Sentle
Rate itPut the jumbled phrases of a classic sentence back in order.
Every day: One sentence a day from a public-domain novel, poem or play, the same for every player, cut into phrases and shuffled, with the lines leading up to it as context. New puzzle: Once a day; the page shows the date.
Sentle gives you one sentence a day from a classic work of literature, broken into phrases and shuffled. You drag them back into the author's order, press Check to lock the ones in the right place, and use hints to merge phrases if you are stuck. It is free, with no account and no ads.
About Sentle
Sentle is a daily sentence puzzle drawn from public-domain literature. Each day's sentence arrives in pieces, a handful of phrases in a scrambled row, together with a short line about where it comes from and the line or two that lead up to it in the original text. Your job is to put the phrases back in the order the author wrote them.
You drag a phrase into place, or tap one and then tap where it should go. The first phrase always gets a capital letter and the last the right end punctuation, so the shape of the sentence does not give the answer away. Press Check and correctly placed phrases turn green and lock while the rest turn amber. If you are stuck, a hint merges phrases into bigger chunks. Once you finish, there is a bonus: name the work it came from.
New players start with a warm-up, a famous opening such as Tolstoy's line about happy families, before the day's sentence. An archive lets you replay every past day, and progress is kept in your browser, with an optional email link to restore it on another device.
How to play Sentle
- Open sentle.app; after the warm-up the day's sentence appears in shuffled phrases.
- Read the context line above it for the sense of the sentence.
- Drag the phrases, or tap one and then its place, into the order you think the author used.
- Press Check: green phrases are right and lock, amber ones need to move.
- Use a hint to merge phrases if needed, then try to name the book once you finish.
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Tips
- Read the lines before the sentence: the meaning usually tells you which idea comes first.
- Look for grammar joints: a phrase ending in a comma or a conjunction rarely ends the sentence.
- Check early to lock the phrases you are sure of, then work on the rest.
- Older prose often puts the main clause late: do not assume the subject comes first.
Questions
Where do Sentle's sentences come from?
From public-domain classics: novels, poems and plays.
What does Check do?
It turns correctly placed phrases green and locks them; wrong ones turn amber.
Can I play past days?
Yes, the archive has every past sentence.
Do I need an account?
No. Progress is saved in your browser, and you can link an email to restore it elsewhere.
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