What is Wordcrawl?
Wordcrawl is Puzzlebun's daily word-path puzzle. Start at the circled letter in the top-left corner, build a chain of words through the grid, and reach the circled exit at the bottom-right.
Reaching the exit is only part of the challenge. You want to cover as many letters as possible, and the official introduction says every grid can be covered completely. A short route can therefore be a starting result to improve rather than the most satisfying finish.
Words form a route
Trace words of at least four letters through neighboring tiles; horizontal, vertical, and diagonal moves count. Each new word begins with the previous word's final letter. Apart from that shared joining tile, you cannot reuse a tile already in the chain or repeat a tile within a word. The found-word list records what you have built.
The board provides Undo, Redo, Reset, and Hint controls. These are useful because a locally attractive word can leave you in an awkward part of the grid. An earlier choice may need to change before a longer route becomes possible.
How to play
- Open today's Wordcrawl and find the marked start and exit.
- Form a word beginning at the start, following the board's allowed letter connections.
- Continue with another word from the chain's current end and inspect the unvisited letters around it.
- Use Undo to revisit a route that strands a promising area; try to include more letters before moving toward the exit.
- Reach the bottom-right, review your coverage, and share or improve the result using the available controls.
Plan the next word too
Before committing to a long word, check its endpoint. A shorter word that leaves you beside several useful letters can lead to a better overall chain than a long word ending in a corner.
Try planning around the edge of an unvisited region instead of heading straight across the board. If a cluster looks difficult to reach later, investigate it while you still have a flexible route nearby. This is a general planning technique, not a solution path for today's letters.
Past puzzles are available from the menu, and a new board arrives each day. The game's illustrated introduction shows how a partly solved chain approaches the exit.