About Zabble
Zabble is a daily word puzzle game designed to challenge your vocabulary and pattern recognition skills. Connect adjacent tiles to form words, discover clever paths, and compete with players worldwide for the highest score.
How to Play
- Connect tiles in any of 8 directions — horizontal, vertical, and diagonal paths are all valid
- Form words with a minimum of 4 letters — the longer the word, the more points you earn
- Each tile can only be used once per word path, so plan your route carefully
- Your goal: Find as many valid words as possible to maximize your score
For example, you might trace C → A → T → S diagonally to spell “CATS”, or follow a winding path to discover longer, higher-scoring words.
Game Modes
Daily Puzzle
Everyone gets the same puzzle each day — compete globally and see how you stack up on the leaderboard!
Unlimited
Practice with randomly generated puzzles anytime. Free tier: 3 puzzles daily.
Archive
Revisit past daily puzzles to improve your score or try puzzles you missed. Premium feature.
Challenge (1v1)
Compete head-to-head with another player in real-time! Create a challenge and share the invite code, or join a friend's game.
Timed Mode
Race to find the most words within the time limit. Both players can find the same words — highest score wins!
Race Mode
First to find a word claims it — your opponent can't score the same word. Speed and strategy combine!
Free tier: 3 challenges per day.
Scoring & Features
Scoring System
- Longer words earn significantly more points — a 7-letter word (48 pts) is worth much more than two 4-letter words (30 pts)
- Exceptional words (8+ letters) receive bonus multipliers for extra challenge
- Your score is based purely on the words you find — no time pressure!
Rank Progression
Climb through 7 ranks based on the percentage of words you find:
Key Features
- Daily streaks: Track your consecutive days of play
- Global leaderboard: Compete with players worldwide on daily puzzles
- 50+ achievement badges: Unlock rewards across streaks, speed, mastery, and cumulative categories
- Interactive tutorial: Learn the game with guided onboarding
- Word definitions: Tap any found word to see its definition
- Board rotation: Rotate the puzzle for a fresh perspective
- Share results: Show off your score with shareable result cards
- Cloud sync: Your progress saves automatically across devices
- Dark mode: Beautiful light and dark themes for comfortable play anytime
- Responsive design: Works perfectly on phones, tablets, and desktops
Free vs Premium
Premium tier coming soon!
| Feature | Free | Premium (Soon) |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Puzzle | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Unlimited Mode | 3/day | Unlimited |
| Challenge (1v1) | 3/day | Unlimited |
| Archive Access | — | ✓ |
| Leaderboards, Badges, Cloud Sync | ✓ | ✓ |
Credits & Resources
- Dictionary:Our word list contains over 81,536 English words sourced from Wordnik's trusted open-source dataset . Whether you're a word game novice or a vocabulary expert, our extensive dictionary ensures there's always something new to discover. All words are validated for quality, with a 4-letter minimum to keep puzzles challenging.
- Inspiration:Inspired by classic word search games and modern tiled puzzles like squaredle.app.
- Built With:Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Supabase, and Framer Motion.
Version
v1.0.0 (Beta)