Web-based, non-twitchy word games
March 7, 2016 1:19 PM Subscribe
I'm looking for word games that I can play in a web browser and that don't have any time pressure.
I love the iOS game Spelltower, and I do the NYT Crossword Puzzle daily. Both of those are great because I can come back to them when I have a few minutes of downtime and work on them slowly. Are there any more like this? I wish there were a version of Spelltower that I could play in a browser tab, but I haven't been able to find one.
I love the iOS game Spelltower, and I do the NYT Crossword Puzzle daily. Both of those are great because I can come back to them when I have a few minutes of downtime and work on them slowly. Are there any more like this? I wish there were a version of Spelltower that I could play in a browser tab, but I haven't been able to find one.
Best answer: I like Babble at playbabble.com
The word grid is up for 24 hours and it saves your answers throughout the day. That game is one of my favorites.
posted by narancia at 1:49 PM on March 7, 2016 [4 favorites]
The word grid is up for 24 hours and it saves your answers throughout the day. That game is one of my favorites.
posted by narancia at 1:49 PM on March 7, 2016 [4 favorites]
2nding Babble! - it's nice to play throughout the day when I need quick a break from things. Even if you exit the browser it will remember where you are when you come back to it.
Sporcle.com and funtrivia.com have fun word games as well (and both have badges/achievements if you like that kind of stuff). Although (i think) most games on Sporcle are timed, you can pause your progress.
posted by littlesq at 2:31 PM on March 7, 2016
Sporcle.com and funtrivia.com have fun word games as well (and both have badges/achievements if you like that kind of stuff). Although (i think) most games on Sporcle are timed, you can pause your progress.
posted by littlesq at 2:31 PM on March 7, 2016
My own creation Rollo might interest you. It's a turn-by-turn guessing game where you try to figure out a mystery word by guessing other words and using some deductive logic.
If you've got a good vocabulary, you'll finish most games in 10-15 guesses. Easy to leave a tab open and return to a game or play a quick game without stopping.
posted by paulcole at 3:14 PM on March 7, 2016 [3 favorites]
If you've got a good vocabulary, you'll finish most games in 10-15 guesses. Easy to leave a tab open and return to a game or play a quick game without stopping.
posted by paulcole at 3:14 PM on March 7, 2016 [3 favorites]
Puzzle Baron offers several kinds of in-browser word games: Cryptograms and Drop Quotes are two I often play, and there are more listed here. I find it usually takes me from one to ten minutes to complete a puzzle.
posted by Hypatia at 4:17 PM on March 7, 2016
posted by Hypatia at 4:17 PM on March 7, 2016
Guess My Word
(It tracks time in addition to number of guesses, but you can ignore that.)
posted by Shmuel510 at 11:19 AM on March 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
(It tracks time in addition to number of guesses, but you can ignore that.)
posted by Shmuel510 at 11:19 AM on March 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
The Chihuahua site has 3 new puzzles each day, an apparently infinite archive of past puzzles, and no twitchiness.
posted by Corvid at 11:53 AM on March 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Corvid at 11:53 AM on March 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
Funny Farm is maddening, I have never finished it but I like it. It's a non-timed word association game. I tried to make the link go to the minimalist instructions but I'm not sure if it just goes to the beginning of the game, but basically you just guess words that relate to the words already there and it grows and grows. You can save the game and collaborate with others but I'm a curmudgeon so I haven't, which is probably why I have never finished it...
posted by eggkeeper at 11:49 AM on March 12, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by eggkeeper at 11:49 AM on March 12, 2016 [1 favorite]
I'm liking Wordbubble, free from the Play Store app on my phone.
posted by BoscosMom at 9:38 PM on March 28, 2016
posted by BoscosMom at 9:38 PM on March 28, 2016
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posted by Too-Ticky at 1:40 PM on March 7, 2016