Wrodeo

About Wrodeo

Wrodeo builds its daily puzzle from books. The day's passage appears as rows of word boxes with most letters missing, such as bo_k_ for books, and you complete it by guessing words. When you type a word that appears in the passage, it fills in everywhere it occurs; punctuation and capital letters do not matter. A progress bar shows how much of the passage is solved and how many unique words remain.

Each puzzle comes with a limited number of hints that reveal letters, and a difficulty setting from easy through normal and hard to impossible changes how many letters and hints you start with. If you are stuck you can surrender and see the passage. When you finish, the game shows your words found, correct-guess ratio and longest streak, names the book, and links to it for anyone who wants to read on.

There is one new passage a day, and the site invites you back tomorrow for the next one. Members who sign in through Patreon get a dashboard and more stats. It suits readers who like the feel of a cryptogram but would rather fill in words than crack a cipher.

How to play Wrodeo

1. Read the day's passage and the letters already shown.
2. Type a word you think appears in it and press Try.
3. Correct words fill in every place they occur in the passage.
4. Use a hint if you are stuck, or change the difficulty in the settings.
5. Complete the passage, then see which book it came from.

Tips

• Start with the short common words, such as the, and, of and was, to open up the rest.
• Look at word lengths and the letters shown: a five-letter word ending in _s is often a plural.
• Save hints for long words that unlock many letters at once.

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