What is Squaredle?
Squaredle is a daily word search where the words aren't in straight lines. You get a square grid of letters and find words by connecting neighbouring letters in any direction, including diagonally, much like the board game Boggle. Each letter square fades away once every word that uses it has been found, so the grid slowly clears as you play, and finishing means finding every word on the list. There's no timer, which makes it a relaxed game to dip in and out of during the day. Longer words earn more and unlock helpful hints, and rare or old-fashioned words count as bonus words without affecting your result. Alongside the main puzzle there's a smaller daily mini for a quick round. Squaredle is free to play with ads, and an optional subscription adds past puzzles and extra features. It suits word-search fans and anyone who likes hunting for every last word.
How to play
- Swipe or type to connect neighbouring letters in any direction.
- Each word must be at least four letters long.
- Find every word to clear the whole grid.
Quick facts
- Typical time
- 10–30 min · easy to spread over the day
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Price
- Free, with ads. An optional subscription adds past puzzles and extra features.
- Account
- Not needed. Registering is optional.
- Past puzzles
- With the optional subscription.
- On a phone
- Works in your phone's browser. Nothing to install.
- Also daily
- A smaller, quicker puzzle next to the main one.
Tips to get better
- Use the fading squares. A square fades once every word through it has been found. Any square that's still bright has at least one word left, so that's where to look.
- Look inside long words. A long word usually holds shorter ones along the same path. STARTING contains STAR, START and TART.
- Add beginnings and endings. When you find a word, check for its relatives: -S, -ED, -ER, -ING, RE-, UN-. If the letters are neighbours, each one counts.
- Read backwards and upwards. Paths can run in all eight directions and turn at every letter. The words people miss are the ones that run right to left or bottom to top.
- Don't sweat the bonus words. Rare and old-fashioned words are bonuses and aren't needed to finish. If a word feels too obscure to be required, it probably is.
Who it's for
Squaredle is a game for completists. Finding most of the words is easy and pleasant. Finding the last three can take the rest of the day, and that's the appeal. There's no timer, so it suits being picked up and put down. If you only want a quick go, the smaller daily puzzle is a better fit. The free version has ads.
