Word Games

Play these free Coolmath Games word puzzles. Whether you're unscrambling words or playing a word finder, you might want to keep a dictionary handy.

Pinpoint by LinkedIn

Pinpoint by LinkedIn

Use the clues to guess the category in five tries or less!
Five words belong to a common category. You start with one word, and get a new hint each time you guess incorrectly. Can you guess the category correctly?
Crossclimb by LinkedIn

Crossclimb by LinkedIn

Build today's ladder of words, rung by rung.
Use the clues to build a ladder of words, one word at a time. Each day there is a new word ladder to climb.
Hangman

Hangman

Play the classic game with your friends!
Hang on to your balloons! Guess the letters to solve the word puzzle and stay alive. Join a quick game to play online, or set up a private game to play with your friends.
Ridella

Ridella

Solve today's riddle in four tries or less!
Solve the riddle in four tries or less! Each incorrect guess will give you a new hint. Can you figure out the riddle without running out of chances?  
Word Search

Word Search

Choose your category and find the hidden words!
Choose your category and find the hidden words. Think you're a super word sleuth? Try the ultra-hard maniac mode!
Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

Can you learn this new, alien language?
You've landed on a strange planet, tasked with writing a dictionary in a language you don't know! Talk with the people of the planet and decipher every last word.
Death by Spell Check

Death by Spell Check

Spell the words correctly before time runs out!
With all these letters, find each word as if your life depended on it! Make sure you're quick, you don't have much time.
Kitty Scramble

Kitty Scramble

Paw the words back together!
These words are scrambled up, what a CATastrophe! Paw the words back together right meow and earn coins to spend on helpful hints.
Mondays: A Sisyphean Typing Game

Mondays: A Sisyphean Typing Game

Please reply ASAP. Best, Sisyphus.
Compose typo-free emails and earn cash to upgrade your boulder. With great typing skills, you'll be rewarded with even more work!
Word Lawrie

Word Lawrie

Stretch your vocabulary to reach the target word.
Stretch your vocabulary to reach the target word. Play the classic mode or select one of three different challenge modes.
Syllacrostic

Syllacrostic

Fill in the blanks, one syllable at a time!
Fill in the blanks, one syllable at a time! There is a new puzzle every day! How fast can you get through all nine clues?
LA Times Crossword

LA Times Crossword

Solve a new puzzle everyday from the LA Times.
Solve the LA Times crossword online! Find new words each day down and across the grid in this popular crossword puzzle.
Word Race

Word Race

Compete against your friends in the word search arena!
Compete against your friends in the word search arena! Find words in all directions in this multiplayer word search.
Grabble

Grabble

A delightfully ruthless word game!
Make your own words, and steal from your opponents! No words are safe in this ruthless game of anagrams.
Daily Crossword

Daily Crossword

Solve a new hand-crafted puzzle every day.
Put down the newspaper and solve a new hand-crafted crossword every day. Find words down and across in this classic word-guessing game.
Micro Crossword

Micro Crossword

Play the tiniest crossword puzzle!
Play the tiniest crossword on the site! Solve the daily puzzles and spell out new words across and down the board. Can you solve the puzzles?
Daily Jumble

Daily Jumble

Unscramble the words to solve the riddle!
First unscramble the words, then solve the riddle. How quickly can you do it?
Misspelled

Misspelled

Turn words into magic spells!
Don't say the magic words, spell them! Type out commands to cast magic spells and reach the goal.
Word Detector

Word Detector

Unscramble the letters to find hidden words!
R-T-A: Can you make four words using these letters? Tons more puzzles inside!
Word Surge

Word Surge

Find words that match the theme.
Can you find all the words? Every level has a visual clue and a new theme to solve.
Word Worm

Word Worm

Spell your way down the tower!
The word worm is trapped atop a tower of letters! Think fast and put your vocab to the test to help it reach the bottom.
Candy Word

Candy Word

Crush cakes, spell words, and score big!
S-W-E-E-T! Can you ace this sugary spelling test? Match cakes, spell words, and use power ups to score big points and complete the objectives.
Words Family

Words Family

How's your vocab? Fill the grid with words!
S-P-Y...Can you spell a word for every row? You need a big vocabulary to get through all thirty-nine levels.
Words Party

Words Party

Come on into the spelling party!
Come on into the spelling party! Every level has something to say. Place all the letters correctly to read the message!

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Frequently Asked Questions

Whether you're unscrambling words or playing a word finder, you might want to keep a dictionary handy. These word games will have your mind racing to try and tap into your English skills. Whether it’s competing against your friends in Word Race, or adding some magic to the playlist in Misspelled, you are sure to have a fun time in our Word Games Playlist.

Are word games fun?

Of course they are! While the concept of word games might sound kind of dull, take a second to think about all the kinds of great word games that you played growing up. Games like Word Search and Hangman are absolute classics that almost everyone has played and loved! 

Are there any variations of word games on this playlist?

There are plenty of riffs on word games on our Word Games Playlist! Pretty much all of our playlists on Coolmath Games have fun spins on the ordinary genre, and the Word Games Playlist is no exception. Several titles are more like regular games that happen to have words as a part of them. As mentioned before, the game Misspelled is a game where you use magic to get through the levels. By spelling words correctly, you will be rewarded with abilities like extra platforms and more jumps. A few other games like this include Candy Word and Word Worm, both of which make spelling a whole lot more fun than you would think possible.

Maybe best of all, word games will improve your spelling without it feeling like school. Getting to learn while having fun can often be difficult, but word games are a great way to learn in an exciting way. Who knows, maybe playing something like Grabble or Word Detector will help you get a little bit better of a grade in your next spelling test without even feeling like you were studying.