Forgle

About Forgle

Forgle puts four different word puzzles side by side on one page and counts how many of today's four you have finished. A countdown shows when the next global puzzle arrives, at midnight UTC, and each puzzle carries its own number.

Decay starts from a word and asks you to drop one letter at a time and rearrange the rest into a smaller word, going as low as you can. Blend gives you a portmanteau, such as brunch, and you name the two words it was forged from. Nexus shows a set of fragments and asks for the one word that turns each into a compound word or familiar phrase.

Tectonic is a five by five letter grid where each column keeps its letters in order but can rotate up or down and wrap around. You shift the columns until all five rows spell five-letter words at once, against a par number of shifts.

Each puzzle has a calendar for earlier days and its own stats, and when you finish all four you can share a combined result. It suits players who like a short set of varied word puzzles rather than one long one.

How to play Forgle

1. Open Forgle and pick one of the day's four puzzles.
2. Decay: drop a letter and rearrange to a shorter word, as far down as you can go.
3. Blend: name the two words the portmanteau was made from.
4. Nexus: find the single word that links every fragment.
5. Tectonic: shift the columns until all five rows are words, close to par, then share your combined result.

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Tips

• In Tectonic, a row lights up when it spells a word, so lock in one row and work around it.
• In Decay, drop awkward letters like J, Q or X early.
• In Nexus, try the linking word both before and after each fragment.

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