Reunion

About Reunion

Reunion is a free word puzzle on the Merriam-Webster games site. Each day brings a grid of interlocking words whose letters have been shuffled. Some tiles start in the right place and show green; the rest are scattered, and your job is to swap them back into position.

Colour tells you how close you are. A green tile is correct and locks in place. A yellow tile belongs somewhere else in the same row or column, so it hints at where to look. Every swap counts as a move, and your score in stars depends on how few moves you needed. After you finish, the game shows the average move count of everyone who played that day's puzzle.

There are two puzzles each day. Classic is the gentler one. Extreme starts with fewer green tiles and uses harder words. Both have an archive, so missed days can be played later.

Reunion suits players who like Waffle's swap-based solving but want a bigger grid, and anyone who already plays Merriam-Webster's other dailies such as Blossom and Quordle.

How to play Reunion

1. Open the day's puzzle and choose Classic or Extreme.
2. Look at the grid: green tiles are already correct and cannot move.
3. Drag a tile onto another to swap the two letters.
4. Use yellow tiles as hints: that letter belongs elsewhere in its row or column.
5. Keep swapping until every row and column spells a word; your move count sets your star score.

Tips

• Solve the short words first; each one you finish locks tiles that narrow the longer words.
• A yellow tile at a crossing could belong to either its row or its column, so check both before swapping.
• Try to make swaps that turn both tiles green at once; those save the most moves.
• If you are stuck, play the Classic puzzle before the Extreme one to warm up on the day's grid style.

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