Letter Grid
In Letter Grid you join touching letters to spell five hidden words in a 5 by 5 grid. Every listed word is really in there. Free, no install, no sign-up.
In Letter Grid, five words are hidden in a 5 by 5 grid of letters. Join touching squares to spell them — diagonals count, and no square can be used twice in one word.
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Works offline after the first visit. No install, no sign-up.
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How to play Letter Grid
Words are paths, not rows
A word is spelled by walking from square to square, each step to a square that touches the last one. Diagonals count as touching, so eight squares are reachable from the middle of the grid. This is a different puzzle from hunting words in straight lines: here a word can turn as many times as it likes, and it will usually not be in a line at all.
No square twice in the same word
Within one word each square may be used once. Walking back through a square you have just used is not allowed, so a four-letter word always covers four different squares.
You are shown the first letter and the length
Each of the five words is listed with its first letter and how many letters it has — S · 4, for instance. The rest is left to you. Listing them any more fully would hand over the answers; listing them any less would leave you unable to tell how far along you are.
Every listed word is genuinely in the grid
The words are placed into the grid first and the remaining squares filled in afterwards, and then a separate search goes back over the finished grid to confirm each word really can be traced. This matters, because with squares filled at random very few words can be spelled at all — and if a listed word could not be traced, you would have no way to tell that the fault was not yours.
Other real words count too
If you trace something that is a real word but is not one of the five, it is accepted and counted separately as an extra. It does not advance the round, but it is not treated as a mistake either — it is a real word, and calling it wrong would just make you doubt the rules.
Tap to build a path, lift to submit
Tap a starting square and then tap the neighbours in order. Tapping the square you just came from steps back one. Lifting your finger submits the path: if it spells one of the words, it is claimed.
Letter Grid Tips and Strategy
Read the length before tracing
Each target shows only its first letter and its length, and the pool is eighty-two words. With diagonals legal the same first letter can begin a word from eight directions, so fix the length first: only four words in the entire list are as short as four letters.
Diagonals and corners are real
A step may go to any of the eight neighbouring cells and the path can turn, so a word does not have to run in a straight line. Searching only rows and columns makes solvable targets look impossible, and bending around a corner is often the only route that fits inside five by five.
Extra words do not score
Any word in the pool is accepted when you trace it, including ones that are not among your five targets, but only the targets raise the score and finish the puzzle. Spend your effort on listed first letters and lengths rather than tracing every plausible word you can see.
Letter Grid — Frequently Asked Questions
Do diagonals count as touching?
Yes. A square touches the eight squares around it, including the four corners.
Can I use the same square twice in one word?
No. Each square is used at most once per word, which is why a four-letter word needs four different squares.
I traced a real word but it was not one of the five. Was that wrong?
No. It is accepted and counted as an extra. Only the five listed words finish the round, but a real word is never treated as an error.
Could a listed word not actually be in the grid?
No. The words are placed first and the rest of the grid filled around them, and the finished grid is then searched again to confirm every one of them can be traced. A word that could not be traced is never put on the list.
Does it need installing or an account?
No. It runs in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer and works offline after the first visit.
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