Dictionary Puzzle

Dictionary Puzzle takes the old game of bluffing definitions and makes it a daily habit. Each day there is one puzzle of five rare English words, the same for everyone. Each word is shown with its part of speech and four definitions. One example was borborygmus, a noun, offered as a pompous orator, the rumbling of gas in the intestines, an underground labyrinth or the lowest note on an organ.

Three of the four are invented, and only one is in the dictionary. You read them, weigh which sounds right, and choose. You score one point for each real definition you find, out of five, and a streak counts the days you play in a row. It takes a few minutes, and you learn five strange words either way.

The real definitions come from Wiktionary, and the game keeps your progress on your own device: no account, no cookies and no ads.

In October 2026 the daily stopped appearing: on the 17th and again on the 24th the page said today's puzzle was not ready because too few questions had been approved, and its practice mode was empty too.

It suits word lovers, crossword solvers and anyone who enjoys guessing from roots and sounds.