newdle

About newdle

newdle is a free browser word game by minbytes, released in August 2024 and playable at minbytes.com or on its itch.io page. The name comes from a misheard remark: told about a new -dle game, the maker's wife asked what a newdle was.

Each day you get a handful of orange letter tiles, the same for everyone that day: 12 on most days and 20 on Sundays. You drag them around a grid until they form one crossword, with words reading across and down and every tile used. The letter Q always comes with an extra U.

The twist on Q-Less is a set of subgoals that each award an emoji. Some reward a compact board, some reward long words, some reward using only a few words or making every word a certain length, and a book emoji goes to grids made entirely of dictionary words. Working out how to earn each emoji is part of the game, and on Sundays some of them become impossible because of the extra letters.

When you are done, the share button copies the date, your emoji and a picture of your grid. It suits players who like Scrabble-style tile shuffling and want a short, open-ended daily rather than a single right answer.

How to play newdle

1. Open minbytes.com/newdle.html to get today's letter tiles.
2. Drag the tiles onto the grid to build words that read across and down.
3. Join every tile into one connected crossword.
4. Rearrange to earn emoji goals, such as a long word or a small, square board.
5. Press share to copy your grid and emoji.

Tips

• Start with the longest word you can see in the letters, then hang shorter words off it.
• Try to fit everything inside a 4x4 or 5x5 area for the compact-board emoji.
• Keep to real dictionary words if you want the book emoji.
• Save tricky letters like Q (which comes with a U), J and X for crossing points.

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