Word Web

About Word Web

Word Web is a browser word puzzle published under the RMLP puzzle name. Each day the game draws three five-letter starting words, worked out from your local date so everyone who plays that day gets the same set.

You type five-letter words to add to your web. A word can join only if it differs by a single letter from a word already there, and the game draws the growing web as a graph of bubbles you can drag around. The puzzle is solved when the three starting words are all linked through the web.

The score is the number of words you added, and the page shows a par for the day. No list of valid next words is shown, so you have to think of them yourself. A Reveal answer button shows the best solution, but it marks the day as revealed and there is no retry until the next puzzle.

It turns the classic word ladder into a small network problem: the best answers usually share a middle word that serves two branches. It suits fans of word ladders and anyone who enjoys finding efficient routes.

How to play Word Web

1. Open Word Web to see today's three starting words.
2. Type a five-letter word that differs by one letter from a word in your web.
3. Keep adding words to grow branches toward the other starting words.
4. Finish when all three starting words are connected.
5. Compare your word count with the par for the day.

Tips

• Look for a hub word that is close to two of the starting words at once.
• Change the letters the starting words already share last.
• Drag the bubbles apart to see the shape of your web more clearly.

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