Grid Words

About Grid Words

Grid Words describes itself as Sudoku meets Wordle meets crosswords. The goal is to put the right letter in every cell of a small crossword grid, where each horizontal row and vertical column forms a word; some may be several words run together, an abbreviation or a proper noun.

Instead of clues, the game gives colour feedback on every letter you place. Teal means the letter is in the right spot, orange means it belongs somewhere in that row or column but not this cell, red means it is elsewhere in the puzzle but not in this row or column, and grey means there are no more of that letter left. Each guess stacks on top of earlier ones in the cell, and you can rotate the stack to see what was underneath. The keyboard also colours keys to show untried letters, used-up letters and letters ruled out for the selected cell.

Each day's grid is chosen from a numbered set by the date, so everyone gets the same puzzle. It suits players who like Wordle's feedback and Waffle's crossing words but want to build the grid from scratch.

How to play Grid Words

1. Click a cell or move to it with the arrow keys.
2. Type a letter or use the on-screen keyboard.
3. Read the colour: teal is right, orange is in this row or column, red is elsewhere in the grid, grey is used up.
4. Use the keyboard colours to rule letters in or out for the selected cell.
5. Fill the whole grid so every row and column is a word.

Tips

• Start with common vowels in the middle cells; they touch two words each.
• Use orange letters to work out which of the two words through a cell they belong to.
• Rotate a cell's stack to remember what you already tried there.
• Remember rows can be abbreviations or proper nouns, not just dictionary words.

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