Gramma Ana

Blazing‑fast anagram battles! Find new words and steal old ones by extending them. Challenge Gramma Ana, who adjusts to your level to ensure a fun competitive word game!

Gramma Ana is a blazing‑fast word‑stealing game born from a family obsession.

One Christmas, my three grown boys, their cousins, and my mother couldn't stop playing a game called Anagrams. We played so much I started rearranging letters in my sleep, the same way I used to see Tetris blocks falling from the sky in college. In addition to being word game lovers, my sons and I are developers, and we started talking about how to keep the game going once everyone went home. Those conversations turned into Gramma Ana, named in part because it's a play on the word ANAGRAM, and in part for my mom, Anne, who passed along a love for word games (Scrabble) and fast games (Pounce, now often known as Nerts). Gramma Ana blends those loves into a competitive, high‑speed experience:

• Build words from community tiles • Steal by extending an existing word • Play with friends or against Gramma Ana • Let Gramma Ana judge your steals

Gramma Ana knows every word, but she always plays the first one she sees, so she doesn't always find the best move. She adjusts to your skill level to ensure that every word game with her is competitive and fun.

The judge uses AI to check whether a new word shares the same root as the word you're trying to steal. If it does (TEST → TESTING), it's blocked. If it doesn't (TEST → DETEST), it's allowed.

I built this to keep playing with my family, but if you enjoy it too, that will make me extra happy. Have fun!

The app also includes two additional games:

Anagram Blast — a new daily challenge! Unscramble 40 words against the clock. You start with 15 seconds per word, and unused time carries over. Three misses and you're out. A new puzzle drops every day at noon ET. Subscribe to get notified, share your results, and watch yesterday's solution. Anagram Flow — create new anagrams to get from a start word to a goal word (e.g., GIFT to FRIGHTENS) one step at a time.

Suggestions? Email gramma@grammaana.com.