Wordoku Game

Wordoku swaps Sudoku's digits for letters, and this build adds a twist the number version doesn't have: solve the grid correctly and the letters along the marked cells spell out a real word. It's the same row/column/3x3-box logic you already know, but with a payoff at the end beyond just a finished grid.

Pick Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced before you start — the difference is how many cells are filled in for you at the outset, not the size of the grid. A timer runs in the background and finishing under the target time on Beginner or Intermediate adds a bonus to your score, though you can turn the clock off entirely if you'd rather solve at your own pace.

Controls

Play with the keyboard or by clicking the on-screen letter buttons. There are two ways to fill a cell, switchable in the menu: "Cell First" has you click the empty square before picking its letter, while "Letter First" has you pick the letter first and then tap the cells it belongs in. A separate Memo mode lets you pencil in candidate letters without committing to one.

Tips

• Hints exist but cost points — Notes Autofill and the full Solver take more off your score than a single Hint, so save them for when you're actually stuck.
• Scan for rows, columns or boxes that are already missing just one or two letters; those are the fastest wins early on.
• If you can read part of the hidden word before the grid is finished, use it to sanity-check the letters you've already placed.
• Switch to Memo mode on the harder difficulty before guessing — narrowing down candidates first avoids mistakes that are tedious to undo later.

It plays entirely in the browser, so it suits a quick coffee-break puzzle as easily as a longer session working through the Advanced grid.