Unscramble five hidden words on a sliding 5×5 grid. Slide whole rows and columns with the arrows until every row reads across as a word. Beat the clock.
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Questions about Slideword
Every row spelling one of the day’s five words at once — each word in its correct position (all five green).
Slide whole lines: tap the ▲ ▼ arrows on a column or the ◀ ▶ arrows on a row. On a keyboard, tap a cell, then ↑ ↓ slides its column and ← → its row. Tiles wrap around the edges.
Green = a word spelled across a row (any tiles — which exact letter you used doesn’t matter). Words only count horizontally. A word read down a column shows amber — right word, wrong direction — and doesn’t count. Amber appears in both Easy and Hard; never spell a word vertically.
Easy locks each word the moment you spell it (a padlock in the rail beside the row) so it holds still while you slide the other rows around it; tap a padlock to unlock or re-lock. Hard never locks — you must slide the whole grid into the solved position with all five rows correct at once. Switch with the gear beside the help button.
The five clues show from the start with each answer hidden behind a bar. Tap a bar to reveal that word — it counts toward your hint tally but never costs a move.
Landing the entire grid in a single move — all five words snapping into place at once, rather than one at a time.
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