Every day you get one plate with three letters. Find as many real English words as you can where:
Longer words score more. Consecutive correct guesses build a combo multiplier (up to ×5). A wrong guess resets the combo. Coming back every day builds your day streak.
Hints lock onto one word. The first tap is free — it just shows you the word's length (the first and last letters come from the plate anyway). Each tap after that costs 3 points and reveals one more letter of that same word. Once you find it, the next hint picks a new one.
★ Two kinds of words. The plate's target list is made of everyday words — that's the "12 of 27" count and what par is based on. Rarer words, and anything 9 letters or longer, still score and still build your combo, but they show up as gold bonus ★ words instead of counting toward the plate.
That's on purpose: it means clearing a plate stays possible, while a great obscure find is never thrown away. We accept about 105,000 English words.
Hit I'm Done whenever you like to see how you did. The plate stays open until midnight, so you can walk away and come back — until you choose to reveal the words you missed.
More detail on the full rules page, or read the strategy guide.
Every past puzzle lives in the archive.