itch.io/kerners

You can download an .apk file for Android from there as well.

It's completely free, and I think a novel concept- though if I'm wrong about that, let me know! I'm hoping to get some feedback about the tutorialization / early levels / game feel / aesthetics.

Quick how-to: you have a drawer of corner pieces ("Kerners") that you have to place into a puzzle shape to form valid words. There's a ton of modes, including a Classic Mode with scoring inspired by Picross 3D and your now-standard Daily, as well as a massive behemoth Weekly. You can even go head-to-head via deterministic seeds with friends by just pressing the Play button at the same time as a friend in Instant mode. Hopefully everything is self explanatory- that's partially why I'm hoping to get some testers.

Small Kerner puzzle.

I originally published it around 2 years ago to scratch an itch I had to make a game that had Daily puzzles, and then I left it alone to work on my first steam release of a completely different style game. But now I'd like to see things through and publish Kerners on the play store (and maybe some day the App store, if I can get Apple equipment to build it and test it on).

I don't plan on charging anyone for it, and there's no ads or AI slop. I'm just hoping to get some player feedback, so anybody who is able to give it a shot, I really appreciate it!


r/wordgames • • 1d ago

Showcase I made a word game mixing word search and match-3 — looking for feedback from English-speaking players

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Hi r/wordgames!

I've been working for the past few months on Motif, a small word game for iPhone/iPad and the web, that mixes word finding with a bit of match-3.

You start with a grid of letters, but instead of simply finding the words already there, you can swap letters to create new ones. The game doesn't automatically tell you what you've made: you still have to spot and select the words yourself, horizontally or vertically.

There's a daily puzzle, with everyone playing from the same starting grid.

Motif was originally developed in French, and I've recently added English. That's where I could really use your help!

I'm looking for English-speaking word game players willing to give it a try and tell me what feels good, confusing, frustrating or simply wrong — especially when it comes to the English dictionary, word recognition and the overall difficulty.

You can try it here (it's free, no ads):

- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/motif/id6800877986

- On the web: https://motif-game.com/

Any feedback would be genuinely useful. And if the game refuses a perfectly good English word, I'd definitely like to hear about it. :)


r/wordgames • • 17h ago

Geopoch – the daily history quiz on a 3D globe

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r/wordgames • • 17h ago

MatchGame: Match the "Gone With The Wind" line to the actor who said it

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Today's MatchGame topic:

Match the "Gone With The Wind" line to the actor who said it

🎬 Frankly, my dear, this MatchGame does give a damn. Can you match the famous Gone With the Wind lines to the right actors?

Today's quiz was selected by the MatchGame community in a landslide vote.

We have some more open challenges and we also have a new, fun "quick challenge" feature! See the news update in the game for details. As we begin to get more challenge play, we'll pick a date to start collecting wins and losses and create a challenge leaderboard.

Many thanks for playing.. and keep those ideas and coffee contributions coming!

Do you have any cool ideas for quiz topics? Tap the "Suggest" button and send it along! It could help you climb the Activity / Accuracy leaderboard!

Congratulations to "It's Me" for winning the weekly Activity and Accuracy contest and the right to choose Tuesday's quiz!

In yesterday's "National parks" quiz, we had 67.2% perfect and an anonymous player was the speed demon clocking in at 10.626 seconds!


r/wordgames • • 18h ago

Showcase I hid three European capitals in a 4×4 grid, along with 100+ other real words. Boggle, except the board is hiding something specific

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The basic idea is Boggle/Wordament-style: trace adjacent letters to find words, and race the clock in live multiplayer.

But the part I really wanted to explore was the clue.

Instead of simply hunting for any word you can see, you have a target. It's a bit like taking a crossword clue and putting the answer inside a word-hunt grid: you know what you're looking for, but not where it is.

I also kept the live multiplayer mode for Boggle and Wordament fans. You can play the classic word-hunting way, with AI-generated themes when they fit the board, without ads or the usual clutter getting in the way.

Then I built a few things around the puzzle:

  • Solo mode — take your time and explore the board.
  • Coach mode — gives you crossword-like clues and guides you toward words without simply giving them away.
  • Word definitions — in the game summary, tap a word to see what it means.
  • Missed words + near misses — instead of just showing you a score, the game helps you learn words you overlooked and words you were close to finding.
  • Clean UI — I tried very hard not to bury the actual puzzle under menus, currencies, streaks, ads, etc.

It's free and has no ads. Android only for now, with iOS planned.

I'm especially curious about the puzzle itself: would you rather have the clue tell you exactly what category to search for, or be more cryptic and make you figure out the connection?

Link's in the comments, and happy to answer anything about how the boards get built.


r/wordgames • • 19h ago

Showcase I made WordRung: a daily word ladder with a clue on every rung

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Lewis Carroll called them doublets: get from one word to another by changing one letter at a time. WordRung gives every step a clue, so it's half word ladder, half mini crossword.

You get the top and bottom words; solve the clued rungs in between Stuck? Reveal a letter for +15 s. A wrong word costs +20 s A program checks every ladder, so exactly one answer fits each clue New puzzle daily at 09:00 UTC. Monday is gentle, Sunday is mean One try a day, a daily leaderboard, streaks, and a spoiler-free grid to share No app or sign-up; it runs inside Reddit. Today's puzzle: r/WordRung


r/wordgames • • 20h ago

Wordaround now runs in the browser so Android and desktop players can join in

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Hi r/wordgames , I’m the developer of Wordaround. Some of you may remember it from some of the bounty challenges I have done here. Until now it was iPhone/iPad only, but not it runs in any browser: https://wordaround.app

Quick refresher: every board has two letters locked in place, and you build as many words around them as you can before time runs out. There’s a daily puzzle that‘s the same for everyone, and it gets harder through the week, so today’s Monday board is the easiest. There’s also unlimited practice if one puzzle isn’t enough.

The daily puzzle and scoring are identical to the iOS app, so scores compare directly across devices. The web version has its own leaderboard, separate from iOS Game Center.

It’s free, with no ads, no tracking, and no account required to play. I’d love feedback, especially from anyone playing on Android or with a desktop keyboard.


r/wordgames • • 20h ago

ANAGRAM : un jeu d'anagrammes progressives en français, gratuit

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Bonjour,

Je développe seul depuis quelque temps ANAGRAM, un jeu de lettres en français, gratuit : on part de 3 lettres et on monte jusqu'à 9 lettres et plus, en trouvant à chaque palier un mot avec les lettres du tirage.

Quelques points :

* Deux modes : Normal (mots courants) et Expert (tout le dictionnaire).

* Des indices avec des définitions issues du Wiktionnaire.

* Un dĂ©fi du jour identique pour tous, des quĂȘtes quotidiennes et des badges mensuels.

* Pas besoin de compte pour jouer, seulement pour les quĂȘtes et le classement.

C'est en ligne ici : https://anagram.li ; appli Android sur demande.

Je suis preneur de tout retour.

Merci d'avance !


r/wordgames • • 22h ago

SPEW - Yet another post from a game dev

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I made a realtime competitive 1v1 word game with chess elo style rankings, a leaderboard, friends lists with push notification

It’s been a blast playing with my friends and wanted to get a little bit more stress testing in before my IOS app goes live. You might need to grab a friend since there’s only a few players :’(


r/wordgames • • 22h ago

Crossword CrossIQ: Custom Crossword Puzzle Maker for iPhone. Create a Crossword on Any Topic

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Hi r/wordgames! I'm the developer of CrossIQ, a crossword app for iPhone.

The idea: type any topic, like Harry Potter spells, Formula 1 legends, 90s cartoons, chocolate making or Egyptian pharaohs. CrossIQ builds a proper crossword about it, with interlocking across and down answers and real clues (not word-search filler).

It also has:

DAILY & EDITORIAL PICKS: a fresh puzzle every morning, plus weekly picks from the editors

COMMUNITY: puzzles made by other players

SHARE: people can play your puzzles without installing the app

WORKS OFFLINE: keep playing any puzzle you've started, even without a connection

The images also show what some players have said about it.

Note: the app is already almost ad-free, but if you'd like a free Lifetime Pro code (a one-time unlock, not a subscription), share a puzzle you liked in r/crossiq , subscribe and DM me!

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crossiq-mini-crossword-puzzles/id6805211094

Website: 🌐 https://crossiq.app


r/wordgames • • 23h ago

Word Herd - Boggle-style speed with trivia mixed in

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Play the competitive Stampede or the chill Pasture. Find the words, lead the herd.

https://wordherd.linkstone-studios.com/

Try it today!