Oddword

What is Oddword?

Oddword is a daily word puzzle in which every player gets the same eight letters. You form words of four or more letters, with each player choosing ten words to submit. Scoring is based on rarity: words found by fewer players earn more points.

Editor takes

A clever twist on word games that makes you treasure the rare, dusty word nobody else will find.

The scoring is elegantly fair — rare words earn their keep, and the ten-word limit demands sharp discipline.

I love that the whole world gets the same eight letters — one quiet daily duel across every time zone.

Perfect for a coffee break: quick to start, no sign-up fuss, and ten words is just right for a short stop.

How to play Oddword

Each day, use the given eight letters to create words of at least four letters. You have ten words to spend, and the fewer other players who find a word, the more it scores. A brass tile boosts any word that uses it, and a word that uses all eight letters earns a bonus.

Tips & strategy

• Avoid filling all ten slots with common words, because words found by many players score less.
• Look for ways to include the brass tile in a word, since it boosts that word's score.
• Try to build a word that uses all eight letters to earn the all-letters bonus.
• Consider saving some submissions for rarer or more unusual words rather than obvious short ones.
• Use the archive of past puzzles to practice with older letter sets.

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Where to play

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