TIRDS

TIRDS, short for tiles plus words, is a free daily word game, still marked as a beta. Each day brings a numbered trio of three small puzzles, the Daily Tird, that every player gets on the same date.

Every puzzle has a short, playful clue such as "Sound right" or "Cheerful pirate". The answer is a two-word phrase, and the two words cross each other on a five by five grid: "Sound right" is RING and TRUE, sharing the R. Below the grid sit exactly the letters you need, and you tap them into place one by one. A filled pair turns green and the game shows the phrase, your time and how many hints you used. A player quoted on the site calls it a mix of a riddle, a crossword and multiple anagrams.

You have six free letters shared across the three puzzles, each revealing one tile, plus undo and shuffle buttons. A timer runs while you play. When the trio is done you get a result to copy or share, a place on the day's leaderboard, and friend codes to follow people you know. A new trio arrives at your local midnight, and a countdown shows the time left. Infinite Tirds offers more puzzles once the daily set is done.

It suits players who like cryptic-flavoured clues and anagrams and want a short daily set rather than one long grid. It plays in the browser on a phone or a computer, with no sign-up and no ads.