Shuffle is a Word Game based on a symmetrical grid of words. When solved, the words down the columns match the words across the rows. You can exchange letters by dragging and dropping letters where you think they belong. The displaced letter is moved to the space vacated by the letter you dropped. Note that letters not on the top-left to bottom-right diagonal have a symmetrical twin, so placing one correctly allows you to choose and place the twin. Letters on the diagonal usually occur an odd number of times in the grid. After a move, letters are colored as follows:
- Green if they are in the correct position,
- Grey for all others.
Waffle is a Word Game based on a 5x5 grid. The name suggests a grid while the "Wa" reminds you that it is about finding words across the grid. Your task is to rearrange the letters to find the five-letter words in the five rows across the grid. You can exchange letters by dragging and dropping a letter to where you think it belongs. The displaced letter is moved to the space vacated by the letter you dropped. After a move, letters are colored using the a similar scheme to that used in Wordle:
- Green if they are in the correct position,
- Yellow if they are in the row but in the wrong column,
- Grey if they are in the wrong row.
You are competing against an AI engine which solves the puzzle, and sets the number of exchanges it took as the target for you to beat.
PixMix is descended from the Shuffle word game. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then PixMix qualifies as a word game. The name was inspired by the famous Variety headline, "Sticks Nix Hick Pix". PixMix shows a photo mapped onto a 5x5 grid of tiles that are shuffled. Your task is rearrange the tiles to recreate the original image. Tiles are moved by dragging and dropping them to where you think they belong. Displaced tiles replace moved tiles. A tile in the correct poition is shown at full brightness. Otherwise, it is dimmed. The slider adjusts the level of dimness. You are trying to beat a set target of 30 exchanges.