Words go bad. Fix them fast.
A letter rots. Change one other letter to save the word.
A letter rots and gets stuck. Change one other letter to make a real word again. No word twice.
The fuse gets shorter as you go, and the words grow to five letters. Faster fixes and rarer letters score more.
One game a day, the same for everyone. Share your result grid and your chain of words.
Wooden tiles with creeping mould, an old green screen, or newsprint and ink. Switch any time in Settings.
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.
A letter that doesn't make a word just shakes the tile. You only lose a life when the fuse burns out, so try ideas quickly rather than waiting until you're sure.
Each fix scores 10, up to 10 more for speed, and a bonus for the letter you place. A Q or Z adds 18 and a J or X adds 14, which can beat a quick fix with a common letter.
The tile you picked stays selected after a fix unless the rot lands on it, so you can often type the next letter straight away. On a keyboard, type letters directly and use the arrow keys or 1 to 5 to pick a tile.
You get one hint per game. It marks a tile that leads to an everyday word, and the fuse waits while the ad plays, so it is worth more once the fuse has shortened from nine seconds towards three and a half.
When the rot spreads, the game shows up to three words you could have made. No word can be used twice in a game, so a word from earlier in your chain won't save you.
It's free and paid for by ads, with no banners. A full-screen ad can appear between games from your fifth finished game, then at most once every five games and never within 90 seconds of the last. Video ads only play when you choose one, for a hint or to keep going.
In the main game, if you saved at least three words, you can watch an ad once per game to carry on with one life and a fresh word. It isn't offered in the daily rot.
Yes. The daily rot is the same for everyone and you get one try. A new one starts at midnight your local time. Your result grid shows green for fixes made with at least half the fuse left, yellow for slower fixes and red where the rot spread.
Only on your device. There's no account, so your best score and daily streak don't move between devices, and uninstalling the app deletes them.
Yes, in the Android app. The word lists are built into the game.
It's the same game, and you can play it with a keyboard. There's no vibration setting, no usage statistics are sent, and ads come from Google's web ads. If no ad is available, the hint or extra life is free. Progress in the browser is kept separately from the app.
A letter rots. Change one other letter to save the word.
Letter Rot is made by Partech Systems Limited.
