Word games turn language into a puzzle. They train the habit of seeing patterns in letters, and they are a pleasant way to meet new words. This section includes unscrambling games, grid searches, a daily five-letter puzzle, a hangman game, a typing test and the swipe-based WordMelt.
They suit almost everyone. You do not need quick reflexes, and the difficulty is gentle, but there is plenty of room to improve. The best players use techniques such as knowing common letter pairs, recognising prefixes and suffixes and scanning grids in a systematic way.
Every game in this group has a written guide to its rules, and our general word-puzzle strategy article explains the techniques that work across all of them.
How to get started
- Learn common endings like ING, ED, ER and S.
- Start with the rare letters; they give you anchors.
- Look up words you do not know and try using them.
All word games (7)
What each game is about
- Shabd Khoj — A word search in Hindi and Gujarati. Drag across the grid to find words like कमल, નદી and પતંગ, with English hints so everyone can play.
- WordMelt — Swipe across letters to spell words and melt every glossy tile off the board. 20 levels in four colorful worlds, with hints, shuffle and undo. Swipe. Melt. Repeat.
- Word Scramble — A timed anagram game. Rearrange the jumbled letters into the hidden word using a one-line clue. Every solve adds 12 seconds back on the clock, so a good run keeps extending itself — type on desktop or tap the tiles on mobile.
- Word Search — Drag to find hidden words in a grid of letters — forwards, backwards, vertically and diagonally. Six themed word lists and three grid sizes, with a timer and best-time tracking.
- Hangman — The classic word-guessing game. Reveal the hidden word one letter at a time before six wrong guesses finish the drawing. Every word carries a category clue, and your best solve streak is saved.
- Word Daily — A new five-letter word every single day, six guesses, green and yellow clues. Everyone in the world gets the same daily word, and your result shares as a grid of coloured squares that never spoils the answer. Streaks, stats, and an unlimited practice mode.
- Typing Speed Test — Measure your real typing speed. Type for 15, 30 or 60 seconds and get net WPM, gross WPM and accuracy — with live feedback on every character. Works with a hardware keyboard or on mobile.
Guides for word games
Word Puzzle Strategies: Anagrams, Word Search and Swipe Games
Practical techniques for word puzzles: letter patterns, common prefixes and endings, scanning methods and how to build your vocabulary while you play.
SkillsHow to Type Faster: Accuracy, Posture and Practice Habits
A realistic plan to raise your typing speed: why accuracy comes first, home-row technique, posture, and how to practise with typing tests.