Wirewords

What's inside

Dot Morrow is the night clerk of the Hollow Hill telegraph office, and tonight the wires are words. Each wire runs from a first word to a target word: change exactly one letter per step, and every step must be a real word (the old "Doublets" puzzle invented by Lewis Carroll in 1879). Every step spends one tick on the line, so the shortest route earns three stamps, and if the ticks run out the line goes dead. There is one Today's Wire for everyone each day, plus endless practice wires with 3, 4 or 5 letters. Typed on brass typewriter keys, stamped by hand, filed in your telegram archive.

• A new daily word ladder every day, the same for everyone, with a streak
• Endless practice wires in 3, 4 and 5 letters with a gentle difficulty curve
• Par, ticks and three postmark stamps per wire; hints earned by playing
• Night mail with surprise rewards, an 8-stamp album, 11 badges, clerk ranks and a telegram archive
• Real word lists in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German; no accounts, no personal data

Controls

Tap the typewriter keys (or type on a keyboard), then SEND or Enter. Backspace deletes, UNDO pulls the last word back, HINT or ? uses a hint token, Esc pauses.