One Letter Richer

Grow today's word one letter at a time. Every rearrangement you find along the way pays.

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How to play

Climb

Add one letter to the current word and rearrange all the letters to make a new word. That word becomes your new rung, worth its length squared: 16 for four letters, 25 for five, up to 100 for ten.

Side words

Other words made from the current letters score 1 point per letter, with no limit, so they're a way to top up your points. They can use all the letters in a new order (TEN into NET) or just some of them. Side words never move you up, so climb whenever you're ready. Drag the letter tiles around to try out arrangements.

Swaps

Stuck? Type a word the same length that changes one letter. You have 3 swaps per game, and they unlock after your first climb, so everyone starts from the same word.

Each swap costs 1 point per letter in your current word, so 4 points on a four-letter word and 7 on a seven-letter word. You'll see the cost and confirm before anything is taken.

For example, on TENT, swapping to TINT costs 4. TINT itself doesn't score, but any new side words you find from its letters score as normal.