Dualword
Game
Two words. One puzzle.
A daily word puzzle where one five-letter guess scores against two hidden answers on a split board.
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Word games & puzzles
Daily word puzzles, letter-path boards, letter-transfer rounds, and early letter practice from Swizzle Works.
Pick by the job. Want two hidden five-letter words on one board? Dualword. Want to move one letter between two words you can already read? Affix. Want to find a path through letters already on a board? Onword. Need letter recognition practice for ages 4 to 7? Fasty Letters, and its guides live on the early literacy hub.
Dualword is free in the browser at dualword.swizzleworks.com. One guess scores against both hidden answers on a split tile. No account. Today's pair is on your device. iOS and Android are still on the way.
Affix is free in the browser at affix.swizzleworks.com. Move one letter so both words match their clues. Five rounds a day. Native store listings are still coming.
Onword is free in the browser and on iOS as Onword Daily. Draw one trail through the letters so each word connects in meaning to the next. Android is not out yet. Its guides split by what you came in asking: the word path puzzle rules and tips walk the tutorial board, games like Strands is for the morning you finished Strands and want the next trail, the connect letters game guide separates a one-trail board from a score attack, and the word chain page sorts out which of three games someone meant.
The guides compare Dualword with other two-word dailies, explain the split tile, and cover getting unstuck. The table below puts every game mentioned here side by side. We are not dumping a million dictionary URLs into the sitemap.
Related hubs: Early literacy: letters for ages 4 to 7
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Affix
Game
Move one letter. Make two new words.
A daily word puzzle where you move exactly one letter from one word to the other so both sides match their clues.
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Onword
Game
Connect letters. Find the path. Solve the word.
A daily word-path puzzle. Draw one continuous trail through a letter grid to form a chain of related words. Free on the web and as Onword Daily on iOS.
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Fasty Letters
Education
Letter recognition practice for ages 4–7.
Letter names, uppercase and lowercase, with the weak letters coming back often. Free on iOS, no ads.
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How these word games differ
Visible or hidden letters, one path or many words, and whether there is a theme to follow.
| Game | Letters | What you find | Theme | Finish | Where it plays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onword | Visible on a grid | One continuous trail from the marked cell, neighbors including diagonals, no cell reused | Yes. Each word connects in meaning to the next | One daily board, then stop. Practice boards do not touch the streak | Free in the browser. Free as Onword Daily on iPhone and iPad |
| NYT Strands | Visible on a 6 by 8 grid | Several separate theme words plus one spangram that spans the board | Yes. One theme per day | One daily board | NYT Games on the web and in the app |
| Squaredle | Visible on a small grid | Find every hidden word by connecting adjacent letters, diagonals included | Bonus words, no single theme chain | One daily board | Browser |
| Boggle-style word hunt | Visible, usually a 4 by 4 grid | As many words as you can find, often against a timer | No | Score when the clock ends | Many browser and phone versions |
| Last-letter word chain | No grid. You supply the words | Each new word starts with the last letter of the one before | Sometimes a category | Ends when someone cannot continue | Spoken, written, or browser versions such as shiritori |
| Word ladder | A start word and a target word | Change one letter per step. Every step must be a real word | No | Reach the target in as few steps as you can | Browser versions and printed puzzles |
| Dualword | Hidden. Two five-letter answers | One guess scores against both answers on a split tile | No | Eight tries, one pair a day | Free in the browser |
| Affix | Visible. Two words with clues | Move exactly one letter between the two words so both match the clues | Clues, not a chain | Five rounds a day | Free in the browser |
The Onword, Dualword, and Affix rows describe our own games. The other rows restate each game's published rules as read on October 24, 2026. Rules change, so check the game before you quote this table.
Guides & tools
- Word path puzzle rules and tips
How an Onword board works, the Pet Pals tutorial walked step by step, and habits for getting unstuck without a solver.
- Daily word puzzle: two words, one guess
Dualword is a free daily word puzzle. Two hidden five-letter words, one guess that scores both, eight tries. Browser, no account, works offline.
- Games like Strands
You finished today's Strands and want another theme-and-trace puzzle. Here is how the closest options differ, and where Onword fits.
- Dordle vs Dualword
Three dailies hide two five-letter words. Dordle gives each word its own board. Xordle never lets the words share a letter. Dualword scores one guess on a split tile.
- Connect letters game
Drag through neighboring letters to spell words. Most grids want as many words as you can find. Onword wants one trail.
- What is a word chain?
Three different games share the name. Last-letter chains, compound-word chains, and the meaning chain Onword puts on a letter grid.
- Multi-word guessing games
One hidden word, two, four, or eight. How the board count changes a five-letter daily, and where Dualword's split tile fits.
- Letter-transfer puzzle
Move exactly one letter from one word to the other so both sides match their clues. That is Affix.
From the blog
- Onword word-path puzzles explained
Connect letters, find the path, solve the word. Tips without a cheat dump.
- How to read a Dualword tile when the halves disagree
Each half of the tile is a true statement about one word. Read them separately.
- Affix: move one letter, make two new words
PLATE and CAR become LATE and CARP. That is the whole job.
Frequently asked questions
What is Dualword?
A daily word puzzle from Swizzle Works. Guess two five-letter words on one board. Each guess scores against both answers. The top half of a tile is word one. The bottom half is word two. Play free in the browser.
What is Onword?
A daily word-path puzzle from Swizzle Works. Draw one continuous trail through a letter grid so that each word connects in meaning to the next. Play free in the browser or get Onword Daily on iOS.
How is Dualword different from other five-letter guessing games?
A typical five-letter guessing game hides one word. Dualword hides two, and every guess scores against both on a split tile. Dordle uses two boards for that. Xordle uses one board but never lets the words share a letter. The Dordle vs Dualword guide has the table.
What is Affix?
A daily word puzzle from Swizzle Works. Each round shows two words and two clues. Move exactly one letter from one word to the other so both match the clues. Play free in the browser.
What about younger kids?
Fasty Letters covers ages 4 to 7 letter recognition. Different product, different job. The early literacy hub has the letter guides: recognition practice, uppercase and lowercase matching, letter names versus sounds, and reversals.