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Wordminos
Crosswords meet dominoes: fit colored letter pieces so every row and column spells a word. Daily and Mini each day plus puzzle packs; by SpriteBox LLC (Lightbot).
iOS app 1.0 on 2026-10-16 and 1.0.4 on 2026-10-17; Show HN 2026-10-08 (24 points). (checked 2026-10-25)
In Daily puzzle games
Where it stands apart
- How is it mainly sustained? company with a paid product, tier, or ads (23% of 13 others)
- Which languages is it offered in? several languages (20% of 20 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (95% of 21 others)
- How is the main thing licensed? proprietary or closed source (86% of 21 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? no, it needs the maker's servers (86% of 21 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (52% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? non-developers (100% of 21 others)
- How do players share a result? copyable result text (emoji grid or score line, maybe with a link) (76% of 17 others)
Not documented
The public sources we read don't say:
- Can players rank against other players?
Nearest neighbors
- The Cartographer's Lie 82% of 11 shared answers match
- Dozenal 80% of 10 shared answers match
- Trail 75% of 12 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | proprietary or closed source | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | stands apart company with a paid product, tier, or ads SpriteBox LLC; paid app and puzzle packs. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | no, it needs the maker's servers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account Paid offline app (SpriteBox, $2.99); no sign-in found on site or in code. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | non-developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | none of these (its own format or interface) Its own crossword-dominoes hybrid. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does everyone get the same puzzle each day? | yes, a shared daily puzzle plus extra or unlimited play A Daily and a Mini every day, plus puzzle packs and an editor. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How does it make money? Pick the first that applies. | sells paid extras (subscription, one-time or in-app purchase) App: "Pay once, play endless"; web has free limits per pack size (site code). | source 2026-10-25 |
| How do players share a result? | copyable result text (emoji grid or score line, maybe with a link) | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can players rank against other players? | Not documented Not found. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where can you play it? | web plus a native app Web plus iOS and Android. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which languages is it offered in? | stands apart several languages English, French, Spanish, Russian. | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- Hacker News · news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50005276 · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · apps.apple.com/us/app/id6818611538 · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · wordminos.com/play-en.html · read 2026-10-25
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