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In Other Words

Forget spelling. Play with meaning.

A hand holding a smartphone displaying 'In Other Words,' a semantic word puzzle game. The screen prompts the player to choose the next word from a web of 17 related terms, with 'rocket' at the center and a target word of 'empathy' at the bottom.

Every daily challenge has 1 million ways to win—but over 400 million ways to lose.

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Words Connected
Any two words connect in just a few steps. Discover a world built on 100 million word relationships.
Chart Your Course
Be your own puzzle master. With half a billion possible paths and over 100k solutions, every game is a unique discovery.
Beyond Puzzles
When you’re not playing, access the same network as a visual thesaurus for writing and brainstorming.

One daily puzzle.
Your unique solution.

Solving the Puzzles

Each daily challenge presents two seemingly unrelated words. ​ Connect them through stepping stones of meaning:

soldier
uniform
blouse
delicate
gentle

You have up to 7 hops to find your solution. Use gradients of meaning to inch toward your target, or harness words with double meanings to create elegant shortcuts.

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A Million Ways to Win

Most word games have one right answer. This one celebrates how you think.

Sweet SeventeenTap through clouds of 17 related words that shift with each choice.

Short & CleverFind a 3-hop solution—A few dozen elegant routes hidden among 173 (4,913) possible paths.

Tessellating PathsAt 7 hops, discover your unique route among 400+ million possible paths.

In Other Words is available exclusively for iPhone.
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For Media

First daily puzzle to transform semantic networks into playable journeys with countless valid solutions. Our press kit details how we're reinventing word games beyond spelling.