Wordbeard
The Wordbeard app icon: a smiling bearded captain in a tricorn hat, holding three letter tiles.

Wordbeard

Change one letter at a time to sail from word to word.

A free word-puzzle adventure, sea by sea and island by island. Every word you find goes on your chart.

Coming soon to Android and iOS

Now in closed testing. Questions? ronen@1r2b.com

How it plays

Every word is an island

Each voyage is a word ladder at sea. You chart the course, one letter at a time.

  1. Set a course

    Every voyage gives you a start word and a destination: sail from ROCK to SAND.

  2. Change one letter

    Swap a single letter to make a real word, and sail there. ROCK becomes SOCK. Each new word is an island on your chart.

  3. Make port

    Reach the destination to finish the voyage. Make port within par to earn emblems, and keep a weather eye out: some voyages hide treasure off the shortest route.

R O C K Start S O C K S A C K S A N K S A N D Destination
From ROCK to SAND in four moves: ROCK, SOCK, SACK, SANK, SAND.

What awaits

A whole archipelago of words

Short voyages you can play in a minute, and a campaign to chart at your own pace.

  • Tools of the trade

    Stuck between islands? The Spyglass spots a word on a shortest route, and the Compass tells you whether a guess brings you closer.

  • Sea by sea

    Start in the Shallow Keys and chart your way outward, sea by sea, through hand-picked voyages.

  • Your Captain’s Log

    Every island you discover is kept in your Captain’s Log. Earn emblems and Doubloons as you go, and rise through the ranks from Deckhand.

  • Sail with friends

    Share your friend code or an invite link, add other captains by their code, and keep your friends in one list.

Ready to cast off?

Wordbeard is in closed testing and coming soon to Android and iOS. Free to play, one letter at a time.

Coming soon to Android and iOS