Picobble

Picobble is a daily word puzzle that turns the crossword inside out: there are no clues and no fixed answers. You get an empty shape of squares, and you type in any letters you like, as long as every run of squares, read left to right and top to bottom, ends up as a valid word.

Each letter has a point value, shown on the on-screen keyboard, and every word scores the sum of its letters, so a letter at a crossing counts twice. The goal is to score as many points as you can. A bar under the grid marks the bronze, silver, gold and platinum medals for the day, and there is a hidden diamond medal above platinum for the most determined players. A score breakdown shows where your points come from.

Puzzles are numbered and dated (#25 was the grid for 2 October 2026) and each has a title and a credited setter. Many carry a modifier that changes the rules, such as 'required: H 4x', meaning the letter H must appear at least four times, or squares that multiply a letter's value. Other days ban a set of letters, let no word repeat a letter, link cells that must hold the same letter, or reward one letter at five times its value. On some days part of the shape is missing and you place the extra tiles yourself before the rest of the rules are shown. You can sign in with Google to keep your streak across devices, but it is not needed to play.

It suits word game players who like the scoring side of Scrabble and want a puzzle with no single right answer, where a better fill is always possible.