What is Wordspine?
Wordspine gives you a sequence of letters and asks for real words that fit it. The first shown letter must begin the word, the last must end it, and any middle letters must appear in the displayed order. You can add other letters between them.
There are two daily games: Sprint, a race through ten prompts, and Pro, an untimed search for multiple answers across four levels. Today's games are playable without an account.
How the letter spine works
A spine such as A · V · E accepts ADVENTURE: it starts with A, contains V later, and ends in E. ADVENTUROUS fails because its final letter is S. The task is to satisfy the whole pattern, not simply include the displayed letters somewhere in a word.
Sprint accepts one fitting word per round. Wrong guesses do not use up a limited supply of attempts, and the running clock has no countdown deadline. In Pro, three accepted words unlock the next level; a level normally has room for ten answers, or fewer when the available word pool is smaller. Longer words improve your score.
How to play your first puzzle
- Choose Sprint for a timed solve or Pro for a longer vocabulary search.
- Read the first and last letters before looking for the required middle sequence.
- Type a dictionary word that satisfies all three conditions and submit it.
- In Sprint, move through all ten prompts. In Pro, add more words and open the remaining levels.
- Review the result when finished. In Pro, revealing the answers ends that day's scoring, so save that action until you are ready to stop.
Useful ways to find more words
Start with a familiar ending and work backward from it. For Pro, look for legal variations of a successful word, but check the last letter again each time. Plurals count when the dictionary accepts them; proper nouns, abbreviations, and hyphenated forms do not.
Sprint rewards quick recognition. Pro gives you room to revisit a pattern and discover a longer answer after an obvious one has already scored.