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Wordtide

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One endless board. Everyone's words. Forever.

Wordtide is a free word game on a single infinite board that the whole world shares. Every word anyone plays stays, and the next player builds on it. It runs in the browser on phones, tablets and computers. You can play in seconds, with no download and no sign-up.

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The descriptions, fact sheet and feature lists below are written for press to copy, so they stay in English.

About Wordtide

Short description

Wordtide is a free word game played on one endless board that the whole world shares. Every word anyone plays stays, and the next player builds on it. It runs in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, with no download and no sign-up. It is free to play with no pay-to-win; kids' modes have no ads, purchases or tracking.

Longer description

Wordtide is a massively multiplayer word game on a single infinite board. You start with seven tiles, build words off the ones already there, and watch the map change as other players do the same. Four Tides (teams) colour the territory, weekly leagues of 30 keep competition close and friendly, and events like High Tide (a weekly hour of double XP and a shared world goal) and Tide Week (a territory result for the four Tides) turn the whole board into a shared race. Together, players are also finding every word in the dictionary: the first person to play a word lights a lighthouse on the board.

There is more to do when you want a quieter game. The Daily Seven gives everyone the same seven letters each day, with a par to beat, an archive and calendar to practise past days, and a spoiler-free result to share. Solo Journey is 100 hand-made puzzles across eight islands with rocks, gems, secret words, a tide clock and boss levels. Pure mode (no hints) and a friendly AI rival let you play your way, and you can invite a friend with a link.

Hints are fair. Lanterns give you a free nudge on every move (a square and a letter, never the word) and a few free reveals a day; Pure mode switches hints off. Treasure cells hide on the board every hour for the first player to find, a Tide combo rewards quick moves with extra XP only (never score, so Daily and score boards are unaffected), and daily quests adapt to how you play. The interface comes in 42 languages, including Japanese and Arabic (right to left), and the board plays in 36 languages.

Little Tide is a picture-and-sound mode for ages 3 and up, for children who cannot read yet. Tidy the otter helps them hear letters, trace them with a finger and spell picture words; every word they learn grows a flower in their Garden. New no-reading rounds ask them to find the picture Tidy names or to match rhymes, and a one-time "Who's playing?" choice points each device at the right game for ages 3 to 6, 7 to 12, 13 to 17, or 18 and up. There is no chat, no timer and no way to fail. Wordtide is made by the Wordtide team, uses the public-domain ENABLE word list, and keeps its pledge: free to play, no pay-to-win, and no ads, purchases or tracking in kids' modes.

Fact sheet

  • Developer and publisher: Wordtide. Contact: wordtide.app/contact. Legal operator and registration: company information
  • Platforms: web (installable app) on iOS, Android, iPad, Mac, Windows, Linux and Chromebook
  • Price: free to play, nothing pay-to-win. Ads are for teens (non-personalised) and adults, never in kids' modes. Optional purchases (Supporter, tile skins, hint lanterns) only on Yandex Games and Telegram Stars, never for kids
  • Ages: 3 and up. Little Tide is a picture-and-sound mode for children who cannot read yet
  • Website: wordtide.app
  • Modes: Live World, Daily Seven, Solo Journey (100 levels, 8 islands) and Little Tide (ages 3+)
  • Players: one shared world for everyone online; solo and daily play on your own; friendly leagues of 30
  • Languages: 42 interface languages, including Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Hindi and Arabic and Hebrew with right-to-left layout. The board plays in 36 languages
  • Dictionary: ENABLE, a public-domain word list
  • Profiles: a one-time "Who's playing?" choice (ages 3 to 6, 7 to 12, 13 to 17, 18 and up) that can be changed any time in Settings
  • Accessibility: play with the keyboard alone, screen-reader mode, colour-blind-safe palette, reduced motion, high contrast and read-aloud. Lighthouse (mobile, 2026-10-21): accessibility 100 on the home, guide, Little Tide and press pages; performance 97 to 100; best practices 100; SEO 100
  • Pledge: free to play, no pay-to-win, no chat, and no ads, purchases or tracking in kids' modes. Progress is saved with a passkey or a recovery code, with no email needed

Features

  • 42 interface languages, 39 game languages. Japanese, Arabic (right to left), Hindi, Korean, Chinese and more. The board plays in 36 languages, each world with its own dictionary.
  • Lanterns, fair hints. A free nudge on every move that never gives the word, and a few free reveals a day. Pure mode has none.
  • Treasure cells. Three hidden pearl cells in each region every hour; the first tile on one claims it for the whole world.
  • Tide combo. Moves made within 60 seconds of each other build a chain worth up to 1.5x XP. XP only, never score.
  • Smart daily quests. Targets adapt to how you play, and each quest says why it was picked.
  • Who's playing? One question the first time, for ages 3 to 6, 7 to 12, 13 to 17, or 18 and up. It sets up Little Tide, Easy mode with read-aloud, or the full game.
  • Little Tide, no reading needed. New rounds: find the picture Tidy names, and rhyme pairs, plus sea and feelings picture packs.
  • A lighter screen. A collapsible side panel, extras that unlock as you level, and a tooltip on every control.
  • World Dictionary and lighthouses. Players find every word together; the first to play a word lights a lighthouse on the board.
  • High Tide Sunday. A weekly hour of double XP and a shared world goal for everyone online.
  • Tide Week. Four Tides compete for territory; the result, with a podium and MVPs, arrives every week.
  • Weekly events and leagues. Themed weeks and friendly leagues of 30 players.
  • Daily Seven. Same seven letters for everyone, a Par to beat, an archive and calendar, and a spoiler-free share.
  • Solo Journey islands. Rocks, gems, secret words, a tide clock and boss levels across 100 puzzles.
  • Pure mode. Play without Coach hints or move ratings, and earn a star on the Pure board.
  • Little Tide tracing and Garden. Trace letters with a finger, spell picture words and grow a flower for each word.
  • Celebrations. Confetti, stars and cheers for good moves and big finds.
  • Invites. Send a friend a link so they can join you on the board.
  • Word Album. Every word you play is collected by rarity.

Ways to play

  • Live World. One shared board without edges. Players build on each other's words in real time.
  • Daily Seven. Everyone gets the same seven letters each day and can share a spoiler-free result.
  • Solo Journey. 100 hand-made puzzles across eight islands, each scored with 1 to 3 stars, plus rocks, gems, secret words and bosses.
  • Little Tide. Tidy the otter helps young children spell picture words by sound. There is nothing to read, no timer and no way to fail.

What makes it different

  • A word game that is also a place. The board is a living map built by the whole world.
  • Four Tides (teams) colour the map, and weekly leagues of 30 keep competition friendly and close.
  • A Word Album collects every word you play, by rarity. You also get credit when you are the first in the world to play a word.
  • Safe for kids by design. There is no chat, only preset emoji reactions, and names are filtered. Progress is saved with a passkey or a recovery code, with no email needed.
  • Accessible: you can play with the keyboard alone, there is a screen-reader mode, a colour-blind-safe palette, reduced motion, high contrast and read-aloud. The interface speaks 42 languages, including right-to-left Arabic.

Our promise

Free to play. No pay-to-win. No loot boxes. No chat. Kids' modes have no ads, purchases or tracking. Optional extras are for grown-ups only and never change scores. The dictionary is the public-domain ENABLE word list.

Downloads

Free to use in coverage of Wordtide. Click any image to download it.

Screenshots

Full-size PNG screenshots of every mode, in three sizes each. They show staged sample play on a practice board, so no real player names or words appear.

Logo and colours

The logo is a slightly tilted cream tile with a W, set beside the word Wordtide in Fredoka. Keep clear space of one tile-height around it and place it on light backgrounds. Please do not recolour, stretch or add effects. The SVG sets the wordmark in the Fredoka typeface.

  • Shell (light) #f5eee2
  • Shell (dark) #14171f
  • Tile face #fffaf0
  • Tile edge #e2cfa9
  • Ink #2a2833

Made by the Wordtide team

Wordtide is designed, built and run by the Wordtide team, a small independent studio. We make games that work for everyone, from the first sketch to the live service.

Contact

For interviews, press access, partnerships and school use, write to us through the contact form.