Elided

About Elided

Elided, made by AJ Perez, gives you three rounds of sixteen letter tiles each day. You build a word by tapping tiles in left-to-right order; the letters do not have to be next to each other. Any dictionary word of four letters or more counts as a guess. If it is the round's longest word, you have solved it. If not, each tile you used gets a tick if it belongs to the longest word or a cross if it does not, and the marks stay on the board for your next try.

You have four guesses per round, and refused or repeated words cost nothing. Solving on the first guess earns three stars, the second two, and the third or fourth one; the day's rating is the average of the three rounds. You get one ranked attempt at each date, which starts with your first submission and saves as you go. After you finish, the game shows the answers and how many other words each round held.

The daily rounds come from the date's fixed seed, the same on every device. Past days stay playable in the archive with hints, and a practice mode builds fresh rounds whenever you like. Sharing is spoiler-free. It suits word game players who enjoy subsequence hunting and a bit of deduction.

How to play Elided

1. Open today's puzzle and look at the sixteen letters of round one.
2. Tap letters from left to right to spell a word of four or more letters; you can skip tiles.
3. Submit it: if it is the longest word, the round is solved; otherwise its tiles are marked tick or cross.
4. Use the marks to find the longest word within four guesses.
5. Finish all three rounds and share your average star rating.

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Tips

• Use your first guess on a long word that uses many different tiles; the marks tell you more.
• Crosses rule tiles out completely, so build later guesses around ticked tiles.
• Refused words cost nothing, so try plausible spellings freely.
• Practice mode has hints and its own tutorial; use it before your one daily attempt.

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