Letter-Laksman (Afrispeel)

About Letter-Laksman (Afrispeel)

Letter-Laksman is one of the daily games on Afrispeel, a free South African site of word games played in Afrikaans, next to Bek-Slaner, Roosterkoek and the AfriMienie crossword. Its name means letter executioner, and it is the old pencil game of hangman.

Each day has three words, picked ahead of time by the people who run the site rather than drawn at random, so everyone plays the same three on the same day. A bar at the top shows which of the three you are on. The word appears as blank spaces; you press letters on the keyboard, correct ones fill in wherever they occur, and every miss adds a piece to the drawing. Solve the word before the figure is finished to move on to the next.

The words are between five and ten letters long. Letters with diacritics such as ê, ë and î fill in when you press the plain e or i, so the keyboard needs no extra keys. Your time over the three words is recorded for the day. It suits Afrikaans speakers and learners who want something quicker and more forgiving than a Wordle.

How to play Letter-Laksman (Afrispeel)

1. Open Letter-Laksman on afrispeel.co.za or in the Afrispeel Android app.
2. Press a letter; if it is in the word it fills every space where it appears.
3. Each wrong letter adds a part to the hangman drawing.
4. Complete the word before the drawing is finished, then move on to the next.
5. Solve all three of the day's words.

Tips

• Start with the common Afrikaans vowels E, A and I, then letters like N, R, S and T.
• Pressing E also reveals ê and ë, so one vowel can open up several spaces.
• Look for familiar Afrikaans endings such as -ing, -heid and -e once a few letters show.

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