About PlayWord

Why we built PlayWord

Most popular daily word games exist only in English and do not handle the quirks of other languages. We started PlayWord to offer a high-quality daily brain workout built around Hungarian vocabulary first, with an English edition alongside it.

Our goal is a short daily ritual: a few minutes of play with your morning coffee that keeps your vocabulary, logic and focus in shape.

How the puzzles are made

• Word games use our own word lists, which we keep extending and correcting, filtering out rare, offensive or ambiguous words.
• Every daily puzzle goes through automatic checks (spelling, solvability, a single clear answer) and an editorial review before release.
• Sudoku and Nonogram grids have exactly one solution that can be reached by logic; a solver verifies this.
• Chess puzzles come from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0), taken from real games.
• We regularly review player feedback (ratings and error reports) and use it to fix both old and new puzzles.

Our games

• Word Groups: Word Groups is a daily word association puzzle. The board shows 16 words that can be sorted into four groups of four. Each group shares a hidden link: a topic, a phrase, a compound word or a bit of wordplay.
• PlayWord Blur: PlayWord Blur is a daily picture-guessing word game. Each day you get a few heavily blurred photos and have to name what they show. The fewer sharpening steps you need, the more points you score.
• Word Code: Word Code (Szókód) is a daily word-guessing game with three levels. Each day you crack three hidden words, from a shorter, easier word to a longer, harder one.
• Hangman: Hangman is a daily take on the classic letter-guessing game. Each day there is a new hidden word or phrase to find, with a category as a hint.
• Whisperer: Whisperer is a clue-based word guessing game: there is one secret word and up to five clues that lead to it. The first clue is very general, each next one more specific.
• Mini Crossword: Mini Crossword is a tiny daily crossword: three or four words cross each other in a grid of at most 7×7, with one clue each. It takes a minute or two, perfect for a short break.
• Sudoku: Sudoku is one of the best-known logic puzzles in the world. Fill the 9×9 grid with the digits 1–9 so that no digit repeats in any row, column or 3×3 box.
• Nonogram: Nonogram (also called Picross or Griddlers) is a picture logic puzzle. Use the numbers next to each row and column to fill in cells, and a pixel picture appears at the end.
• Checkmate: Checkmate is a daily chess puzzle: each day you get three positions (easy, medium and hard), and in each one you must deliver checkmate in a single move.
• Retro SMS: Retro SMS is a nostalgic speed game: type the day's message as fast as you can on an old-school phone keypad.

Free and privacy-friendly

Every game is free and needs no account. Your results, streaks and stats are stored in your own browser. Running costs are covered by ads and voluntary support.

Details in our privacy policy and terms of service.

Contact

Have an idea, a question or found a mistake? Write to us: playword.hu@gmail.com. Operator details are in the imprint.