Word Games

I enjoy thinking up (with friends and family) and building web-based word games. Some of them, like Freestyle and Wordle Time Machine, have gotten slightly popular or re-blogged/tweeted etc.

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Freestyle

The daily rhyming word game. Find words that rhyme with the seed — before your guesses run out.

Play → Ditty icon

Ditty

Wordle, but you have to rhyme. Every guess must rhyme with the last.

Play → Skirmish icon

Skirmish

A daily mini-chess game. Weird boards, fast games. First to 3 checks wins.

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Across Times

The NYT crossword, as a time machine. A different day in history, every day.

Play → Wordle Time Machine icon

Wordle Time Machine

Play any Wordle word of the day — past or future.

Play → Fall icon

Fall

A brand-new twist on a classic word game. Guess the Word of the Day before your tries run out.

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Whodoku?

A daily celebrity sudoku. Solve the grid to reveal who the mystery person is.

Play →