Wordtumbler

New words every day, the same for everyone

Twelve words a day, the same for every player. You're ranked against everyone who played the same twelve words you did.

You're ranked first by how many words you solve, then by your points, among the players who solved just as many. Each word is worth 1,000 points at its target time. Faster earns more, and solving words in a row under target earns more again. You don't have to finish to get a place: if you solve seven, you're ranked against everyone else who solved seven. Missed a day? You can still play it and get a place on that day's board.

Wordtumbler start screen, showing the date and today's shared words — Today's words. The same for everybody.

A Wordtumbler board: lettered balls tumbling above a tray of blank slots — Blank slots. The letters are all you get.

Wordtumbler board clear screen showing the revealed word and the points it earned — Solve a word and see the points it earned.

Wordtumbler run over screen showing how far the run got and where that placed — How far you got, and where that put you.

Two clocks, doing two jobs

They look similar, but they do different things.

The clock counts up

It times each board, and speed earns points: clear a board faster than its target time and it scores more. Among everyone who got as far as you did, points decide the order. It never threatens you and it never runs out — it only records.

The meter drains

It is the only way to lose. When it empties, your game ends on whatever word you were on. Nothing else can end it, and nothing you can buy will refill it.

What it does not do

No ads. None. Not between boards, not for a second chance.
No in-app purchases. There is nothing to buy, so there is nothing that buys you an advantage. Should that ever change, it will never help anyone's ranking.
No sign-up to play. Open it and play. You don't give us your name.
No ad tracking. Nothing sold. We keep only what the privacy policy lists.
No streaks. Nothing counts days in a row, so there is nothing to break. Missed a day? You can still play it and get a place on that day's board.

How a day works

Each day has twelve words, and they get harder as you go. Each word has exactly as many letters as there are slots. You can tap or drag. Both count the same.

Everyone gets the same words in the same order, and the letters start in the same places, on every phone. Your times go to our server, and the server works out your result from its own copy of the words.