Words go bad. Fix them fast.

A letter rots. Change one other letter to save the word.

Coming soon to Google Play

Letter Rot in the Compost look, a four-letter word with one mouldy, rotten tile and the fuse half burned

Letter Rot in the Compost look, the word WAVE just fixed, scoring 17 points

Letter Rot in the Bit rot look, green monitor letters with a glitching magenta rotten tile

Letter Rot in the Ink blot look, newsprint tiles with one soaked in black ink

Letter Rot daily game result, with a grid of coloured squares and the chain of words made

How it plays

Letter Rot is a word game about keeping a word alive. You hold a word, like LAMP. Then a letter rots, and you're looking at LOMP. That tile is stuck now. Change one other letter to make a real word again, LOOP perhaps, before the fuse burns out.

Each fix becomes the next word, so your words grow into a chain. The fuse gets shorter the further you go, and after fifteen fixes the words grow to five letters. Let the rot spread three times and the game is over.

One letter at a time

A letter rots and gets stuck. Change one other letter to make a real word again. No word twice.

Beat the fuse

The fuse gets shorter as you go, and the words grow to five letters. Faster fixes and rarer letters score more.

Daily rot

One game a day, the same for everyone. Share your result grid and your chain of words.

Three looks

Wooden tiles with creeping mould, an old green screen, or newsprint and ink. Switch any time in Settings.

Letter Rot is made by Partech Systems Limited.