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BOX WORDS

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Box Words in 13 languages. Twelve letters, three per side: spell a chain of words that uses all of them. Daily and unlimited, free, no login.

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How to Play Box Words

Box Words is a daily word puzzle played on a square with three letters on each of its four sides — twelve letters in all. You spell words using only those letters, with one constraint that shapes everything: two consecutive letters may never come from the same side, so every word hops around the box. Each word after the first has to start with the last letter of the word before it, which turns the round into a single chain rather than a list. Letters can be reused as often as you like. You win the moment all twelve letters have appeared in at least one of your words, however many words that took — and your score rewards doing it in fewer. Every box has a two-word solution waiting to be found, and the board usually accepts several hundred to several thousand valid words besides. Box Words is built per language from that language's own dictionary, so it is a different puzzle in each of the thirteen languages it ships in.

How Box Words works

Twelve letters, three on each side of a square. Use all twelve.

Spell a word using the letters on the box, then keep going: every word after the first starts with the last letter of the one before it. The round ends when every one of the twelve letters has appeared in at least one word.

The rules

  • Every word is at least four letters long.
  • Two letters in a row may never come from the same side of the box.
  • Each word starts with the last letter of the previous word.
  • Letters can be reused as often as you like, within a word and across words.
  • You win when all twelve letters have been used — however many words it took.

Scoring. Five points per letter you cover, a hundred for finishing the box, and twenty-five for every word you came in under eight. Fewer words scores higher, because fewer words is the whole skill.

There is no timer, no guess limit and no penalty for a word the dictionary rejects.

Tips & Strategy

1
Long words are cheap, not expensive

A nine-letter word covers most of the box in one move and leaves an easy remainder. Because the score rewards word COUNT and not word length, there is never a reason to play short when long is available.

2
Aim at the letter you will need to start from

The last letter of your word is the first letter of your next one, so ending on a vowel or a common starter keeps your options open. Ending on a letter that almost nothing begins with is how a three-word solve becomes a six-word one.

3
Save the awkward letters for the middle

Letters like J, Q, X and W are easier to place inside a long word than to build a whole word around. Look for a single word that can absorb two of them at once.

4
Two words is always there

Every board we serve is proved solvable in two common words before it goes out. If you are grinding out word five, it is not that the board is unfair - it is that the pair exists and you have not found it yet.

More Game Modes

Daily Puzzle

One word per day. 6 guesses. The classic.

Dordle

2 boards, 1 keyboard, 7 guesses.

Quordle

4 boards, 1 keyboard, 9 guesses.

Octordle

8 boards, 1 keyboard, 13 guesses.

Sedecordle

16 boards, 1 keyboard, 21 guesses.

Duotrigordle

32 boards, 1 keyboard, 37 guesses.

Speed Streak

Race the clock. Solve as many words as you can before time runs out.

Semantic Explorer

Navigate meaning space. 30 guesses.

Globle

Find the mystery country. 6 guesses on a paper globe.

Mathle

Guess the daily math equation in 6 tries.

Spelling Bee

Find every word hidden in seven letters. New puzzle daily.

Waffle

Swap the 21 tiles so every row and column spells a word. 15 swaps, par 10.

Strands

Trace hidden theme words on a 6×8 grid. New puzzle daily.

Squaredle

Trace adjacent letters to find every word in the grid.

Queens

Crown each region — one queen per row, column, and colored area.

Chessle

A chess puzzle a day. Drag your moves, submit when ready, learn from the colours.

Dominoes

Lay every domino so each outlined region satisfies its rule.

Binary

Fill a 6x6 grid with suns and moons — balanced lines, never three in a row.

Trace

Draw one line through every cell — numbers in order, walls in the way.

Shikaku

Split the 6x6 grid into rectangles — one clue in each, matching its shape and size.

Flagle

Name the country from its flag. 6 guesses, one tile at a time.

Mini Sudoku

Fill a 6x6 grid so every row, column and 2x3 box holds 1 to 6 once.

Word Path

Trace four hidden words through a 5x5 grid

Outline

Name the country from its shape alone. 6 guesses.

Travle

Name the countries that link two places by land.

Word Ladder

Turn one word into another, changing a single letter at a time.

Unscramble

The day’s letters, jumbled. Put the word back together in six tries.

Quartets

Sixteen words, four hidden groups. Find what connects them.

Mini Crossword

A five by five crossword in your own language, every day.

Deduction

Read the clues, rule out the impossible, find the only grid that fits.

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Word Definitions

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Unique Word Art

Every word comes with a custom illustration. Collect them all.

Dark Mode & Themes

Light, dark, and high-contrast modes for comfortable play.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Box Words?
Box Words is a daily word puzzle on a square with three letters on each side - twelve letters in total. You spell words from those letters, moving to a different side for every consecutive letter, and each word starts with the last letter of the one before it. The goal is to use all twelve letters.
How do you win Box Words?
You win when every one of the twelve board letters has appeared in at least one word you played. Word count does not decide the win - it decides your score. Finishing in nine words is a win; finishing in two is a better score.
Why was my word rejected?
Five reasons, and the board tells you which: it was shorter than four letters, it used a letter that is not on the box, two of its letters in a row came from the same side, it did not start with the last letter of your previous word, or it is not in the dictionary for this language.
Can every box be solved in two words?
Yes. The generator builds each board out of a two-word solution and then proves it independently with an exhaustive solver before the board is ever served - a board that cannot be solved in exactly two words is discarded. That is also why a two-word finish is the flex rather than the expectation.
What languages does Box Words have?
Thirteen: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Finnish, Danish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish and Turkish. Each has its own dictionary and its own box every day. More follow as the short-word dictionaries are built.
Is there a practice mode?
Yes. Box Words Unlimited generates a fresh board as soon as you finish one, with the same two-word guarantee, and it never hands you the board you are part-way through on today's daily.

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