I’ve been meaning to post about a lot of different things and failed to get around to it (including Dorico 5!)

My students often talk about Wordle, and on Mastodon (another topic I’ve meant to post on!) I see discussion about it and other word games. Wordle never clicked for me, but a game that I consider in a similar vein has: Knotwords.

Knotwords is by Zach Gage, who I already thought made great phone games before Knotwords (his Good Sudoku took me from liking Sudoku to being at least a bit good at it). Knotwords is a word game that is like a crossword puzzle that’s about unscrambling words, rather than solving clues. It’s better played than explained.

Some might say it’s cheating, but I like to play with the ‘Correct Word Feedback’ setting, rather than the default ‘valid.’ Maybe one day, I’ll play it the real way, but for now, I enjoy it with that setting enough to rack up a 474-day streak. It’s available on iOS and Android and even Steam. On the former two, you can play the “real” game without paying anything, though you’ll want to pay when you play a bit to really get your fix and develop your muscles with the access to additional puzzles.