Pathwords (Puzzleship)
Rate itTrace words along the bridges between letter tiles; neighbours alone do not count.
on puzzleship.com
Pathwords joins its letter tiles with visible bridges, and words can only be traced along them. Each board has a fixed set of words to find, and tiles fade away once no remaining word needs them.
About Pathwords (Puzzleship)
Two tiles side by side mean nothing unless a bridge connects them, so a word you can see may not be reachable. The layout does much of the filtering: a tile with one bridge must start or end any word using it, and heavily connected tiles act as junctions shared by several words.
The board thins as you play. A tile disappears with its bridges once no unfound word passes through it, so anything still on screen is still needed. A rotate button turns the layout a quarter turn, keeping letters upright, which helps spot words running upwards or backwards.
Puzzleship publishes six boards of Pathwords a day, graded from very easy to ultra hard. Each day's boards are numbered and dated, the same for every player, and go up at 13:00 UTC (the page says midnight your time, but the packs are scheduled for 13:00 UTC); earlier days stay playable in the archive. The site is free with ads, and a premium plan removes them.
How to play Pathwords (Puzzleship)
- Open Pathwords and pick one of the day's six boards.
- Drag across connected tiles to spell a word, following the bridges.
- Find every word in the puzzle's set.
- Watch tiles fade once no remaining word needs them.
- Rotate the board when a section stops giving anything up.
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Tips
- Read the bridges before the letters.
- A tile with one bridge is the first or last letter of its word.
- Follow paths and read what they spell, instead of hunting for a word.
- Use rotation to see words running against your reading direction.
Questions
How many Pathwords puzzles are there each day?
Six, graded from very easy to ultra hard.
When do new Pathwords puzzles appear?
At 13:00 UTC each day. The page says the next puzzles arrive at midnight your time, but each day's pack is scheduled for 13:00 UTC, so before then the previous day's boards are still the newest.
Can I play earlier days?
Yes. Puzzleship keeps past puzzles in an archive.
Is it free?
Yes, with ads. A Puzzleship premium plan removes them.
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