Pick your words
Tap the words you think belong together, then hit Submit.
"One away" hints
One word off? You'll know, so a near miss feels like progress, not a dead end.
Soon Word puzzle · iPhone and Android
Twenty-five words.
Hidden groups.
Linkwords is a word-grouping puzzle with a twist: groups come in sizes from 3 to 6, so you can never solve it just by counting.
How to play
Easy to learn. Tricky to master.
Sort all 25 words into hidden groups. The circles at the top show how big each group is.
Lock in a group
Get it right and the group locks in, revealing its category.
Mind your mistakes
A wrong guess costs a mistake, and you only get 5. "One away" means you're close.
Dodge red herrings
Some words seem to fit two groups. Only one is right.
Why it's different
Bigger board. Braver puzzles.
The classic word-grouping game, stretched to a 5×5 board with uneven groups and ten kinds of connection, from planets to palindromes.
Groups of 3 to 6
Every board splits 25 words differently, from 5 groups to 8. Counting won't save you.
Fair red herrings
BASS looks like a fish, but here it has strings. Tricky, never unfair: every board has exactly one answer.
A streak worth keeping
Finish at least one level a day to keep your streak alive. Miss a whole day and it starts again.
Brag, spoiler-free
Share your result as a grid of coloured squares. It shows how you did, never the answers.
Questions, answered.
Is Linkwords free?
Yes. Linkwords is free to play and shows ads, including a short one between levels.
How many levels are there?
As many as you like. Boards are built from a big bank of words and categories, and each one is checked to have exactly one solution.
What does "one away" mean?
Your selection was one word off a real group: one extra, one missing or one swapped. It still costs a mistake, but you know you're close.
How does the streak work?
Finish at least one level on a calendar day, solved or not, and your streak goes up by one. Playing more that day doesn't add to it. Miss a whole day and it resets.
Does it need an internet connection?
The puzzles don't. Every board is built on your phone. Ads need a connection to load.
Help and policies
Your next favourite puzzle is coming soon.
Linkwords is almost ready for iPhone and Android.