Knotwords, a crossword-like puzzle game without a clue list, is an evolution of Wordle with complex puzzles and easy structure. Wordle, a five-word puzzle challenge create in October 2021, has been a favourite for many who love to put their brains to test every day.
Develop by Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle, the game is now own and publish by The New York Times Company, which took over the rights in January 2022.
Wardle is now recommending Knotwords, an everyday puzzle challenge, which is said to give a tough competition to Wordle.
While Wordle led to set inspiration for creation of many puzzle games like Lewdle, Sweardle, Heardle or Globle, nothing has manage to get attention of Wardle before as Knotwords.
Knotwords has been develop by Zach Gage and Jack Schlesinger.
Zach Gage, earlier a designer for spaceship-in-crisis sim Tharsis, announce the new game Knotwords on Twitter last week, describing it as “a minimal, elegant logic puzzle with words.”
His tweet was endorse by Wardle, who mention Knotwords as an “incredibly elegant daily word game.”
How to Play Knotwords?
If you have play Wordle before, Knotwords might appear easy to you.
This game has many Wordle quizzes arrange in a crossword format.
The puzzle is divided into sections, usually Tetris-like parts, which provide a few alphabets.
The player needs to fit these alphabets in the particular section in such a way that forms a word perfectly.
The task doesn’t end here.
To complete a Knotword puzzle, one has to ensure the all the rows and columns end up forming a valid English word each.
If you get stuck in between, Knotwords offers a hint feature that gives a definition of any word that will be somewhere on the board.
This comes with a three-minute time penalty, which is add to the player’ in-game timer.
Watch a quick trailer of the game’s rules.
Where to Play Knotwords?
You can download the Wordle-like yet complex puzzle game Knotwords on the App Store, as well as Google Play Store with 30 puzzles for a month.
The game is also available on Steam (Mac/PC) where you can buy the full version for $4.99 (approx. Rs. 380) a year or a one-time purchase of $11.99 (approx. Rs. 920). With a 10 percKnotwords : A New Everyday Puzzle Challenge | How to Play Knotwords | Where to Play Knotwords | 2YODOINDIAent discount, the game is available at Rs. 359 in India.
The full version gives you access to old Knotwords archives, hints, personal stats, as well as colour themes.
