Word Web

Word Web is a browser word puzzle from RMLP (Random Mind-bending Little Puzzles), a small independent puzzle site that also makes SpellSweep, Beeline, Crosspack and Flapjack. It first lived on GitHub Pages and now plays at randomlittlepuzzles.com. 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 share button copies your result, and 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.

The page is clean, with no ads and nothing to install, and it works on a phone as well as a desktop. An account is optional and only keeps your progress across devices. A small Ko-fi link asks for support.