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Onword word-path puzzles explained
How Onword letter-path boards work, and how to build a short daily puzzle habit without spoilers.
Onword is not a hidden-word guesser. Letters sit on a board. You draw one trail through them, and each word on the trail is tied in meaning to the next. The fun is the second the route clicks.
That also means a random anagram site is a bad "solver." It will list words that cannot be traced on your board. Path puzzles care about geometry, not only spelling.
The full rules, the CAT into DOG tutorial walked step by step, and the habits for getting unstuck all live on the word path puzzle rules and tips page. This post is the short version.
Play free in the browser from the Onword product page, or download Onword Daily on iOS. Android is not out yet.
If you would rather guess hidden words than trace visible ones, Dualword is the split-tile daily: two five-letter answers, one guess scored against both. Younger kids who still need letter practice should use Fasty Letters (ages 4 to 7). Different products. Different jobs. The word games hub links all of them.