Word Salad

Word Salad is made by Bleppo, a small studio run by two childhood friends, Samuel and Mark, who also make Number Salad. It came to the App Store in March 2024 and also runs on Google Play and in the browser. Every puzzle is written and edited by people rather than generated, and each one ends with the name of the writer who made it.

A day's puzzle is a 4x4 grid of letters with a theme at the top, such as superheroes or gemstones, and a row of bubbles below that show how many answers there are and how long each one is. Some answers are two words, shown as lengths like 5,3. You swipe across neighbouring letters to spell a word. Letters are shared, so one tile can be part of several answers. A letter only disappears when no answer left needs it, which slowly clears the grid. A timer runs while you play. A first visit opens with a short tutorial on chess pieces before the daily.

The daily grid is numbered and the same for everyone. On 30 October 2026 it was #974, Just Superhero Things by kai. Every past daily stays open in the archive. There are also themed packs on general knowledge, geography and the natural world, along with harder Extreme and Xmas Xtreme packs. If you get stuck, a hint shows you part of the way, and in the app a hint can come from watching an ad.

It suits players who like Strands and other themed word searches and who know a bit about the day's topic.