A daily word puzzle that trades gotcha-words for crafted themes. No more losing streaks to PARER. No ads. No weekly subscription. Just good puzzles, every day.
The daily word game became a global ritual — and then the cracks showed. Real complaints from real players:
Without question, the worst thing that's ever happened to me. PARER broke my 218-day streak.
— Quoted in PC Gamer, 2022
Who actually says parer? We all call it a paring knife.
— Twitter, Sept 2022
The ads have made this unplayable. One ad per move, and some freeze the whole app.
— App Store review, Wordscapes
The theme is revealed up front. You still get 6 guesses. But now the puzzle tests your vocabulary in a domain — not your ability to guess between WATCH, PATCH, LATCH, CATCH, and BATCH.
“Breakfast staples.” “Things in a toolbox.” “What's at the beach.” Crafted daily — never auto-generated.
Six tries. Correct, wrong-place, and miss. The hint doesn't make it easy — it makes it fair.
Private friend leagues built in. No copy-pasting emoji grids into WhatsApp.
The features players have been asking for since 2022. We're building all of them.
Play every past puzzle. Archive games don't touch your daily streak. Start whenever you want — catch up anytime.
Private leaderboards for your group chat, your family, your coworkers. Invite via link. See everyone's score at a glance.
Life happens. Earn grace tokens that save your streak when you miss a day. Your 300-day run shouldn't die because of a flight.
Infinite themed puzzles for when the daily isn't enough. Doesn't affect your stats. Perfect for warmups or wind-downs.
Your streak lives in an account, not localStorage. Switch phones, open on your laptop, nothing breaks.
Free daily puzzle, forever. Optional one-time unlock for archive, leagues, and practice. No subscriptions. No ads.
Tired of streaks broken by obscure words. Tired of ads between every move. Tired of weekly subscriptions for games that used to be free. Tired of clones that copy the grid and miss the craft.
Hinted is a daily puzzle built for the people who've been playing every morning for three years straight — and deserve something better.
— Built by an indie dev in Seattle, one hand-curated puzzle at a time.
We're launching the beta soon. Early members get a free lifetime pass, help shape the first 100 themes, and get their name in the credits.