Games Like Words are Hard

Spell to survive.

Words are Hard is a tile-laying roguelite deckbuilder. Draw tiles, lay words across a procedurally-generated board, and chain the right tomes, enchantments, and lexicon levels to detonate your score.

Five pillars of compounding chaos Every run, you stack five overlapping scoring systems that interlock in beautiful, broken ways:

The fun isn't picking the best one — it's stitching all five into one absurd engine.

Twelve characters, twelve ways to break the game

Each character ships with a unique tile bag, a different fight cadence, and a twist mechanic that rewires how you play.

Eight chapters. Twenty-four fights. Infinite mode if you survive.

Each chapter ends with an Act — a boss fight that wants you dead. Push past chapter 8 and the gloves come off.

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