Quadragonle

About Quadragonle

Every Quadragonle grid is a word square in disguise. The sixteen cells hold coloured symbols such as hexagons, diamonds and triangles, the same symbol always meaning the same letter, and some letters may already be revealed. Once solved, the four rows and four columns are all real four-letter words, as in the example where POPS, AREA, PEAS and ASKS read across and PAPA, ORES, PEAK and SASS read down.

You click a tile and type a letter, which fills every tile with that symbol, and move around with the arrow keys; double-clicking switches between row and column entry. Hints are available, including one that updates the keyboard, and the share text records the puzzle number, your solve time, the difficulty and the number of hints used.

A new numbered puzzle appears each day for all players. It suits fans of codeword puzzles and small crosswords who enjoy deducing letters from repeated patterns.

How to play Quadragonle

1. Open today's Quadragonle and look at the 4x4 grid of symbols.
2. Each symbol stands for one letter; pick a tile and type the letter you think it is.
3. Make all four rows and all four columns into real four-letter words.
4. Use hints if stuck, then share your time, difficulty and hint count.

Screenshots

Tips

• Look for symbols that repeat a lot; they are often vowels.
• Doubled symbols in a row or column narrow down the word, as with SS or EE.
• Solve the row or column with the most revealed letters first.
• Try common four-letter word endings such as -S, -ED or -ER to test a guess.

Questions