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Spell the stories back.
A spell scrambled every book in the Great Library. Spell words from nine letter tiles and put each story back.
Try a chapter. Right here.
Spell words from nine tiles and beat the target in four words. Three chapters make a floor.
Points × Flourish = score
Longer words have more of both. Rare letters add more points.
Words
4
Redraws
3
XP
4
Floor 1 of 8
Target 150
Score 0
16 librarians, each with a twist.
Every floor ends with a librarian and a strange rule. You see it before you begin, so you can plan.
This floor is guarded by
The Library Cat
"Mrrp." (It is not moving.)
The rule
The cat naps on 2 tiles and moves after every word
This floor is guarded by
The Haiku
"One word. Make it count."
The rule
You get only 1 word
This floor is guarded by
The Censor
"No take-backs in my section."
The rule
No redraws this chapter
This floor is guarded by
The Moths
"Flutter, flutter... munch."
The rule
Moths eat 2 random tiles after every word
This floor is guarded by
The Critic
"Short words? How dreadfully dull."
The rule
Words must have 5 or more letters
This floor is guarded by
The Editor
"I never read the same length twice."
The rule
Each word length can be used only once
This floor is guarded by
The Storyteller
"And then... and then... and then..."
The rule
Each word must begin with the last letter of the word before
This floor is guarded by
The Shusher
"Shhh! Keep those vowels down."
The rule
Words may use at most 2 vowels
This floor is guarded by
The Encyclopedia
"Everything about everything. Do try to keep up."
The rule
A huge target score
This floor is guarded by
The Forgetter
"Every letter costs you a little memory."
The rule
Lose 1 XP for every letter played
This floor is guarded by
The Abridger
"Why use many word when few do trick?"
The rule
Base points and Flourish are halved
This floor is guarded by
Overdue Notice
"That'll be a small fine, dear."
The rule
Every redraw costs a 2 XP fine
This floor is guarded by
The Purist
"One of each. No duplicates on my shelves."
The rule
No letter may appear twice in a word
This floor is guarded by
The Indexer
"Everything has its place. And its letter."
The rule
Every word must contain the chapter's letter
This floor is guarded by
The Hourglass
"Tick, tock. Every word fades a little."
The rule
Each word scores 25% less than the one before
This floor is guarded by
The Proofreader
"I see a typo. I always see a typo."
The rule
Every misspelled word costs a redraw
This floor is guarded by
The Library Cat
"Mrrp." (It is not moving.)
The rule
The cat naps on 2 tiles and moves after every word
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Five wings of the Great Library.
Every wing bends the rules its own way. The Main Hall is free; the Full Library unlocks the other four.
+ Endless mode once you’re through
Same letters. Best word wins.
Live 1v1 through Game Center. Every word you fire tears pages out of their book.
- 8 rounds. You both get the same letters.
- 30 seconds to lock in your best word. Lock in first to halve their clock.
- Both words fire at once. Longer word wins the clash (+25%).
- Last round: double damage.
- DoubleDoubles the word's damage
- Fire+6 pages, a fiery shot
- InkBlots one of their letters next round
- HealMends 6 of your pages
- ShieldBlocks half of their word this round
Find an opponent, invite a friend, or practise against Wren, offline.
Five minutes or five floors.
- Daily ScrambleThe same letters for everyone, one try a day. Keep your streak.
- Time TrialTwo minutes on the clock, and every word buys more. Hunt the secret 9-letter word.
- Time DuelTake your turn on the same letters, then race your rival's replay. Best score wins.
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The stories await.
Grab a quill, apprentice. They won’t spell themselves.
The library
needs you!
