What I Love Word Games Offers
Play free original English word games in a browser, with a daily puzzle and unlimited practice. An account is optional. Sign in before starting a ranked daily puzzle to count your score toward the game and overall leaderboards.
For the rules of a particular game, use its guide below. For an answer tied to a particular daily puzzle, verify the game and date first. Our original daily puzzles are separate from other publishers’ editions.
Games and Rules
| Game | How it works | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Word Guess | Use the letter clues to find a five-letter word in six guesses. | Word Guess rules and scoring |
| Word Groups | Group sixteen words into four sets of four. Solve all four before making four mistakes. | Word Groups rules and scoring |
| Four Word Guess | Guess four five-letter words on separate boards. Every guess applies to all unsolved boards. You have nine guesses. | Four Word Guess rules and scoring |
| Word Strands | Trace themed words through a grid and find the word that crosses the board. Every letter belongs to one answer. | Word Strands rules and scoring |
| Eight Word Guess | Use thirteen shared guesses to solve eight five-letter words. Each board has its own letter clues. | Eight Word Guess rules and scoring |
| Daily Crossword | Fill a full-size crossword with original Across and Down clues. Use crossings to check your answers. | Daily Crossword rules and scoring |
| Mini Crossword | Use Across and Down clues to fill a small crossword. Play a daily puzzle or practice for free. | Mini Crossword rules and scoring |
| Center Letter | Build words of four letters or more from seven letters. Every word must contain the center letter. | Center Letter rules and scoring |
| Letter Swap | Swap tiles to complete three Across and three Down words in fifteen moves. Clues show where letters belong. | Letter Swap rules and scoring |
| Word Search | Find the words in a letter grid. Play the daily word search or unlimited practice puzzles. | Word Search rules and scoring |
| Word Scramble | Unscramble one word at a time. Read each clue and solve as many of the five words as you can. | Word Scramble rules and scoring |
| Word Tile Clear | Trace words through neighboring tiles. Matched tiles disappear and letters fall. Clear rows before time runs out. | Word Tile Clear rules and scoring |
| Six-Letter Word Guess | Guess a six-letter word in six tries. Use position clues to narrow down the answer. | Six-Letter Word Guess rules and scoring |
| Word Grid | Trace neighboring letters and see how many words you can find in three minutes. | Word Grid rules and scoring |
| Cryptogram | Replace the cipher letters to decode a sentence. Play daily cryptograms or unlimited practice. | Cryptogram rules and scoring |
| Anagram Sprint | Build words from seven letters during a three-minute round. | Anagram Sprint rules and scoring |
Tools, Sources and Scoring
- Free word games. Daily puzzles and unlimited practice.
- Game rules and scoring guides. Controls, examples and scoring for each game.
- Word game solvers. Letter patterns, clues, anagrams and word grids.
- Puzzle makers. Create word searches, crosswords and scrambles.
- Printable puzzles. Themed worksheets and matching answer keys.
- Word lists. English reference words grouped by length and letter patterns.
- Leaderboard scoring. How eligible daily scores count in four periods.
- Word data and attribution. Vocabulary sources, source versions and limitations.
Check the source and game before citing a word as accepted. Our tools label the English reference they use, and commercial games can use different dictionaries.
Machine-Readable Links
XML sitemap lists the current indexable pages. Plain-text site directory links to the main resources and current game guides. Link to the page that supports your answer so the reader can check the rules, example or source directly.