Guess A Word: The Cursed Tower
Rate itFind the hidden word in six guesses before the monster's attacks wear you down.
Every day: Daily Challenge: one boss a day with a hidden word of six or seven letters, the same for every player, to find in six guesses with no revives; one attempt a day and a result to share. New puzzle: At midnight local time; the daily word is chosen from the date.
Guess A Word: The Cursed Tower is a free browser word game that mixes Wordle-style guessing with a roguelike tower climb. Each wrong guess lets a monster hit you. The Daily Challenge gives everyone the same boss and the same longer word each day, and the main mode is an endless climb through floors with gold and a shop.
About Guess A Word: The Cursed Tower
Guess A Word: The Cursed Tower is a word-guessing game on itch.io by John G Games. Every puzzle is a monster with a hidden word. You type a guess, and each letter is marked green for the right letter in the right spot or yellow for a right letter in the wrong spot, with six guesses to find the word.
The twist is health. Each wrong guess lets the monster attack, and its damage comes off your hit points; run out of hit points or guesses and you fall. In the main run you climb floor after floor of the Cursed Tower, earn gold for each monster beaten and spend it every five floors at a merchant on potions, shields and one-floor buffs. Three difficulties set the word length: Squire uses 4 to 5 letters, Knight 4 to 6 and Legend 5 to 7.
The Daily Challenge is one boss a day, picked from the date so every player faces the same monster and the same six or seven letter word. You start with 200 hit points, there are no revives, and you get one attempt a day. Beating it gives a result to share and adds 200 gold to the start of your next tower run that day.
It runs in the browser on a phone-shaped page and saves your tower run at the start of each floor.
How to play Guess A Word: The Cursed Tower
- Press Daily Challenge on the menu to face the day's boss.
- Type a six or seven letter word and press Enter.
- Read the colours: green is the right letter in the right spot, yellow is in the word but elsewhere.
- Watch your hit points: every wrong guess lets the boss hit you.
- Find the word within six guesses, then share your result.
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Tips
- Your first guesses should cover common letters, since the daily word is longer than a usual Wordle word.
- Use the keyboard colours to avoid letters already ruled out.
- Do the daily before starting a tower run: a win adds 200 starting gold to new runs that day.
Questions
Is Guess A Word free?
Yes. It plays free in the browser on its itch.io page.
Is the daily word the same for everyone?
Yes. The Daily Challenge word and boss are chosen from the date, so everyone gets the same one that day.
Can I retry the daily?
No. Once you finish it, the button reads Daily Completed until the next day, and the daily has no revives.
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