Wordle + Klondike = ???

July 1, 2023 10:48 AM

Word Solitaire is a browser game by Petri Purho. Clear the board by making five-letter words. "The Dark Souls of solitaire word games."
posted by Lirp (27 comments total)

This game doesn’t seem to be playable on safari for iPhone
posted by Jon_Evil at 11:25 AM on July 1, 2023 [6 favorites]

Hey, it's by the person who made Crayon Physics! I'm glad they're still making fun little games.
posted by JHarris at 11:44 AM on July 1, 2023

It does the solitaire waterfall-bouncy-cards thing!
posted by Acari at 11:54 AM on July 1, 2023 [1 favorite]

TIL that SURES is a word.
posted by flabdablet at 12:05 PM on July 1, 2023

That's fun! It seems like there's not just one solution (that I can tell) which I appreciate.
posted by edencosmic at 12:38 PM on July 1, 2023 [1 favorite]

It only sort-of works on iOS, it doesn’t seem to recognized taps very well making for a frustrating experience. It is a shame, because the game itself is fun.
posted by AndrewStephens at 12:46 PM on July 1, 2023 [2 favorites]

I didn't know 'the Dark Souls of solitaire word games' was something I wanted, but this is both a really hard and lot of fun--thanks for sharing.
posted by box at 1:03 PM on July 1, 2023 [1 favorite]

I love that I can play the same hand multiple games! Awesome, thanks for this!
posted by tristeza at 1:21 PM on July 1, 2023

I won this on my first try, so I am going to never play again and maintain my 100% win streak
posted by JDHarper at 1:41 PM on July 1, 2023 [5 favorites]

Cool word game, thanks.
posted by doctor_negative at 2:34 PM on July 1, 2023

5:58
posted by flabdablet at 2:40 PM on July 1, 2023

Phew, that was hard. But fun. Really fun.
posted by mumimor at 2:51 PM on July 1, 2023

It won't let me play words longer than 5 letters. Hrumph.
posted by Winnie the Proust at 3:02 PM on July 1, 2023 [1 favorite]

TIL that ALULA is a word

Thanks (????!!!???) for the link, Lirp....
posted by tzikeh at 3:36 PM on July 1, 2023

TIL that ALULA is a word

I thought it was a subgenre of bebop.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 3:58 PM on July 1, 2023 [3 favorites]

it took me a very concerted hour, I liked it.
posted by sibboleth at 5:03 PM on July 1, 2023

It did take me two tries, but I never really looked ahead. It would be more interesting if longer words were allowed (and required). I think someone once showed me a similar game that allowed arbitrary word length, but it had a slightly different card layout (I helped him code up a puzzle generator; there was some constraint that made it non-trivial that I have since forgotten).

I've played harder word games. Montage, for instance, is absolutely brutal. But I guess that's not solitaire.

A Thursday NYT crossword is probably harder.

I've also made harder solitaire word games I think Surfwords is harder, although it's hard to compare since, like Tetris, there's no winning. Semantle is definitely harder. I have been contemplating another word game, which I am tempted to call "A Bionic Caracal Destroys Enemies Fiercely" (or perhaps I should go for the full 26-word version?). Still not 100% sure whether it would end up feeling too much like a SpellTower knock off.
posted by novalis_dt at 5:28 PM on July 1, 2023

Doesn't know that SOLAR is a word.
posted by leotrotsky at 6:10 PM on July 1, 2023 [1 favorite]

...also SONAR
posted by leotrotsky at 6:11 PM on July 1, 2023 [1 favorite]

Broken on iPad.
posted by caviar2d2 at 6:38 PM on July 1, 2023

SOLAR worked for me.
posted by inexorably_forward at 11:47 PM on July 1, 2023

Oh, so now "SHART" isn't a word, huh? Where do I lodge my official protest?
posted by wakannai at 12:53 AM on July 2, 2023

Oh, so now "SHART" isn't a word, huh?

Oh, you know where.
posted by Literaryhero at 4:28 AM on July 2, 2023 [5 favorites]

WANKS, like so often, really helped me out here
posted by slimepuppy at 9:02 AM on July 2, 2023

Anybody know if the "solution set" is posted anywhere the day after, for those of us who got our very first game on the very first try, and are now hopelessly unable to solve another one?
posted by tzikeh at 8:49 AM on July 3, 2023 [1 favorite]

There are some quite dubious words allowed.

FARMY? Really? Today's 7:37 feels a bit like cheating now.

I also have occasional success with proper names, as long as I stick to super-white ones.
posted by flabdablet at 1:45 AM on July 5, 2023 [1 favorite]

Contacted the designer - he added "solar" and "sonar," but there is no solution (correct answer to previous day's game) available ever, as of now.
posted by tzikeh at 9:58 AM on July 18, 2023