Wordsmyth

Wordsmyth is a free daily word puzzle by Lukas Stanley of Fox Point Games. The first puzzle went up on December 10, 2025, and a new numbered one has followed every day since, the same for every player.

Each puzzle starts with one word in large letters and a stack of clue cards. A card names one or more operations, such as Remove the first letter, Inject one letter somewhere, Keep the first three letters, Reverse the whole thing, Move the first letter to the end or Anagram the rest, followed by a Result clue that defines the word you should end up with. On October 21, 2026 the start word was OLEANDER, with cards like Inject Potassium's symbol, Result: like a vehicle in a lot. The cards are listed out of order, so the work is in spotting which one fits the word you hold, then typing the new word and carrying on until every card is used.

Before you press Play you choose Competitive, which times you and places your time against everyone else's as a percentile, or Casual, which keeps no score. A crystal ball hint shows which operation comes next and adds thirty seconds to a timed run, and tapping any operation explains it. Puzzles are hand-made, many by named guest editors, and the site has a dated archive of every past day and a builder for making your own.

It suits players who enjoy word ladders and the wordplay of cryptic clues, and who like a puzzle that takes a few minutes rather than a single guess.