Tamakey
5 Griddy

One word square a day.

Every row and every column is a word — ten in all. Ten letters are there to start; the rest arrive as small pieces you drag in and turn. Any real words count, not only the ones the puzzle was built from.

5 Griddy: a five by five grid of letter tiles, every row and every column spelling a word

The same board for everyone, every day — and your first attempt is the one that counts.

How to play

A 5×5 grid where every row and every column has to be a word — ten in all. Some letters are there from the start; the rest are yours to place.

STEP 1

Drag a piece in

Letters arrive as pieces. Drag one onto the board, into the gap it fits.

STEP 2

Tap to turn

A piece can face either way. Tap it to turn it from across to down, or back.

STEP 3

Words glow

Every row and column must be a word. They light up as you get them; all ten lit and it's solved.

STEP 4

Any real words count

You do not have to find the ones it was built from. If every line is a real word, it counts.

What's in it

A daily puzzle that takes a few minutes, and keeps count of how you're doing.

Every day

Three boards a day

Today's 5×5, plus a 4×4 and a 6×6 beside it — all three free, every day. Your streak and stats follow the 5×5.

The score

Your time is your score

The clock is the only measure of a solve. Stuck? Two hints a day: the first adds a minute, the second two more — so a hinted solve never beats the same solve unaided.

Fair

One board for everyone

Everyone gets the same board each day, and your first attempt is the one that counts. Every puzzle is built backwards from a finished grid, so no day is ever unsolvable.

Streak

A streak with a safety net

Play every day to build your streak. You start with two freezes that cover a missed day, earn another for every seven days in a row, and can bank two.

Stats

Stats that keep count

Days played and solved, hint-free solves and your longest clean run, your fastest time, and where each day landed — from Just started to Solved.

Share

Share without spoilers

Send your result and your time to a friend without giving the board away.

Private

Yours, on your phone

No account and no sign-in. Your results, streak and settings stay on your device. Sound and haptics switch off if you'd rather. Privacy

The one purchase

The archive

The 555 days before today, at every size, open with one optional purchase. Today's three boards stay free either way.

Screenshots

The first-run tutorial: a three by three grid with a gap, and an N piece to drag into it
The tutorial shows, rather than tells
Today's 5 by 5 board with its starting letters, the tray of pieces below, and the Hint button showing two hints left
Today's board, and the pieces to place
The More puzzles sheet: today's 4 by 4 and 6 by 6, free every day, and the locked archives of 555 past days at each size
The 4×4 and 6×6, and the archive
The stats sheet on a fresh install: played, solved, streak and best streak, and the week at a glance
Your stats and the week at a glance